India, Aug. 8 -- A man who actively cold-messaged startup founders across both Silicon Valley and India took to X to highlight a stark difference in communication styles. Comparing the two ecosystems, he observed that San Francisco founders often treat outreach as peer-to-peer conversations, whereas some Indian founders tend to maintain a hierarchical distance.

"I have cold DM'ed a bunch of founders from both India and SF One thing I noticed," Hriday Kadam wrote on X. He continued, "A lot of founders in SF talk to me like a peer. They ask questions, hear out my ideas, and have genuine conversations, even though I am just a student."

Contrasting this approachable dynamic with his experience reaching out to Indian entrepreneurs, he pointe...