We asked 1,000 founders how business is really going

Preview text: We asked 1,000 founders how business is really going Our Founder Barometer is out today…

Virgin StartUpTuesday, Sep 8, 2026 at 7:04 AM EasternMailchimp
Virgin StartUpWe asked 1,000 founders how business is really going
Subject
We asked 1,000 founders how business is really going
Preview text
We asked 1,000 founders how business is really going Our Founder Barometer is out today…
From
hello@virginstartup.org
Sent
Tue Sep 8, 2026, 7:04 AM ET
Size
45 KB
Images
5
Links
11, 2 of them buttons
Subject length
52 characters

Against Virgin StartUp's usual

Sent in the 7 AM hour, which holds 5% of its emails; 34% arrive in the 5 AM hour. The subject is 52 characters; its average is 44.

Email headers

What the brand's servers put on this email. Our receiving servers, the address we subscribed with and unsubscribe links are left out.

From
Andy Fishburn, Virgin StartUp <[email protected]>
Subject
We asked 1,000 founders how business is really going
Date
Tue, 8 Sep 2026 11:04:51 +0000
Message-ID domain
mail190.sea51.mcsv.net
Return-Path domain
mail190.sea51.mcsv.net
DKIM signature
d=virginstartup.org s=k3
List-Unsubscribe
Present, one-click
Mailer
Mailchimp Mailer
Feedback-ID sender
mc

Servers it passed through, newest first

  1. from localhost [127.0.0.1] by mail190.sea51.mcsv.net with ESMTP

Other sending headers (names only): X-Campaign, X-campaignid, X-Report-Abuse, X-MC-User, X-Accounttype

Report this email

Sent just before and after

Sep 21, 2026 4:31 AMHow are you feeling, out of 10?
Sep 18, 2026 5:40 AMHere's what UK founders are really feeling
Sep 11, 2026 5:03 AMLast call: come meet Lauren Currie OBE at Changemakers
Sep 8, 2026 7:04 AMWe asked 1,000 founders how business is really going (this email)
Sep 4, 2026 6:40 AMNext week: get clearer on funding your business
Sep 3, 2026 5:10 AMYour invitation to September's Changemakers
Aug 28, 2026 4:40 AMLoan, grant or investor? Start here

More from Virgin StartUp

All Virgin StartUp emails

Get the Black Friday insights

We're collecting every Black Friday email from more than 50,000 brands as it lands. Get what we find: who starts first, the biggest discounts, and the subject lines that stand out.

Free. You'll get a confirmation email first, and you can unsubscribe anytime.