The most responsive people are likely going to be early stage founders (pre-A). Message them on LinkedIn or via email and try to get a coffee chat with them. Do

The most responsive people are likely going to be early stage founders (pre-A). Message them on LinkedIn or via email and try to get a coffee chat with them. Do this by letting them know their time isn't going to waste and what you want to talk about. This helped us a lot in the early days. Note: IMHO most people want to help, but they want to make sure their time is wasted