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Getting acquired by Facebook and raising $8M on a new startup!
Russ Heddleston, CEO of DocSend – an analytics tool that tracks viewership data after sending documents, is taking Silicon Valley by the storm! His first startup Pursuit – a social referral program – got acquired by Facebook within the first year! He worked for Facebook for over a year as a Product Manager for Pages. It didn’t take him long until he started another business. To keep the ball rolling, he partnered with August Capital and raised 8 million dollars for DocSend!
Sounds like a dream, huh? So how did he do this? What are his strategies? Fortunately for us, Russ speaks about every detail that went into Pursuit and DocSend’s continued success.
– How did his first startup get acquired by Facebook in under a year?
– Does he have any regrets on the acquisition?
– What are his best investment raising strategies?
– What are Russ’s best growth strategies?
– How did it feel to work at Facebook in the acquired team?
– What are the most important startup lessons from comparing the two startups?
– How did Russ and his team get first paying customers for DocSend?
You can also watch us talk at www.valleytalks.com.
This episode is brought to you by UnStock www.unstock.io — mobile first marketplace for authentic video. Big thank you to our Partner Kamila Dmowska www.kamiladmowska.com for the fabulous dress and styling!
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Russ Heddleston, CEO of DocSend – an analytics tool that tracks viewership data after sending documents, is taking Silicon Valley by the storm! His first startup Pursuit – a social referral program – got acquired by Facebook within the first year! He worked for Facebook for over a year as a Product Manager for Pages. It didn’t take him long until he started another business. To keep the ball rolling, he partnered with August Capital and raised 8 million dollars for DocSend!
Sounds like a dream, huh? So how did he do this? What are his strategies? Fortunately for us, Russ speaks about every detail that went into Pursuit and DocSend’s continued success.
– How did his first startup get acquired by Facebook in under a year?
– Does he have any regrets on the acquisition?
– What are his best investment raising strategies?
– What are Russ’s best growth strategies?
– How did it feel to work at Facebook in the acquired team?
– What are the most important startup lessons from comparing the two startups?
– How did Russ and his team get first paying customers for DocSend?
You can also watch us talk at www.valleytalks.com.
This episode is brought to you by UnStock www.unstock.io — mobile first marketplace for authentic video. Big thank you to our Partner Kamila Dmowska www.kamiladmowska.com for the fabulous dress and styling!