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Jason Yeh
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I run open office hours for founders to get fundraising questions answered (totally free) Prev: @greycroftvc @harvardhbs Pod: @fundedpod Now: @adamantfounders
Check next office hours here Katılım Ocak 2009
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@MatthewChang heck yeah. stoked you kept up the streak.
i was going to do it thru injury and 3 days before had to call it. going to do a make up in a month
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Hate is not a word that I used
But yes, irrespective of the tool being used as a commonplace item, the effort put into the world is generally visible to other human beings
And people who labor in the service of those things, are usually perceived better
Also, I never said that you cannot use tools (like AI) while still pouring effort into what you're crafting. And the difference between the two, is usually apparent, disliked, and less respected
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hmm... i totally agree with PG here...there is auto disgust when you see evidence of AI
BUT..
...but then there was also auto-disgust when notetakers first started joining meetings
my prediction is a lot of the disgust goes away. it just becomes the norm. we'll see how long it takes...
Paul Graham@paulg
A lot of the emails I get from founders are now written in a hard-hitting journalistic style. I know they're written by AI, because no founder ever wrote this way before. And once you realize something is written by AI, it's hard not to ignore it.
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there are rare exceptions to this...
but for the most part, double opt-in.
And even with the rare exception, if it's so good that the person would be happy that you skipped the DOI, the check with them ahead of time will just increase the anticipation and satisfaction when the intro hits
Haley Bryant 💛@haleymbryant
i have never received a good intro without double opt-in people making intros without double opt-in are doing a disservice to the [friend / founder / investor / poor unfortunate soul] they are trying to "help"
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if you're a founder, you probably would like to email a VC
seems simple enough
no not so easy. there are a few challenges you'll have to overcome.
going to talk about this tomorrow in my mini lecture on the ART of Fundraising emails before leading into open office hours where you can ask any questions

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@TalokCapital you risk it when you believe there's a chance for them to look good
my guess is you're not an auto introducer to anyone that asks
i love that you'll risk the reputation and perhaps more than others, but you still have your filter, no?
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@jayyeh I will risk my reputation outside of this context.
I cannot speak for other people, but I do agree there are some weak a** souls in this ecosystem.
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that intro you're counting is not coming.
people only risk their reputation when you make THEM look good. your deal has to be so obviously hot they get credit for finding it.
or you have to be such a proven winner they look smart for connecting you. or you actually invested in the relationship first.
everything else is just cold emailing with extra steps.
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@debgotwired product + revenue from a real customer (not just a favor customr)
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there are only two modes in fundraising: fully in. or not fundraising at all. no in between.
if you're in the process: meetings lined up. back to back. calendar density. all of it.
if you're not ready: stop saying you're fundraising. be interesting. build the relationship. activate it later.
founders who blur these two modes come across as desperate without urgency. raising without a process. asking without leverage.
worst of both worlds.
pick a mode. execute it completely.
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Full episode 🎧
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5TJD3j…
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tbc…
YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=_lfr4a…

YouTube
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when asking for intros most founders send too much
full deck. five paragraph explanation. wall of information.
nobody asked for that. and it doesn't build confidence. it signals you don't trust the intro to do its job.
my philosophy: get the introduction with as little information as possible
small blurb. few bullet points. enough to pique interest.
start lean. test it. let the market tell you what's missing.
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@debgotwired traction can't be averaged out across all types of companies unfortunately.
for the most part, product built and with customers are broad definitions of traction... but deeptech is different, biotech is different... consumer vs. b2b different
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@jayyeh in all the pre-seed deals you see, what's their average traction?
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@jayyeh For whatever reason - it seems to generate better quality design via Claude Design vs in Claude Code itself.
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