Fill Your Dance Card: Opening convos with MISSION DRIVEN Partners
As Ronin, we want BIG OPPORTUNITIES. Big opportunities ARE long-term opportunities. A "one-night stand" can be fun. But it's still a hit-em and quit em deal. Even if the dude(tte) is a perfect 10. In on Friday... Out by Saturday... And then we're "chasing again". I may not be speaking for everyone... But to me... Chasing one-night stands gets old. I'm the marrying type. I want deep, long-term relationships. Now... In business, it turns out I am polygamous, LOL. But... I realize I may be in the minority about long-term relationships. This is why in the agency space you see folks blast out 1000s of cold emails in a week to complete strangers they think might be 10's. Then the 1 or 2 ez girls out of 1000 say, "Let's go back to my place." They hit it and quit it. Their "ez girl" goes out and bangs another dude the next night. Then it's back to the chase. This is the same as seeing someone just won a 2 comma club award and sliding into their DMs. If our MAIN CRITERIA...is money, list size, audience reach..."their surface level" attributes. If you do happen to get on a date with them... And then they want to "do it themselves," or "rip you off" or "dump you for someone hotter"... Don't complain that they are SHALLOW! As an investor... Who wants the long-term rewards of a long-term relationship (aka big opportunity)... I realize big opportunities are CREATED, not FOUND. I am looking for a LONG TERM PERSON who is on a MISSION! They put MISSION as a priority BEFORE MONEY. I want to CREATE a relationship with them. I want to CREATE big, long-term opportunities for BOTH of us. Mission-driven people are much rarer than an individual who puts MONEY before MISSION. In my experience... Many folks don't even HAVE a mission. And that's okay. I just don't want to invest in a relationship with them. Now... Every long-term relationship starts with "hello". You strike up a conversation... If the conversation goes well... You do "coffee". The coffee date is to see if it makes sense to have a first date.