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Seed to Harvest
🎙️ Seed to Harvest | Stories from Technical Storytellers
Welcome to Seed to Harvest, the podcast by Behind Genius Ventures.
We talk to early-stage founders, operators, and investors—people building with code and conviction. Each episode is a chapter in their story: from the messy beginnings to the quiet pivots, from planting ideas to growing companies that matter.
Expect:
🌱 Honest conversations on the earliest chapters of company-building
🧠 Tactical insights from technical minds with narrative soul
✨ Reflections on resilience, rituals, and reinventing what’s possible
This podcast is for the builders who think in frameworks and metaphors. The ones who whiteboard in wild places. The ones writing their own mythologies—one commit, pitch, or poem at a time.
From spark to story.
From seed to harvest. 🌾
Seed to Harvest
mastering cold outreach: my 5 P’s for success and powerful connections | Seed To Harvest Ep59
Today I wanted to talk about one of my favorite subjects: cold outreach. At this point in my life, I am pretty much a professional at cold outreach. Cold outreach is really what built the foundation of my career, whether that was an email, Twitter DM, or LinkedIn message. I will be addressing my five P's of cold outreach: perspective, purpose, process, prep, and post. I will also be sharing my perspective on my cold outreaches in the past because I have interacted with some pretty amazing people such as Beth Comstock, Ann Miura-Ko, Mike Dempsey, Neal Jean, and Mark Cuban.
Seed to Harvest is a podcast focused on stories & tactics from a diverse array of investors, founders, and creators, hosted by Paige Finn Doherty, a founding partner at Behind Genius Ventures and author of Seed to Harvest, an illustrated children's book for adults.
Connect with Paige 🌱💜
Behind Genius Ventures blog | https://www.behindgeniusventures.com/
Personal Blog | https://paigefinndoherty.com/
Twitter | https://twitter.com/paigefinnn
00:00 Welcome to Seed To Harvest: Paige Doherty
03:37 Beth Comstock's book
06:22 building a list
10:23 prep for Ann Miura-Ko
11:55 emailing with Mike Dempsey
19:17 connecting with Neal Jean
19:47 advice from Mark Cuban
Show notes:
Imagine it Forward | https://www.amazon.com/Imagine-Forward-Courage-
Creativity-Change-ebook/dp/B078LJW4G4
Northrop Grumman | https://www.northropgrumman.com/
Forbes Midas List | https://www.forbes.com/midas/
Ann Miura-Ko | https://twitter.com/annimaniac?lang=en
Michael Dempsey | https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhdempsey/
Compound | https://www.compound.vc/
Pallet | https://www.pallet.com/
Andy Weissman | https://twitter.com/aweissman
USV | https://www.usv.com/
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test | https://www.amazon.com/The-Electric-
Kool-Aid-Acid-Test/dp/B000I0YQW0
Neal Jean | https://twitter.com/nealjean1?lang=en
Beacons | https://beacons.ai/