Charlie O'Donnell on Building Trust and Relationships

About this episode

Charlie O'Donnell discusses the importance of building trust and genuine connections in professional settings.

Charlie O'Donnell, a 20+ year NYC tech venture veteran and author of Founder Unfriendly, joins David to talk about the art of staying genuinely connected. They dig into "heartbeat emails," why trust is really just information, and how showing up as a three-dimensional person (not just a LinkedIn profile) is the real secret to fundraising, career growth, and community building. Charlie shares community building tips as well! Enjoy!

People in this episode

Host: David Nebinski

Guest: Charlie O'Donnell

Topics covered

• trust
• relationships
• community building
• fundraising
• career growth
• networking

Keywords

• trust
• relationships
• heartbeat emails
• community building
• career growth
• fundraising
• networking

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Founder Unfriendly

Places: NYC

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