INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russ HeddlestonContributor
Russ 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
Follow him here: @rheddleston and @docsendMore posts by this contributorNo one wants to prepare for their fundraising round to fail
We used the 2020 DocSend Startup Index to track Pitch Deck Interest among investors and found that last week, despite seismic changes across
the country, pitch deck interest has only been 11.6% lower than the same week in 2019 so far.We will be monitoring the Pitch Deck Interest
Why stop? Because the founder listened to the feedback they were getting
If you hear the same concern or piece of feedback twice you should take it to heart, but if you hear it three times you probably need to
stop and rethink things.The Pitch Deck Interest Metric declined 11.6% compared to the same week in 2019According to our study on the
fundraising process of pre-seed startups, founders who were unsuccessful in raising had just nine meetings
In fact, of startups studied in the 2020 DocSend Startup Index, 86% reported that they were going to try to fundraise again after addressing
