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Relationship intelligence, in practice
Playbooks, data, and points of view on warm introductions and the network that powers them.
Fundraising through warm introductions, from list to close
Find the right investors, find the warmest path to each one, ask the right way, and turn every yes into the next. The end-to-end system for raising through warm introductions.
Village team · June 29, 2026 · 8 min
What is relationship intelligence? (and why your CRM isn't it)
Relationship intelligence maps who your team knows, and scores how strong each tie is, by reading your email, calendar, and CRM automatically. How it works, and why it isn't a CRM.
Village team · 5 min
Sell into the accounts where you already know someone
Pick the accounts you want, find who you already know inside them, earn the warm intro, and turn every customer into the next. The system for selling through your network.
Village team · 7 min
How to hire people who aren't looking for a job
The best people aren't on job boards. They're heads-down in roles they like. How to find them, reach them through someone they trust, and turn every hire into the next one.
Village team · 6 min
The death of cold outreach
Cold email replies about 2% of the time; a warm introduction replies 10-20%. The bottleneck was never volume. It was knowing who could open the door, which is why the next decade belongs to relationship intelligence.
Village team · 3 min
Map your network in under 30 minutes
Connect LinkedIn, Google, and your calendar. Village surfaces every warm path your team already has to any investor, customer, or candidate.
