How I got Mark Cuban to email me back (and the cold email framework so you can too):
How I got Mark Cuban to email me back (and the cold email framework so you can too):
Email to Evan Spiegel
✅ Short & Sweet
✅ Social Proof
✅ Clear CTA
Brilliant example of effective brevity.
Any high school junior who has done this much and is bold enough to make this ask deserves to be taken seriously.
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.
When you want to be introduced to an investor, first find three to five people in your network who know that person. Then ask those three to five people each to send an email to the target investor, letting the target investor know how great they think you are and highly recommending meeting you. After receiving several such emails, the investor wi
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You have to do the work. To use a crypto analogy, you have to have proof of work. If you have that and you truly have something interesting, then you shouldn’t hesitate to put it together in an email and send it. Even then, when asking for a meeting, you want to be actionable.
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Got an email from a student looking for an internship in private equity. Here's my response:
Hope it helps someone else trying to break into a new field.
Do not send me anything longer than you would send to a crush. Some people email me six-paragraph essays about the time they saved a cat from a tree.
I find the most effective way to get someone's attention is to simply give, just like in dating. Hey, I noticed that you read this book on your website. I think you'd like this book too; it's pretty sh... See more
I find the most effective way to get someone's attention is to simply give, just like in dating. Hey, I noticed that you read this book on your website. I think you'd like this book too; it's pretty sh... See more