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Fortune
Jessica Coacci

29-year-old founder spammed Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff 53 times—it worked and now he spends 30 minutes a week ‘hustling’ and shooting cold emails

Marc Benioff (Credit: Bloomberg-Getty Images)

Harry Stebbings has a simple piece of advice for getting the attention of the world’s top leaders: learn to be “a stalker” when it comes to cold emailing.

He would know best. The 29-year-old VC founder emailed Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff 53 times to appear on his podcast, before accomplishing his goal in 2023. And since then, he’s admitted he spends 30 minutes a week toward “hustle time” and has roped most of his guests in with cold emails.

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