$SOL Game theory proves that the size of your network is not the most important factor at all. If you have a network of a thousand weak ties with no mutual dependency, it will produce near-zero results most of the time. And when put under pressure, it collapses immediately. You should focus on a network of twelve people with highly overlapping incentives and clear reciprocity structures. It will outperform a grand network every time. That's because the brain's social cognition system can only maintain a high sense of trust with a limited number of people. Beyond that, everything feels transactional. Depth beats width every time. Aligned people outwork the crowd every time.