Ask HN: Why is it so hard to get responses from founders over email?
2 pointsby preston-kwei7 hours ago2 comments
  • brandonb7 hours ago
    Can you paste an example title and email here? I'm a founder and get 100's of emails per day. I often reply to cold emails, but honestly, with 90% of them, I can't really tell if they will solve one of my top 3 problems.
    • preston-kwei5 hours ago
      Totally. Here is what my emails typically look like:

      Re: quick scheduling question

      Hi [name],

      I’ve followed [company] for a while and the scale you’re operating at is impressive. With customer and partner meetings, plus internal meetings, I imagine your calendar gets pretty full.

      I’m working on a way for founders to cut down the email back-and-forth of scheduling without hiring or managing an EA.

      Is scheduling something you still handle personally at all?

      – Preston

  • floxy6 hours ago
    What magnitude response rate would you expect? 1%? 0.1%? 0.01%? Have you ever benefited from following up on a cold email?
    • preston-kwei5 hours ago
      Very low, like 0.01%. And oftentimes these people just say no. I try following up, but that usually doesn't do much.