Feb. 9, 2024

177. Follow Up on DocSend Opens

177. Follow Up on DocSend Opens
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Season 4

Text your thoughts directly to Rich.

Maybe a founder could explain to me why you would not follow up with investors that opened your deck on DocSend?

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On a slow week here, I may open a dozen pitch decks in DocSend.

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Nearly every single one of those decks are sent to me from other investors.

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Seed investors are always sending decks around.

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You know this; you want this.

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Many of those DocSend decks asked me to put in my email address and I always do.

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And you'll never believe what happened.

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One time, a founder emailed me later in the day to introduce himself and offer to meet.

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The email said,"Hey, rich, I saw you opened our pitch deck.

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What did you think?

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I'd love to share more with you.

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Here's my calendar link if you want to find time." And do you know what I did?

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I took that meeting.

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And do you know why.

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Because he was the only founder ever that sent a follow-up email after I entered my email to access his deck.

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Maybe a founder can explain to me why you would not send a followup email.

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I just don't understand it.

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Or maybe it's me.

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Maybe they see Rich at SpringTime Ventures and think, that's not a good one.

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Let's just ignore him." From a founder perspective, I think it makes a ton of sense to use DocSend and I would absolutely follow up with every investor that opened my deck.

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Who knows maybe one will actually take a meeting with you.

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As my grandma always said, you never know, unless you ask.

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