Russ Heddleston, Co-Founder and CEO at DocSend | Best Fundraising Strategies For Growing Your Business

➡️ Like The Podcast? Leave A Rating: https://ratethispodcast.com/successstory ➡️ About The Guest⁣ Russ Heddleston is the Co-Founder and CEO of DocSend. He was previously a product manager at Facebook, where he arrived via the acquisition of his startup Pursuit.com, and has held roles at Dropbox, Greystripe, and Trulia. He sold DocSend to Dropbox for $165M in 2021. He holds an MBA from Harvard and an MS in Computer Science from Stanford. ➡️ Talking Points⁣ 00:00 - Intro 01:02 - Russ Heddleston’s Origin Story 06:09 - Why Russ Decided To Start His Own Business? 10:06 - How Did Russ Get The Idea To Start A Business? 17:07 - How Does Russ Research For Product Market Fit? 23:34 - What Was The Main Focus When Russ Was Building Docsend? 26:48 - How Case Studies Can Help In Growing The Business? 30:20 - What Are Russ’s Fundraising Strategies For His Business? 38:24 - Advice For Founders When They Start Searching For Investors? 42:18 - What Are The Best Practices For Fundraising? 49:03 - Where Can People Connect With Russ? 49:44 - What Was The Biggest Challenge Of Russ Heddleston’s Career And How Does He Overcome It? 50:55 - What Would Russ Tell His 20-Year-Old Self? 51:36 - A Book Or A Podcast Recommended By Russ? 52:20 - Who Is Russ’s Mentor? 53:24 - What Does Success Mean To Russ? ➡️ Show Links https://www.linkedin.com/in/heddleston/ https://twitter.com/rheddleston ➡️ Podcast Sponsors 1. SHOPIFY - https://shopify.com/successstory 2. HELLOFRESH - https://hellofresh.com/successstory16 (Code: Successstory16) 3. TRUEBILL - https://truebill.com/successstory 4. HUBSPOT - https://hubspot.com/podcastnetwork Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy