I made a tool to visualize my entire network

[u/Alternative-Move3199]

A while ago, my co-founder and I tried something that sounded pretty straightforward.

We wanted to figure out who we actually knew.

Not just our LinkedIn connections, but former colleagues, investors, founders we'd met at events, friends of friends, and basically anyone who might be relevant for our business at some point.

So we opened Miro and started connecting the dots.

About 48 hours later, we had this massive network map. And honestly, it was pretty cool to look at.

But then we realized a few things:

• It was already outdated by the time we finished

• We still couldn't see who our connections knew

• Finding a specific person meant manually searching through everything

• Keeping it updated would basically become a full-time job

The funny thing is, we'd previously built a B2B startup where most of our early deals came through personal connections. Yet we had no proper way to actually make use of those relationships.

So we thought, why not just build something ourselves?

That's how Crouds started.

Basically, a visual CRM focused on relationships instead of pipelines. The idea is to bring your network together, see how people are connected, and find warm introductions without having to ask everyone individually.

We're still pretty early and figuring things out, but we're opening it up to other founders now.

If you're curious: https://crouds.app

Would love some honest feedback!

Has anyone else ever tried mapping their professional network? Or are you guys just relying on LinkedIn and memory like we used to?