Step 1: Define your strongest angle
Choose one narrow angle where your experience is clearly useful to Robert Leshner. Avoid broad positioning; one sharp contribution beats ten generic claims.
Use this as your foundation: Robert Leshner responds to concise, outcome driven outreach that respects their calendar and inner circle. The strongest entry is through Compound Labs leadership team or Compound Labs partnerships, ideally via a warm introduction from DeFi risk managers or institutional lenders. Lead with a one page brief tied to building resilient onchain credit rails and protocol governance and show you understand how decisions are made in Compound Labs. Offer a low lift next step like a short call, memo, or pilot, and avoid generic praise by signaling measurable upside and low operational risk.