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If you don't mind sharing, may I ask how you knew/ approached these other YC Companies? Perhaps I'm naive, but I suspect a cold-email/ contact won't get me very
by bt3 12y ago
If you don't mind sharing, may I ask how you knew/ approached these other YC Companies? Perhaps I'm naive, but I suspect a cold-email/ contact won't get me very far, especially since I'm not based in the Bay Area.
- vqc 12y agoWe approached a YC founder in our city via cold email. I think that if you want to be an entrepreneur, you have to get comfortable with writing cold-emails and getting lots of rejection. It's just part of the game. Plus, it's not that cold of an email: you want to do YC and the founder has done YC. You already have a shared interest.
- bt3 12y agoI appreciate the response. I've done my fair share of cold emails, however I find that there's a threshold that I cross above often in which I won't receive a response. It's tough to build credibility in a few short lines, but I appreciate the "shared interest" suggestion. I hadn't considered that this even counted. Thanks!
- tadmilbourn 12y agoI had a personal connection to most, but did a couple out of cold outreach. Be bold, reach out, if you don't get a response, you're still in the same position you were before...and no worse.