How I shoot my shot in public and what I learned
How I shoot my shot in public and what I learnedA key tenet of building in public is making an ask in public.⚡️ A QUICK NOTE ABOUT OUR FEATURED SPONSOR ⚡️Last week, I came across a super helpful investor pitch guide from a deck startup called Trulytell. It covers how to form your startup’s story, develop the design, then how to deliver the pitch to investors. It also has a bunch of fundraising resources like investor contact lists, cold outreach strategies, meeting tips, and other helpful insights. Anyways, I reached out to the founder of Trulytell to see about including their framework in this week’s newsletter and here we are. If you get a chance, take a look. I think it’s a good tool for founders that want to stand out with their deck and pitch. Most founders and creators struggle with taking a shot and making an ask in public. Why? It seems like they like to guard their personal brand/ image so carefully that they can’t afford to face a public rejection and thereby risk lowering their status in the public eye. Additionally, they don’t want to come off too desperate. A lot of people no matter how small or big their brand is .. unconsciously live by this fear and never take their chances. But you won’t know the answer to your “ask” unless.. you make the ask. You will never get what you want in your life or career if others don’t know what you ..want. I’ve learned that facing your fear of rejection is an essential tool if you want to be successful. And more importantly, your personal brand will only get bigger if you take meaningful risks and show your vulnerable side in public. This is obvious to me now. But it wasn’t always… even just 4 years ago. Early days in my Twitter journey, I was terrified of facing rejection. I assumed rejection meant people would judge me as a worthless idiot. Until one day I accidentally discovered the power of ‘shooting your shot’ with the below tweet to Gary Vee. Earlier that year, I started a fledgling podcast called “BUILD IN PUBLIC PODCAST”. Gary has been my inspiration for more than a decade. In the back of my mind, I’ve always wished to have Gary as a dream guest for an interview on the show. That Sunday morning March 7, 2021, I had a weird hunch to just tweet at Gary and make my ask boldly. I had zero expectations because my podcast was young and only had 3 episodes until then but boy did that tweet change my life! Shooting my shot today🏀 100% ready to take a NO :)
Hey @garyvee 👋
I'm an immigrant & u've been a huge inspiration for 10 yrs
Do you mind hopping for a quick chat on my show (anchor.fm/buildinpublic) & discuss NFTs + "document don't create"?
This would make my entire DECADE! Here are some key wins after that:
I am 100% certain that the answer was NO for all of these if I didn’t make the ‘ask’. Of course, it wasn’t all roses. There were rejections too. Here are all the times it didn’t work:
Here are my top 9 lessons:
That’s a summary of my experience with shooting my shot in public. Now, I want to hear from you. Have you experimented with this technique? Has it worked? What was challenging for you? Shoutouts and Sponsors#1. Startups.fyi
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