Ask HN: What are your networking strategies?

[maria87do]

I am wondering how one can make it into the "inner circle" of business people when coming from sort of nowhere?

How do you meet influencers and befriend them? Do you use online (linked in etc.) or offline means of connecting to other people? Are you member of business / country / service clubs such like Rotary, IACWorldwide, Aspen etc. Any hints?

[sjs382]

I don't have a strategy, because I don't have a straightforward goal. Define your goal before working on a strategy.

"Making it into the inner circle" for me, would be more of a means than an end. What's the end?