Someone thinks you know everyone

So, someone asked you for some intros, huh?

You could export your connections, scroll through an enormous list of names, or stare at the ceiling until someone useful comes to mind. Distill offers a fourth option: let them do the searching, then bring you the few introductions actually worth considering.

Curious what it would take for someone to search your connections without Distill?

See Claude’s Alternative

About a minute to set up. Every introduction still goes through you.

Connection sharing request

Help Northstar find the right introductions

~ 1 minute

MCMaya ChenPartner, Northwind Ventures

NNorthstarA company you support

They can search

✓Names and current companies in your connection list

✓Only for people relevant to their work

×Messages, browsing activity, or private conversations

You decide every introduction. Disconnect anytime.

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You approve every intro

Sharing a list never gives anyone permission to contact people as you.

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Only useful details

Names and companies are shared. Messages and private activity are not.

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Disconnect anytime

Revoke access whenever you want and your connections stop being searchable.

Your available options

There are several ways to be helpful here

They range from “administrative project” to “surprisingly painless.” Choose your own adventure.

OPTION 01

Export your connections

Download a file, clean it up, figure out how to send it safely, and hope it stays useful as people change jobs.

Very thorough. Also now you have a project.

OPTION 02

Review a giant list

Scroll through hundreds or thousands of people and companies while trying to guess who might matter to someone else.

Like reading the phone book, but with job titles.

OPTION 03

Stare at the ceiling

Rack your brain for a while. Remember three obvious people. Forget the perfect person you worked with six years ago.

Classic. Free. Not especially reliable.

RecommendedOPTION 04

Let Distill do the annoying part

Share a secure, searchable view of your connections. They find the high-leverage opportunities and bring you specific asks.

You keep the judgment. They do the homework.

A brief history lesson

Distill was a personal CRM in a past life. Then it found a business model.

The old job was helping people keep track of who they knew, where everyone worked, and how all those relationships fit together. Useful? Absolutely. A business? Our accountants had notes.

The happy result is that Distill got very good at organizing connections. Now you can securely share a searchable view with someone you trust. They can find the highest-leverage asks and see how likely it is that you actually know someone—before bothering you.

Your relationship memory

The useful version of your network

Distill remembers

YOUYou

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1,842Connections

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37Good fits

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3Worth asking

✓Current roles and companies, not the version in your head from 2019

✓Signals showing how likely it is that you actually know someone

✓A few high-leverage asks instead of a giant list

How it works

One minute now. A few seconds when an intro matters.

The person you’re helping does the searching and preparation. You keep the judgment.

Connect once

Open the invitation, install the lightweight browser extension, and authorize connection sharing.

There are no CSVs, exports, or contact files to send.

They find a relevant path

The person you support searches names and current companies to find people who match what they need.

Distill shows how likely it is that you really know someone, so weak asks get filtered out before they reach you.

You decide

You receive a specific request and a thoughtful note you can forward, edit, or ignore.

Every introduction still comes from you, on your terms.

Your network stays yours

Share enough to be helpful. Nothing more.

Distill shares names and companies so someone you trust can identify relevant paths. It does not share your private messages, browsing activity, or personal conversations.

Sharing connections is not permission to make introductions. You decide every time.

What gets shared● Connected

✓Connection names

✓Current companies

×Private messages

×Browsing or activity history

×Permission to contact anyone as you

Access can be revoked anytimeDisconnect

INTRO REQUEST

Would you introduce Northstar to Daniel?

Strong path

DODaniel OkaforVP Sales at Ledgerline

Why this might be useful: Northstar helped two payments companies reduce merchant onboarding time. Ledgerline is expanding its sales team.

Hi Daniel — I support the team at Northstar and thought this could be relevant given Ledgerline’s growth. Open to an introduction? No worries if the timing isn’t right.

Protect your relationships

A specific ask is easier to evaluate—and easier to decline

An introduction spends a little of your reputation. Distill gives the person asking enough context to explain why the connection should be useful, then gives you the final decision.

✓See the person, company, and reason for the request

✓Edit the suggested note in your own voice

✓Use a double opt-in before connecting both sides

✓Say no without explaining yourself

An investor reconnected with someone they went to college with and made an introduction that became a $2.4M POC. It took them about two minutes—and gave them a good reason to reconnect.

Founder & CEO, B2B SaaS

Straight answers