From the 10,000 pile and put into the 300 pile

Building great word of mouth and developing a network can "scoot your file to the top of the pile"

That file could be your resume. But sometimes it's a business plan and a request for funding from a venture capitalist:

Here is a great article by David Robinson of "The Buffalo News"http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/
20060709/1043924.asp
Check out especially the last paragraph.