🔗 Finding Warm Intros

A warm introduction is the highest-converting way to reach anyone. This playbook shows how to find one in Compass, using the connections built into every profile.

Why warm beats cold

A cold message asks a stranger for attention. A warm intro borrows trust from someone they already know. In crypto, where inboxes are full and pseudonyms are common, that borrowed trust is often the difference between a reply and silence. Compass is built to surface the warm route, not just the contact.

The three connection tools

Every person in Compass comes with three ways to find a path to them:

The career timeline. Where they have worked, and when. Shared history is a real reason to connect, and a former colleague is a natural introducer.
The Network graph. Open anyone in the Network to see the people, teams, funds, and influencers they connect to. Each edge is a relationship you can follow.
The warm-path card. On a profile, this reads the graph and points to who can introduce you to this person.

A step-by-step path

Find the person in People or from a project or fund.
Read their timeline. Look for an overlap with your own network: a company, a backer, a past team.
Open them in the Network. Trace the edges between them and the people you already know.
Check the warm-path card for the suggested connector.
Pick your introducer, the mutual connection most likely to vouch for you.
Unlock the contact when you are ready to reach out directly, or ask your connector to make the intro first.

Make the ask easy

Tell your introducer exactly who you want to meet and why, in one line.
Reference the shared thread the timeline or graph surfaced.
Keep it short. A good warm intro needs a clear reason, not a pitch.

Why this is the heart of Compass