2022: 50 cold emails daily, 2% response rate 2024: 3 warm intros weekly, 90% close rate Networks beat numbers
Krishna Lakamsani
Serial entrepreneur, AFoundery venture studio founder, angel investor, mentor, and public speaker. Harvard Business School alumnus. 20+ years building ventures across USA, Mexico, India & Nepal. 30+ startup investments via TheSeedFund.vc.
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Stop chasing a unicorn that needs constant outside money. Build something that pays you this year and still stands in ten.
A business built for an exit serves a buyer who may never come. A business built for profit serves a customer who is already here.
I am not looking for the most polished applicant. I am looking for the one who already talked to a customer.