ABSTRACT
Networking is crucial for creative historical thinking because it is an efficient way to find new knowledge. For many historians, networking is a neglected skill. Networking can be done online, but it is the in-person interactions that people remember. Genealogical knowledge can seem too specific to be of much use to an old-fashioned historian of grand ideas, but its cumulative lessons contribute to a historian's overall knowledge. Entrepreneurial activity is the search for advantages and novelty that will restructure existing orders. The entrepreneurial mindset is important for historians who want to continue creative work despite dropping out of academia. Entrepreneurship for historians is about more than finding ways to make money on the side, or landing a new job through new network connections, although it may be about these things. Historians might also think sociologists are unredeemable "lumpers" who just propose unreasonably general categories for human behavior.
