First I'd like to thanks everyone here at HN, for the support and advice I've been getting since I starting posting questions. But I need your help again...<p>I found a potential candidate, that may be interested in joining me as co-founder for my new music start-up. I believe this gentleman is about twice my age, and so far seems approachable. I am thinking of sending this candidate an email, but I don't want to screw anything up.<p>So, I wanted to ask you all here at HN...<p>How should I introduce myself?<p>Should I just jump straight to the point (What my start-up is about)??<p>If you have any other suggestions, please leave your thoughts; they are all welcomed.<p>Thanks.
I like all the enthusiasm you've got for your idea.<p>It's an easy mistake to look at things from a purely rational standpoint and mentally check off all of the traits that you're looking for; but you really need to spend some time working with someone to know if it's going to be a good fit for sure.<p>Trying to reach out to someone to ask them to cofound a company with you isn't that far away from emailing a woman and asking her to marry you just because you think the two of you like the same things.<p>All that being said, you should definitely get in touch with this person and say that you've got some things going on that you think he might be interested in, and maybe try to meet up or work on a small project together or something like that first.
I don't think email is the right medium to ask whether he is interested in being a cofounder. I think email is a fine medium to say, "Hey - I've got something I want to talk with you about. Got time for lunch on Thursday?"