# 8 Ways To Improve Your Outbound Sales

An episode of [Y Combinator Startup Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1236907421), 13 Sep 2026, 13 min.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/8c1524bc/podcast/play/125672219/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-8-13%2F431804026-44100-2-63676612def7f.mp3

The best outbound starts before you automate anything. Founders need to learn who actually has the problem, what gets their attention, and what makes them reply. YC Visiting Partner Christina Gilbert recommends doing at least your first 100 outreaches by hand so you can learn those things yourself. Drawing from her experience generating and closing millions of dollars through founder-led sales at OneSchema, Christina shares eight ways founders can improve their outbound, from targeting the right people and writing emails worth reading to following up, debugging low reply rates, and using customer language to sharpen your message.

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