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Every successful journey has a story of an instrumental connection or insight that changed the trajectory.<\/p>\n

One relationship can\u2014and does\u2014change everything for a founder.<\/p>\n

Meeting the person who opens the door to a meeting with your first customer. The one who worked with your future CMO a decade ago. The angel investor with ten years in your sector who puts $25k into your pre-seed round and introduces you to your future Series A lead. The person who loves your product and checks in every few months asking how they can help, giving you the confidence to keep going. The person who shares a hard-one lesson that convinces you not to make a pivot that would have killed your startup\u2013or to make the pivot you\u2019ve been afraid to commit to. The happy-hour conversation that finally gets you in front of your dream channel partner after twelve months of cold outreach.<\/p>\n

For any of that to happen, you have to be in the room. You have to show up, be present, and stay open to new perspectives and ideas.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what\u00a0the new GEM Ambassador Program<\/a>\u00a0is designed to do: expand GEM\u2019s presence through localized leadership in key markets and unlock more rooms to be in.<\/p>\n

Thank you to our incredible first Ambassadors:<\/p>\n

GEM Ambassadors cultivate authentic connections; in return, members gain deeper access to in-person touchpoints, trusted introductions, events in their city\u2014plus motivation and support during the often-lonely founder journey. They are the table-setters for GEM chapters across the country, and eventually, the world.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re building on what Seattle members already experience, where dinners, happy hours, and coworking days are regular occurrences. Adding boots on the ground in New York and the Bay area gives founders and executives the support they need\u2014so no one builds in isolation.<\/p>\n

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And that brings us back to how one relationship can change everything.<\/p>\n

For GEM, the most obvious example is meeting\u00a0Brian\u00a0Mommsen<\/a>\u00a0in 2019. I\u2019d hosted a couple dinners before that, but a\u00a0Resident<\/a>\u00a0dinner is a whole different ballgame compared to a standard meal at a fancy restaurant. Without that one conversation, I might never have realized that dinners were the \u201cthing\u201d that GEMineers were craving\u2014the place where founders get vulnerable, share what\u2019s really going on, and cement friendships that last a lifetime.<\/p>\n

Showing up is a huge piece of success. And I\u2019m glad I was in the room at CREtech in 2019.<\/p>\n

The GEM Ambassador program will open more doors for more founders\u2014in the constant, ongoing quest to find the one relationship that changes everything.<\/p>\n

Not already a GEM member<\/a>? Apply today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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