Kirby Winfield, founding general partner of Seattle pre-seed venture capital firm Ascend just shared his incredibly smart formula for entrepreneurs to request "warm" introductions from their investors. The instructions are clear, sensible, can easily be followed by anyone with a LinkedIn account, and should work for anyone seeking business introductions for almost any purpose. (Many thanks to my friends at GeekWire for linking to this from their email newsletter.)

I'm already planning how I can use this approach myself. It's well worth checking out Ascend's blog post, which includes lots of screenshots so you can see exactly what to do. Here's a quick overview. READ MORE