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I’ve raised millions of dollars via cold emails.

Here’s my exact playbook that you can use:

Great cold emails can help:

1. Raise money
2. Attract top talent
3. Build new partnerships

The opportunities are endless.

But you need a good strategy.

Let’s say you’re the founder of an AI-powered stethoscope called “Stethy”

You’re looking to raise some money.

Here’s how to raise money with cold emails:

1 - Define Your Goal

Our goal is to ask investors to join us for a call and get their feedback on our product or direction.

Once we’ve had a conversation with them, we can gauge their interest in investing.

2 - Find Investors

Go to 'Angel .co'
Filter by category “Health”
Write down a list of investors
Use 'Hunter .io' to find investor emails

India just clocked 100 🦄 a few days back.

Here is a thread on who they are and what they do 👇

But before we get to that, here is an interesting summary from Inc42

India's unicorn rank : 3 ( After US, China )

Total value : $333B ( Avg of $3.3B )

The sector with the most unicorns: Ecommerce

How long did it take: 11 years

Alright, let's start with the latest to oldest.

🦄 100: Open

🗓️ : May 2022

India's newest unicorn and Asia’s first neo banking platform for SMEs and startups offering banking solutions to small business owners is currently valued at $1 Bn and was founded by Ajeesh Achuthan, Anish Achuthan, Deena Jacon, & Mabel Chacko.

🦄 99: Games 24x7

🗓️ : March 2022

Bhavin & Trivikarman's shared passion for online games turned them into India's leading digital skill games company.

It is currently valued at $2.5 Bn.

🦄 98: Oxyzo

🗓️ : March 2022

Ruchi Karla runs the $1 Bn company that specialises in providing credit solutions to SMEs to help expand their business.

We live in a world where every skill you find useless can be monetized. You can legit build a career from stalking (researching) right people on Instagram

5 cold emailing hacks that ACTUALLY work!📧💯

A Thread🧵

1. Find out the email of the person you want to reach out to

- Check their social media profiles first.
- If you don't find it there, then use email scrappers like Lusha or RocketReach.

- You can even use hunter . io to figure out their company formats.

- Use that combination for the person you want to email.

These strategies will help you get access to the email IDs effectively.

2. Write a catchy subject line

Be straightforward. Directly address them. Get their attention as soon as possible.

Using an emoji also helps differentiate your email.

Eg. A subject line that worked for me was "Hey XYZ, your Youtube channel needs this"

What you shouldn't do?

Writing anything in the subject JUST to get their attention.

Avoid clickbait. Just be honest with the purpose you are writing for.

25 immensely powerful life hacks.

A thread...

1. When speaking to others, try and notice the color of their eye balls.

This will maintain eye contact without you feeling awkward.
While making them feel heard.

2. Send emails to your future self.

It could be a task, a prediction, a thought. Compose the email and schedule send it for sometime later.

It is joyful when we have forgotten about something and then hear from our own selves.

3. Do not try to remember anything!

Write everything down.
Put things on a calendar.
Create a to-do list.
Use a notes app.

We over-estimate our ability to remember things!

4. Predict your future (and then laugh about it)

Every birthday, write down 2-3 predictions for yourself, for the next year.

And then next birthday, go through them.

Over 3-5 years you will be amazed at how inaccurate your predictions were!

I have a $100,000 business degree.

But I've learned 10x more by reading books.

10 business books that will change your life:

Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher

Lessons:
• You can negotiate anything you want.
• The best negotiation tactic is to first offer the other side something they want.

Drive by Daniel Pink

Lessons:
• Money alone isn't enough to motivate us.
• We are most motivated when we can also achieve control and freedom.

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson

Lessons:
• The most effective way to get rich is to learn how to build and sell a product.
• The only real test of intelligence is if you get what you want out of life.

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Lessons:
• Habits compound to produce huge results.
• The best way to build habits is to make them easy, attractive and rewarding.