One rewritten email
A founder brought me an email chain he thought was dead. His contact had gone silent for weeks and he was sure he was being ignored.
He was not. She had offered him a meeting and a warm introduction to exactly the company he needed. His reply said yes, then asked her to sign an NDA before they had even spoken. She went quiet. He chased, said the same thing again, and she went quiet again.
She had been warm and helpful. He replied with paperwork, twice, and never noticed. We rewrote one email, warm and with the legal wording taken out, and she replied within the week. The introduction he had frozen was worth more than his whole raise.
A founder raising investment. Details changed to protect him.