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Ask HN: What are you learning right now?

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Re: Ask HN: What are you learning right now?

#65

How to run a bootstrapped startup as a single founder. I don’t have a problem with the tech etc. and those that see it and experience it, love it. However, that cliche stands true - marketing and sales are hard. ‘Cold emails’ feel extremely spammy to me, as I know when I’m on the receiving end they get deleted almost straight away. I’m working on content marketing (blog posts etc.), but that is a slow burn that doesn…

I feel my cold emails are spammy when the value I'm proposed is not a good deal for the reader. Either a still bad product or a overpriced offer.

Cold emails are spammy no matter how good the deal is.

Fifteen years ago you might have got away with a well targeted message but that well has been poisoned now. If you send me unsolicited mail I'm going to assume you aren't the sort of people I want to work with.

Re: Ask HN: What are you learning right now?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I feel my cold emails are spammy when the value I'm proposed is not a good deal for the reader. Either a still bad product or a overpriced offer.

Cold emails are spammy no matter how good the deal is. Fifteen years ago you might have got away with a well targeted message but that well has been poisoned now. If you send me unsolicited mail I'm going to assume you aren't the sort of people I want to work with.

Right but if you send me a 100 dollars I would love this "spam".

Re: Ask HN: What are you learning right now?

#69

How to have fun after 10+ years of depression. I'm finding it…tricky.

I've been in a similar place recently. It's extremely tricky. I'm slowly making progress and enjoying life a little more.

Instrumental to me in this has been strangely enough, getting sacked from jobs and realizing that work isn't all that important. Yes, it is, but there's a whole lot more to life.

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