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VCNYC outreach email

The lesson

Offer your asset for later, not a meeting now: a broker who writes "Down the line" asks nothing of a busy founder.

The move

Arash Sadighi writes to Dorothy about her Lynx Collective announcement. He runs a commercial real estate brokerage called VCNYC whose clients have extra space and "some even have event space", links "THIS" to an example, and offers space for "fireside chats, networking, or workshops" if her Circles need it. It closes with "Congrats on the launch!".

Why it works

  • Our read"We haven't met" is stated up front, which spares her guessing and reads as honest.
  • Our readThe offer names her Circles and what they might do in the space, so it is tied to her launch rather than generic.
  • Our readA linked example of the event space lets her see the offer without having to reply first.

What not to copy

Don't copy the line about buzzing social feeds, which only works with real mutual connections. Keep the future-tense offer and the proof link.

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