Is there any harm/lack of efficacy in cold-emailing a bunch of managers for informational interviews or internships? I'm not talking about the super media-friendly ones like Ackman/Cooperman or those that run gigantic shops like Dalio/Griffin, since their emails are probably filtered by a bunch of personnel, but those with a smaller profile that probably still check their own emails (the $500M-1B, 20-employee types). Or would my efforts be better served emailing lower-level people not as removed from school? Thanks in advance.
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From my experience this strategy can be very successful. But don't have the mindset of spamming them. Do some cursory research on their holdings and strategy, and show some interest in the specific fund.
I posted some thoughts on this strategy here: http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/sophomore-internship-hf-with-two-… although it was in the context of an internship, not full time.
If have the time/skill to take a month and make a solid pitch on some stock, sending that to them should yield significantly better responses.
Maybe some of it will be helpful, maybe not.
Gave this a shot. Found a $40B fund that has one of the names I've been following in their micro-cap fund. Emailed the PM of the fund asking to speak about his thoughts on the name and did a brief sentence on my opinion. Got a response this morning and set up a phone call. I got my LinkedIn credits back for the e-mail two days ago too. Boom.
hell yea! nice one
How'd you find his email? Did you just use a random email address format?
What were you thinking of sending them? I'm thinking of doing the same thing and I'd like to know what others are doing. PM me.
I once emailed Jim Chanos and congratulated on a Netflix short he had done. He replied thank you - so I took the liberty of pitching another short idea. He didn't respond.
Lol. Lakebeachadvisors, PM'd you.
Haha amazing
Haha absolutely hilarious! I've always thought about making a pitch, not getting a response and then seeing that fund take the position I suggested..... I congratulate you on taking a shot with him.
I'm confident cold-emailing well known fund managers could blow up in your face if you catch them in the wrong moment and are too persistent. Going with referrals is a much better tactic and actually easier than it seems.
most companies use one of a couple very common email formats...
Using you connections is a better route. Unless you are very tenured, working more Junior level contacts is probably your best first approach...Job Hunting 101
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