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As a former founder and now VC, I am thrilled about this post. It's so true. There is nothing I like more than learning about startups and helping entrepreneurs
by daniel_levine 15y ago
As a former founder and now VC, I am thrilled about this post. It's so true. There is nothing I like more than learning about startups and helping entrepreneurs and founders. If that wasn't the case I would find some other line of work.
That's why I'm so sad when people view my inability to get to email in a timely fashion as a proxy for my interest or the type of person I am.
I just get a ton of email and it's impossible to respond to it all, much less in a timely fashion. I'll try my best to get to it all, but if for some reason you haven't heard back in awhile try again and again. If nothing else I'll notice your determination and provide some feedback.
- chmike 15y agoCould You please specify if there are undesirable mails in the ton of mails you get or if you are just saturated of information ? Suggesting as a solution to retry sending mail again and again will worsen the problem. You'll get echos in addition to signal. Maybe people in your situation should use a pull method (~on demand messages) using a web service for this purpose. People who want to get in touch with you see the number of messages in the queue and you may pushback (temporarily suspending message submission) and provide priority to users. They'll see their queue position and eventully some feedback once processed tldr, not understood, contact me @xxx, ...
- daniel_levine 15y agoif it's undesirable email that keeps getting sent then I'll either ignore it forever (unlikely) or more likely respond with a reason I'd rather not get your email. If someone repeatedly puts effort into emails to me then I will respond because they deserve that much for taking the time.