How important do you think having a strong network and connections is for the success of a startup?

I think a strong network definitely boost the process of attracting early users. Slack's founder, for example, has already launched successful products before Slack and has deep connections in Silicon Valley, which powerfully promote Slack in some ways.

Startup is your heart and connections are your heartbeat!

If you are able leverage that network to achieve distribution for your product, then it's incredibly powerful.

It strongly depends on the type of business. The further away from B2C, the less important it is.

Extremely important to be efficient and be able deliver the products on time and with quality

Extremely important.

At least in the very beginning, it's super important. People need to know you exist and sometimes connections and word-of-mouth can draw attention to your startup much faster.

As everyone is saying, super important for the success of your startup but I've realized the importance of having other founders/entrepreneurial people in my network too. Being a solo founder, it's nice to have that network you can tap into and not feel so alone!

Your network can give you an unfair advantage with distribution and visibility when you're trying to get the product to go from 0 to 1.