How effective is Networking in the creation of solid products?

[Helge Keitel]

"Networking is important but there are two things that are far more important than networking - having a solid product and having customers for your product. Unfortunately you are very rarely going to create a solid product through networking. That is down to you and a team and a core idea. You might get some advice about your product through networking, but the reality is that if you can't cleanly define your own idea and execute it then there is no advice in the world which can help you anyway. So focusing on that core idea is far more important."