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PSA: I stopped cold-emailing Austin startups with generic pitches
For my first year trying to get freelance dev work here, I sent the same basic email to about 50 companies I found on LinkedIn. I got maybe two replies. Then last quarter, I started spending 30 minutes before each email to find a specific project or news item about that company and mention it. My first email doing that got a meeting with a small fintech firm on South Congress. What's the best way you've found to actually get a founder's attention in this city?
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lilya769d ago
My 3rd email ever mentioned their new funding round. Got coffee at Houndstooth.
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taylorshah9d ago
Honestly, find their personal blog and ask a real question about it.
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the_alice9d ago
That's a huge invasion of privacy, taylorshah. Most personal blogs are like digital diaries, not open offices. If someone writes about their grief or family struggles, showing up there with a work question is just rude. It shows you didn't respect the boundary they set by having a separate professional account. You're treating their personal space like a cheat code to get their attention.
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