1How to Pi tch Yourself, your Idea, your P roject or your Star tupA) How to c old-email me (or a nyone else)Hereafter, I copied and pasted the excellent post of Thomas Korte, founder of the startup accelerator A ngelPad (San Francisco, U SA), about "How to cold e mail someone" (consultant, client, investor ...).http://tho maskorte.co m/http://ange lpad.org/How to cold-em ail me (or anyone else)Being on Angellist @ venturehacks.com, roughly tripled the amoun t of “pitch emails” that I usually get. It inspired me this post abo ut how to contact me or any one you don’t know and can’t get an introd uction to.Here is the “cold-email” (as in cold-call) for mat that I find most useful wh en being appro ached. I use this format myself if I can’t get an introduction. T he example in italics is an imaginary email.• Who are you and wh ere are you located?Hi Thomas,I am a engineering student at MIT, I will gradu ate in 2010 and ….• How do you know me or wh o introduced you?… I saw your present ation about “social search develo pments at Goo gle” wh en you visited MIT in 2007….• Why are you writing to me? What is your idea/ product/ vi sion/ compan y?This is yo ur elevator pitch – do yo urself a favor and spen d $9 on the Pitching Hacks book.