How does one explain?
Hey monkeys out there,
this may seem like a stupid question, but I was just thinking today about cold-emailing alums and other professionals. I have pieced together quite a few e-mail addresses with the help of LinkedIn and WSO and am contemplating shooting the whole lot perhaps tomorrow.
Suppose I do get lucky with a few and they agree to sit down and have a chat, what happens when they ask of how I obtained their e-mail addresses? Somehow when I picture saying that I pieced them together from various sources, it seems a little creep-prone.
Can anyone advise on this?





Tell them you found them
Tell them you found them through LinkedIn or your schools alumni database
I doubt they will ask- anyone
I doubt they will ask- anyone who responds is probably not going to worry about that. If they really do ask then say alumni database or Linkedin (as was mentioned above)
Just make a funny laughable
Just make a funny laughable comment, like "alot of googling". It's not as serious as you think.
Thanks guys, that put things
Thanks guys, that put things at ease! I certainly hope not too much of a ruckus will be made over such a matter haha.
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Another good place to look is
Another good place to look is the people search on Bloomberg. Most guys on the system don't get spam/job stuff in their bloomie email and will reply to you. It's also a pretty good database...i mean everyone who has a bloomie plus all the big names in finance have a biography page with usually a phone, email (bloomie and corporate), links to news stories they were mentioned in, a work address, etc.
speaking of a good way of breaking the ice, express interest in a topic they've discussed in a news article...assuming they've appeared on tv or been quoted before and thus linked to their bloomie profile. most guys like to talk about their strengths and will be impressed you've done your homework. good luck!