Passing out business cards is quickly becoming passé – Los Angeles Times

Passing out business cards is quickly becoming passé

Think again before printing that 2X3 business card.

  • Diego Berdakin, the founder of BeachMint Inc., doesnt see the point of business cards. "When I go into a meeting and there are five bankers across the table, they all hand me business cards and they all end up in a pile, in a shoe box somewhere."
Diego Berdakin, the founder of BeachMint Inc., doesnt see the point of business… (Gary Friedman, Los Angeles Times)
March 16, 2012|By Matt Stevens, Los Angeles Times

Chalk up another looming casualty of the Internet age: business cards.

Ubiquitous as pinstripes, the 2-by-3.5-inch pieces of card stock have long been a staple in executive briefcases. Exchanging cards helps to break the ice and provides a quick reference for forgotten names.

But to many young and Web-savvy people who are accustomed to connecting digitally, the cards are irrelevant, wasteful — and just plain lame.

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