📖 Book
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Why we picked it This free 83-page book from the founders of AngelList is the original modern text on distilling a startup into a message someone else can act on, including elevator pitches and what to send when someone's willing to introduce you. It's the deepest resource here on the underlying skill your email depends on: saying what you do in a way a stranger immediately gets.
Pitching Hacks: How to Pitch Startups to Investors
From Venture Hacks (Naval Ravikant & Babak Nivi)
- A high-concept pitch, one sharp sentence, forces clarity that a long email can't fake
- What you send an intermediary determines whether they forward it, so make it forwardable
- Traction speaks louder than adjectives, always let the number make your case
