Greenberg: Frame warm intro requests around expertise rather than product pitches
Noah Greenberg · He bootstrapped to $4M ARR in 2 years. Here's his LinkedIn playbook you can't ignore. | Noah Gree... · PMF Show · Apr 3, 2025 · at 9:41
Noah Greenberg, co-founder of Stacker, discusses early-stage B2B sales discovery tactics and how founders should structure warm introduction requests.
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“And for one, just no one wants to make an intro and be like, hey, can I introduce you to this guy so they can pitch you on their product? That just feels icky and you're going to get a much lower response rate of someone saying, yes, I'm willing to introduce you. Whereas if you're saying I really value this person's expertise, everyone wants to feel like an expert and it's much easier for that person to try and facilitate that call.”
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