"The worst part of working independently is always the chase… Referna ends that."
"It's like having a business-development team of senior peers — each one talking to founders I want to work with."
"Every one-on-one I've had through Referna has been with someone I'd genuinely refer. That's rare."
"Good referrals happen when people understand the problem you solve… Referna makes those referral moments clear."
"Warm intros from peers who get what I do — that's how it should work."
M.F. (fractional CFO) connected with E.S. (B2B content ghostwriter) and identified concrete referral opportunities in aerospace/defense and healthcare within their first call.
L.A.M. (fractional HR consultant) and K.O. (fractional CFO) found a two-way fit on their first call — L.A.M. offered to route CFO leads her way, and K.O. asked for help finding sales talent for a client.
J.H. (web/marketing strategist) and D.F. (fractional CMO) recognized their work forms a natural pipeline — her strategy work leads directly into his execution work — and committed to referring clients to each other.
I.F. (HR consultant) offered M.F. (fractional CFO) a live introduction to a growing company's CEO he'd just met — a business that had outgrown informal bookkeeping.
S.H. (change-management consultant) offered two personal introductions on the spot to A.B. (fractional CMO): a well-connected contact in the local founder community, and a friend running a startup that needed marketing help.
M.S. (patent attorney) asked for an introduction to J.R.'s (fractional CFO) healthcare consulting client, since medical device companies often need patent support — J.R. agreed to connect them.
K.M. (PR/media-platform founder) invited H.S. (fractional product/design lead) to fill an open board seat on her new startup, based on his product and design expertise.
K.S. (fractional-finance-services founder) named specific clients heading into a fundraise in the coming months and offered to refer them to D.F. (fractional CMO) for investor-story help.