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Totally. Here is what my emails typically look like: Re: quick scheduling question Hi [name], I’ve followed [company] for a while and the scale you’re operat

Totally. Here is what my emails typically look like: Re: quick scheduling question Hi [name], I’ve followed [company] for a while and the scale you’re operating at is impressive. With customer and partner meetings, plus internal meetings, I imagine your calendar gets pretty full. I’m working on a way for founders to cut down the email back-and-forth of scheduling without hiring or managing an EA. Is scheduling something you still handle personally at all? – Preston

zty5678 8mo ago
I feel this is the wrong business direction. If you do it well, at most you'll only save on the salary of an administrative assistant, but they actually want much more, and this small improvement won't attract their attention.
- preston-kwei 8mo ago
  I get the concern if the value is framed as “replacing an admin assistant”, but for many founders, the real win isn’t salary savings, it’s eliminating context switching, follow-ups, and mental overhead around coordination. As well as eliminating the mistakes that can be made by humans. Even small logistics can disproportionately drain attention. If done well, this is less about cost reduction and more about reclaiming focus and execution speed.
brandonb 8mo ago
I think your second sentence is the strongest -- it's specific about what you actually help with. Right now, the title and preview text on mobile probably look like "Quick scheduling question" / "Hi [name], I've followed [company] for...". This looks like a lot of other emails in my inbox that are requesting a meeting time. So I think a lot of people who quickly scan their inbox would pass this by and not even open the full email. I'd also drop the "re: " part unless it's genuinely a reply. It breaks trust.
- preston-kwei 8mo ago
  Got it. That's fair, I could definitely remove the first sentence. However, I still want the email to seem personal. Do you think it is important to have that personalized part somewhere in the email? There's no re, I just put that there instead of saying Subject:. Sorry, that's confusing.

zty5678 8mo ago

I feel this is the wrong business direction. If you do it well, at most you'll only save on the salary of an administrative assistant, but they actually want much more, and this small improvement won't attract their attention.

preston-kwei 8mo ago
I get the concern if the value is framed as “replacing an admin assistant”, but for many founders, the real win isn’t salary savings, it’s eliminating context switching, follow-ups, and mental overhead around coordination. As well as eliminating the mistakes that can be made by humans. Even small logistics can disproportionately drain attention. If done well, this is less about cost reduction and more about reclaiming focus and execution speed.

brandonb 8mo ago

I think your second sentence is the strongest -- it's specific about what you actually help with. Right now, the title and preview text on mobile probably look like "Quick scheduling question" / "Hi [name], I've followed [company] for...". This looks like a lot of other emails in my inbox that are requesting a meeting time. So I think a lot of people who quickly scan their inbox would pass this by and not even open the full email. I'd also drop the "re: " part unless it's genuinely a reply. It breaks trust.

preston-kwei 8mo ago
Got it. That's fair, I could definitely remove the first sentence. However, I still want the email to seem personal. Do you think it is important to have that personalized part somewhere in the email? There's no re, I just put that there instead of saying Subject:. Sorry, that's confusing.