An observation: I intentionally try to bias in the direction of Yes for any “I have no social proof yet” projects, particularly for ones which have bootstrapped any indicia of competence.
https://twitter.com/mijustin/status/1318698580492734464
Partly this is to give people an advance on their own future self confidence, partly I enjoy making low-investment nudges in the direction of a better world 10 years down the line (and getting notes like this some of my greatest sources of professional joy), and partly...
... the world would be better if more people sent better cold email and the systemic way to reach that outcome is to reward good cold emails.
I think people can plausibly have different strategies and value systems, but FWIW, I very much do not regret the portfolio returns of saying “Absolutely, I would be thrilled to take you seriously” to a few thousand people early in their adventures.
(Need to follow up more...)
(Need to follow up more...)
It seems weird saying this in Silicon Valley but far, far too few people operationalize @tylercowen ‘s line: “My business model is I respond to emails.”
(My business model is “Maximize for the product of the number of software people materially helped and the median level of observed improvement in circumstances.” As long as that KPI goes up, everything else a very solvable challenge.)
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