from the oak office
We make introductions in three sentences.
Direct and short. If we wrote you, it’s because we know someone you should meet - and we wrote it short on purpose, so you could decide quickly and keep your day moving.
the office
You got the email because a person read what you’re working on, saw a match, and wrote you. Not a list. Not a sequence. This page exists in case you want to verify that.
what our intros look like
Three sentences. No padding. Signed.
Here’s the shape. If we have a match for you, this is what lands in your inbox. The format is the promise.
Saw what you’re building with [the thing].
You should meet [name] - they [the specific thing], and the timing looks right.
Want me to introduce? No pitch on the other side, no obligation if it’s not.
- J
the other side
What we ask of the people we represent.
An introduction is only as good as the office making it. We recommend; we do not broker. We extend our name only on behalf of people we’d send a friend to. The bar is short:
- They've done the work, more than once. We've watched them do it.
- Their work is good enough that we'd send a friend, not a stranger.
- They treat the introduction as a starting point, not a closing technique.
- They don't pitch on the other side. They show up and demonstrate.
- They're content with fewer introductions, made better.
two sides
Two ways to end up on this page.
you got our email
We saw a match. The intro is already written. Fifteen minutes is enough to confirm the timing.
you make the thing we introduce people to
If your work solves a recognizable problem and you’re tired of being introduced badly, the office is open.
who runs the office
One person reads. One person writes. One person sends.
There’s no team behind the email. The office is small on purpose. The cost of a wrong intro is ours - so we’d rather write fewer.
What you’re looking at here is the same person who wrote you. Reachable, accountable, unceremonial.
postscript
A few questions, in case they haven’t been answered.
- Why did this come from you and not someone I already know?
- Because we follow what you’re working on in the course of our own, and the people you already know are working from the same view. We’re a few rooms over - and saw a fit they couldn’t.
- How is this paid for?
- It’s free for you. The person on the other side pays the office only if it turns into work. So we’re paid to make good intros, not more of them.
- Are we on a list?
- No. No lists, no sequences. We follow specific people and businesses in the course of our own work and write when there’s a real match. If the timing’s off, we make a one-line note so we don’t write you twice.
the introduction
If you’d like the introduction, want to make one, or want to confirm what arrived in your inbox, fifteen minutes is enough. The link below reaches the office calendar.