🎤 The SWIPES Email (Friday, April 25th, 2025)

I started to cold-email CEOs of startups that had just raised ungodly sums from venture capital. I had a simple insight: most CEOs checked their own emails, and it was easy to guess their email addresses. What did I have to lose? Whenever I saw a company announce a big raise on TechCrunch, I’d figure out the CEO’s email and contact them. With the c

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"You can cold email nearly anyone, but nearly everyone overlooks how powerful it can be.

Sending one email each week that feels like a stretch can change your life. Will you get turned down? Sure, most of the time. But you only need one to pay off for something amazing to happen.

Take your time, write a thoughtful message, and muster the courage to... See more

wild to think people are out there just... winging it 😅

There's never been a better time to: Choose a skill you love. Work hard to master it. Apply AI to speed up your learning curve. Then, find people who are less willing to do all of that and charge to do it for them. The new, faster path to entrepreneurship.

Email from @david_perell to @tylercowen ✅ Personalized ✅ Social Proof ✅ Clear CTA Amazing email—that led to some amazing things. The personal touches at the beginning show clear effort. Tons of social proof (Neil deGrasse Tyson, Seth Godin). Clear CTA and plan of attack.