As a buyer, maybe, if that was the only way to reach them. As a seller, no. If my contact would be interested I should be introducing them anyway (there are be

As a buyer, maybe, if that was the only way to reach them. As a seller, no. If my contact would be interested I should be introducing them anyway (there are benefits of being the one to introduce something great to them without a direct financial reward). If they're not going to be interested I should not be spamming them for profit. The startup ecosystem seems to run on goodwill. This idea might work, but I certainly wouldn't want it to.