Embrace failure is a phrase I've been using a lot these days. When it doesn't work out, dust yourself off, and press on. These are the kinds of emails I want more of. These are the kinds of folks that are now "seasoned" and now "get it", having their on set of failure points that make them smarter. Yes, I'm taking the meeting with some enthusiasm.
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From: Scott
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 9:00 PM
To: Rick Segal
Subject: Re:Hi Rick,
I hope things are well with you. It was great to meet you last year to discuss []. As you may recall, [] was essentially a laboratory project that we worked on internally and rolled with a ton of organic momentum.
For a number of reasons that I can speculate, it seems that since launching the product, the growth trajectory stalled.
I guess that's how it rolls sometime. I've still been working on the service based customer projects that have been paying the bills all along.
The reason for reaching out is that I'm in the middle of working on a []
I'm wondering if you'd be willing to vet the business concept and provide early critique/input.
I'm not looking for capital now but am close to getting the product dev/concept far enough along that I'm looking to a few smart people like yourself who can see through the presentation layer and provide real input.
Let me know if you have some time. I could send you a short introduction first and setup a call or a meeting to discuss.
All the best,
Scott
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Scott's first idea didn't make the cut but Scott hung in there and is still at it. My kinda guy.
In my humble opinion, every VC out there should block off a couple of hours a week to simply help out the farm team. If you are jetting off to France, planning that dinner party, picking out the leather for the jet, that's even more of a reason to help out the next generation. It was people like Scott that got you where you are and put that expensive car in your driveway.
Give back a little, it won't kill you.
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