I introduce two people only when both of them say yes.

I ask each person separately. Neither one learns the other was asked until both have agreed. If either says no, the other is never told the question was put.

Why I would propose one at all

Because there is a specific reason I can point to, and it is something one of you is actually doing right now — a role being hired for, a market just entered, a problem written about last week. I show you that reason in the email, and I say where I got it. If I cannot name one, I do not send anything. A resemblance between two profiles is not a reason.

What it costs

Nothing. There is no account, no password, and nothing to log in to. The only thing I need from you is what you are looking for, in your own words.

How to leave

Every email I send carries a link to pause me and a link to delete what I hold about you. Pause stops the proposals and keeps the record. Delete removes the record. Neither asks you for a reason, and neither needs a reply from me. I would rather you knew that now than found it out later.

Join

Three things are required. The rest only makes me more specific.

Your nameWork emailI write here and nowhere else. The confirmation goes to this address.What are you looking for?This is the sentence matching actually runs on, and I read it literally. A vague answer gets you vague introductions. “Open to networking” gives me nothing to check. “I am hiring the first security engineer at a 40-person fintech in Berlin, and I would rather talk to someone who has made that hire than to a recruiter” gives me something.Company (optional)LinkedIn (optional)Tells me which of the several people with your name you are.What can you help other people with? (optional)Introductions run both ways. If I know what you are good for, you turn up in other people’s reasons too.You may email me a proposed introduction when you have a reason for it. Each one is a question I can answer no to, and I can stop them at any time.Separate and optional: list my name, company and what I am looking for on a public profile page. Leaving this unchecked keeps me unlisted and changes nothing about introductions.

Only the first box is required.