On: How to Email Early Stage Investors

[HappyTypist]

Applies equally to all forms of communication. I pay a conscious effort to put the most important point in the excerpt.

"Hi $name, interested in grabbing coffee? Bla bla bla I met you bla bla, bla bla talk about bla bla."

[philsnow → HappyTypist]

Except in some very particular situations (maybe you're looking for investors in your coffee roastery tech startup), getting coffee is a means to an end, the "end" being the same thing as the "ask" that DelaneyM is referring to.

"Hi $name, interested in grabbing coffee?" buries the "ask" until during the coffee chat.

It can be tough to do, but I think a lot of very busy people would actually appreciate you just coming out and asking for what you want, even in the first sentence.

[Mz → philsnow]

I think he meant: Even if you are flirting, tell her what you want in the first few words.

Makes sense to me.