What are good ways to get meeting with VC’s without introductions?
24th August 2012
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To get an introduction, you need to impress someone who can make that introduction for you. Knowing someone who knows a VC isn’t enough. Take a look at the section titled “Asking for introductions to people is tricky” on this page to understand why: http://www.kalzumeus.com/standin...
One way of getting a meeting without an introduction is to build something awesome, get a bunch of people using it and then hope that the VC will have heard of it before you send a cold-introduction to them.
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