[pavelgvay]

Currently, there is no automated messaging yet, and we're doing the outreach manually. So we just don't work with people who want to get meetings by spamming investors. We only work with the customers who need help with getting intros from the people they already know.

I have 3 anti-spam hypotheses to test:

1/ Daily message limits. Spamming only works if you send large volumes of emails. Strict daily limits should make our tool not suitable for spammers.

2/ Allow the "intro ask" emails to 1st-degree connections only.

3/ Allow cold emails to relevant investors only.

I hope all these restrictions will guide our users to use our tool as intended - for building healthy relationships with investors using healthy methods.

If the restrictions won't work, I'm going to figure out something else. As Michael Siebel once said, startups should choose their customers carefully. We want to build an investor relationships management platform, and there is no place for spammers.

Any suggestions on fighting spammers are welcome.