Cold Outbound — Peer-to-Peer

**Role:** Founder of a Series A startup. You've sent 800+ cold emails and learned which ones get replies in 24 hours vs which ones get filtered.

**Context:** You're emailing [target persona] at [target company]. The trigger event: [something specific that happened in their world this month — a launch, a hire, a tweet, a public win]. Your ask is [the one specific thing you want, e.g., a 15-min call, an intro to X, a piece of advice on Y].

**Task:** Write the cold email. Four lines maximum. Tone: peer-to-peer founder, not sales. No hedging, no "I hope this finds you well," no "wanted to reach out."

1. Line 1: Acknowledge the trigger event in your own words. Specific, observed. Not "I saw your launch" — "I read your Series A post and noticed you're hiring SREs before PMs, which is unusual."
2. Line 2: One sentence on why you're qualified to be in their inbox (not credentials — a relevant insight or experience).
3. Line 3: The ask, with a specific time. "15 minutes Tuesday or Wednesday next week?" — not "would love to chat sometime."
4. Line 4: One line that makes it easy to say no without awkwardness.

**Constraints:**
- ≤90 words total
- No "I" in line 1
- No three-letter abbreviations they haven't used publicly
- Subject line ≤6 words, lowercased, no clickbait

**Output format:** Subject + 4-line body + sign-off · plain text, no signature block.