The Future is Human + AI.
In a world where everything is automated, human connection is the premium.
The biggest opportunities come from people you know.
At MBD Partners, we help top executives get in the right rooms with the right people, to build relationships that can unlock game-changing opportunities that quantum leap their business or their careers ahead.
We’re not only future-proofing networking.
We’re shaping how connection happens in the future.
Our Unique Expertise
For Executives & Advisors
Warm introductions must happen organically and come from a trusted source.
We’ve spent 20 years building a world class network and a respected, trusted, positively regarded reputation.
Our introductions can’t be automated, nor replaced.
We organically introduce you to the right people, and curate private, intentional gatherings that bring the right people directly to you.
For Companies Building in AI
Your AI can’t replicate human relationship building unless it’s trained by a human who is an expert in connection sensing and has a proven track record of successful introductions.
We help companies build AI capabilities that understand the nuances of relationship building, networking, communities, influence, credibility, visibility, relevancy, and more.
For Insights on the Future of Networking
We share our expertise with media, researchers, platforms, and forward-thinking companies shaping how networking evolves—online, offline, and with AI.
Drawing from decades of experience in relationship and community building for business, we offer insight into what’s coming, what’s changing, and how to design for meaningful connection in the future.
The #1 Expert in the Future of Networking
Nicole Vasquez is the founder of MBD Partners and a concierge connector to executives and visionaries across technology, finance, real estate, hospitality, and innovation.
For over 20 years, she’s been the architect behind environments where top leaders come to build meaningful relationships—whether through curated introductions, private gatherings, or engaged communities. Her strength lies in knowing exactly who should meet, when, and why—and making those connections feel seamless, organic, and high-impact.
Nicole also runs The Activator Network, a private community of the world’s most influential connectors, community architects, and movement leaders.
With this unique expertise, Nicole also advises companies building AI and relationship-driven technology to help their teams understand the nuance of relationship building, trust, credibility, and human connection so their products aren’t missing the crucial component of humanness in networking.
The world is about to forget how to connect.
As AI agents automate more of our communication, the leaders who thrive will be the ones who retain their humanness while engaging with other leaders.
They will need to know how to build real relationships, demonstrate credibility, and gain trust.
Above all, they need to be in the rooms that matter.
It’s not about more outreach.
It’s not about more noise.
It’s about the right people, the right relationships, and the right approach.
Quantum leaps in career and business happen by people creating opportunity for each other.
This kind of human-powered momentum can’t be fully automated.
But it can be curated.
And AI can be trained to understand it.
