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I read everything. I reply to most of it. The fastest way to get a useful answer from me is to make it easy to answer: one paragraph, one ask.
On Topmate: I pay out effectively everything I earn there to charity. Treat the fee as a filter, it's there so the people who book actually need the time.
Before you write
How to get a reply from me in one email.
Not a test, genuinely just what makes it easy to help you fast.
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Put the ask in line one.
Intro, advice, investment, speaking. I'll read the rest, I promise, but tell me what you need first.
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One paragraph on what you're building.
What it does, who pays, what's live. Skip the market-size slide.
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Tell me the real number.
Revenue, users, units, whatever is true, even if it's zero. Zero is fine. Vague is not.
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Say what you've already tried.
It saves us both the first twenty minutes of every call.
Asked a lot
Quick answers.
Do you invest?
Yes, small angel cheques of my own money, usually pre-seed and usually when I can be useful operationally. Email me with what you're building, the traction so far, and what you'd do with the money.
Is Orange Juice Ventures a fund?
No. It incubates and advises companies rather than investing in them. If you want capital, that's a separate conversation with me personally.
I'm 19 and I have nothing but an idea. Can I message you?
That's the entire point of this website. Yes.
Can you look at my deck?
I'd rather see the product, the numbers, or a two-line description of the problem. Decks are the least interesting artefact you have.