You raise an important potential downside. It was already hard for people with shallow pockets to reach people with deep pockets and this might make it harder.
For me personally, I would do the following. Someone cold calls or emails me. If this is an aspiring entrepreneur who has no deep pockets and a good pitch, I will meet with them for free. Same for any NGO or individual making the world a better place. If this is a for-profit company that has X profits I will charge a Y amount that I think is fair for that company to pay me for my time, through a donation to an effective charity. If facebook wants my time I will charge a million.
There’s pros and cons to everything, but the additional money flowing to charities seems more important to me, but we should think of ways for people who can’t afford donations to not be excluded. Replying with your HearMeOut link depending on who cold emails or calls you seems like a simple but effective solution, at least for me, but I’m curious to hear what others think!
You raise an important potential downside. It was already hard for people with shallow pockets to reach people with deep pockets and this might make it harder.
For me personally, I would do the following. Someone cold calls or emails me. If this is an aspiring entrepreneur who has no deep pockets and a good pitch, I will meet with them for free. Same for any NGO or individual making the world a better place. If this is a for-profit company that has X profits I will charge a Y amount that I think is fair for that company to pay me for my time, through a donation to an effective charity. If facebook wants my time I will charge a million.
There’s pros and cons to everything, but the additional money flowing to charities seems more important to me, but we should think of ways for people who can’t afford donations to not be excluded. Replying with your HearMeOut link depending on who cold emails or calls you seems like a simple but effective solution, at least for me, but I’m curious to hear what others think!