Networking

Reconnect with old colleague

Warm message to someone you've lost touch with — without making it weird.

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Hi Hannah,

I realised it's been almost three years since we last worked together at Lattice — feels both shorter and longer than that, depending on the day.

I was thinking about you last week because the new team I'm working with hit the exact same bug we hit the night before the Series C launch: the perf-review export pipeline silently dropped half the rows. Took me back to the 4am rewrite session — I still can't believe we shipped that demo on time.

Quick update on my end: I left Lattice in February and have been building my own thing for the last six months. We're at a point where I'm starting to think seriously about fundraising.

Which is the reason I'm reaching out — you'd done this from the operator side at your last company, and I'd love your read on a few decks if you have 20 minutes in the next couple of weeks.

Best, Ashish

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