4个邮件模板帮助你搞定35万美元天使投资

如何让你和你未来的投资人的之间的邮件往来不再COLD，用下面4个模板也许会让你事半功倍。注意每一个模板之后都有作者的提示，虽然只是英文模板，但稍加改动也可以成为你的中文邮件模板。

原文如下：

Over a three month period, I raised an "advisory round" for my early stage startup from the likes of Esther Dyson, Dave McClure, Eric Ries, Josh Baer and others. During the fundraising process, I met a ton of investors both through soft introductions, straight out stalking and also through AngelList.

In the end, I ended up raising $350k (my goal was $250k, I was oversubscribed) and I managed the entire fundraising process over email using these key templates. Now, you can use them too to raise money for your startup.

Keep in mind that these templates do not replace the "soft intro" or the initial conversation where you talk to an investor and pique their interest. In my limited experience in fundraising, COLD CALLING and COLD EMAILING generally does not work. So get that "soft intro" first, or connect over AngelList and then start with the first template.

Initial Investor Connection

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Here's the info you requested about {{product_name}}...

Hey {{first_name}},

Here's the info I promised you about {{Company Name}}:

1. I've attached a short PDF that gives an overview about {{product name}}.
2. Also, if you'd like to check out {{product name}}, here are two QUICK ways to take it for a test drive: 1) Check out our demo: {{link to demo}} 2) Check out our demo video: {{link to demo video}}.

Once you've checked out the PDF and the Demo, I'd love to get on the phone with you or meet in person to tell you more about the business.

Please let me know TWO times that work for you and I'll schedule it.

Thanks in advance,
{{link to your product with tag line}}

You should send this email after the first introduction or conversation you have with a potential investor. The goal of this email is to further pique the investor's interest with key pieces of information and push for an actual meeting where you can talk details.

Things to note:

1. You're not sending your actual Pitch Deck here. You're just sending a ONE PAGE PDF that gives a simple overview of WHO YOU ARE, and WHAT PROBLEM YOUR PRODUCT SOLVES.
   
2. Make the demo link as SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE. Don't require a log in. It should be a simple link that puts them into the "in app" experience.

AngelList Intro Response

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Re: AngelList Intro with {{product name}}

Dear {{first_name}},

Thank you for reaching out to us through AngelList (http://angel.co/tout). For starters, I've attached the latest version of our pitch deck which provides a solid framework of our
business in about 7 slides.

After reviewing the deck, if you feel there may be a good fit, then please let me know THREE time blocks over the next three days (weekends are fine) during which we can talk on Skype or meet so that we can get to know each other better.

Thanks in advance,

I love AngelList, we raised a good portion of our round through there. However, the toughest thing for me was figuring out what to do AFTER someone requested an intro.

The goal of this template is to build on the information already on your AngelList profile and get the person that clicked on the "Intro" button to review some more detailed information and get them to convert to an actual meeting.

Note that at this point, we're including the actual pitch deck with the assumption that they already checked out a demo of your product from your AngelList profile and already learned about the basic information (and more) that the PDF OVERVIEW would have.

Deal Terms and Details

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Here are the details on {{product name}}'s fundraising round

Hello {{first_name}},

This email contains all of the details you need to get in on {{product name}}'s seed round which is set to close at the end of {{Month}}.

In this email, I've included all of the important pieces of information:

1. I've included the latest version of our Pitch deck.
   
2. I've attached both the term sheet and the actual note for your review. The basic terms are {{key summary items of terms}}
3. So far, we have the following people in {{committed OR in the pipeline}} on this deal: {{list of names that people recognize -- social proof}}.
   

Please call me on my direct line: {{your direct phone number}} when you are ready. Keep in mind that we are closing this round at the end of {{Month}}.

Thanks,

After you've had your initial meeting, you should use this template to follow up and give the Investor ALL of the pertinent information including the social proof and sales pressure necessary to close this deal.

Close the Deal!

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{{product name}} Investment: Let's Close this Deal!

Dear {{first_name}},

I'm extremely excited to be bringing you on as an Investor for {{product name}}. As I mentioned before, we are set to close this round of fundraising in {{X}} days.

There are two things you need to do to close this deal:

1. In a moment, I'll be sending you the actual Note in electronic form (through RightSignature). Please review and sign electronically so we can execute the agreement.
   
2. Please reply to THIS email and send me your official mailing address. Our law firm needs this to ensure all necessary regulatory filings are done properly.

Please call me directly if you have any questions: {{Number}}.

Thanks

Even if you get a commitment from an investor, it still takes some prodding to close the deal. The goal of this Email template is to remind them that the round is closing and that they are either IN or they are OUT.

It also addresses some of the key logistics around "closing the deal.

Jack Wolfskin被以700 Million Euro收购

Der Outdoor-Ausrüster Jack Wolfskin erhält einen neuen Besitzer. Zwei Finanzinvestoren verkaufen das Unternehmen für 700 Millionen Euro weiter - an einen anderen Finanzinvestor. Der langjährige Geschäftsführer Hell geht.

Jack Wolfskin 近日被 美国财团Blackstone 以700 Million Euro 收购。美国财团 Quadriga Capital 和 Barclays Private Equit 在2006年以93 Million Euro 收购了Jack Wolfskin.

Jack Wolfskin 成立于1981年，以狼爪作为商标，主要生产户外运动、休闲和旅行度假生产专业的服装，装备配件和鞋品。总部在德国黑森洲Idstein ， 但其产品大部分在亚洲制造。2010年其产品在欧洲的销售额为304,2 Million Euro， 比2009年增加21%.

Proverb about ...

"Tomorrow Is Often the Busiest Day of the Week"

"Fish Don't Know They're in Water"

"You Can't Cross a Chasm in Two Small Steps"

"If You Don’t Have Time to Do It Right, When Will You Have Time to Do It Over?"

Gmail 新功能： 同时和多个用户通话

现在在Gmail中你可以使用GTalk同时和多个用户通话。 你在呼叫一个用户的同时，可以拨通另一个电话。当你在接一个电话的时候，又有一个电话打进来，你可以选择是否接听，如果选择接听的话， 原来的通话会被保留。

希望GTalk功能不断强大中，也能把资费降一点下来。GTalk的资费还是要比一般的Voip电话费一点点的。

原文如下:

Make multiple calls in Gmail

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 | 5:45 PM

Posted by Richard Dunn, Software Engineer

Over the years, we've expanded Gmail's communication abilities by allowing you to make voice and video calls to other computers and more recently call phones. Until now, though, you were limited to making one call at a time. Today we're excited to relax that restriction and allow you to make or receive multiple calls in Gmail.

If you’re in a call and make a second one, your first call will be put on hold while you talk on your new call. You can switch between calls by pressing the “Resume” button on the call you want to talk on, which will automatically put the previous call on hold.

Receiving incoming calls while you're in another call is just as easy: you'll receive a notification of the incoming call and can choose to accept it or not. If you take the new call, the previous call will be put on hold.

Whether you make a second call or not, you can now put any call on hold — useful in case you need to talk to someone in the room or grab something off the stove. Just press the “Hold” button and then “Resume” to start talking again.

This feature works across all call types (voice, video, and phone); the only restriction is that a maximum of two outgoing calls to physical phones can be placed at once.

Google 搜索新功能 ：检测恶意软件，并通知用户

Google 于19日发布了一项新的安全功能。在用户在搜索时，通过检测和分析不寻常的搜索流量，来判断用户电脑是否已被安装恶意软件。如果你在用Google搜索时发现如下图案

那么你的电脑可以已经被感染，如果想知道如果进一步确定，可以试试 "Learn how to fix this." :)

原文如下：

Using data to protect people from malware

7/19/2011 04:55:00 PM

(Cross-posted on the Google Online Security Blog)

The Internet brings remarkable benefits to society. Unfortunately, some people use it for harm and their own gain at the expense of others. We believe in the power of the web and information, and we work every day to detect potential abuse of our services and ward off attacks.

As we work to protect our users and their information, we sometimes discover unusual patterns of activity. Recently, we found some unusual search traffic while performing routine maintenance on one of our data centers. After collaborating with security engineers at several companies that were sending this modified traffic, we determined that the computers exhibiting this behavior were infected with a particular strain of malicious software, or “malware.” As a result of this discovery, today some people will see a prominent notification at the top of their Google web search results:

This particular malware causes infected computers to send traffic to Google through a small number of intermediary servers called “proxies.” We hope that by taking steps to notify users whose traffic is coming through these proxies, we can help them update their antivirus software and remove the infections.

We hope to use the knowledge we’ve gathered to assist as many people as possible. In case our notice doesn’t reach everyone directly, you can run a system scan on your computer yourself by following the steps in our Help Center article.