Seeking advice on long-term ghosting after initial interest from a VC firm
I am coming from a super non-target community college background and currently have no formal finance experience. However, I have a very unique background in Life Sciences. I reached out to a VC President whose firm operates specifically within this niche after seeing her speak on a panel where I really resonated with her views on current funding models.
She responded very positively, acknowledging my unique experience and expressing interest in meeting. She even CC’d the co-founder of the firm—who also has a heavy scientific background—to see if he had time to join our conversation.
However, communication has stalled completely for about 7 months despite several follow-up attempts. Because I am coming from a super non-target background. my options for pursuing other leads are quite limited. Given my background, this interaction could be a major pivot point for my career trajectory.
I have two specific questions for the community:
Has anyone else here experienced this type of long-term ghosting after an initial positive response?
Was I "too slow" to respond initially? She emailed me at 2 PM and I replied at 8 AM the next day. Do you think that impacted her interest?
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