🚀 You’re Invited to 7/10 Founders Funders & Friends

Mark your calendars for July 10th! Join us for a a special fireside chat featuring Russ Heddleston, Former CEO & Founder at Docsend, in conversation with Alap Shah, Managing Partner at Studio Management. RSVP here to join us❗

Russ Heddleston is a tech entrepreneur recognized for his impactful leadership in the industry. As the co-founder and former CEO of DocSend, he guided the company to a successful acquisition by Dropbox in 2021 for $165 million, with less than $15 million raised. Prior to DocSend, Russ co-founded Pursuit, later acquired by Meta, where he played a key role in product management for Pages. His educational background includes an MBA from Harvard Business School and degrees in Computer Science and Computer Engineering from Stanford University. With a career spanning roles at Microsoft, Trulia (acquired by Zillow), and Greystripe (acquired by ESPN), Russ is celebrated for his strategic insights and contributions to tech innovation.

🎙️ We launched a Podcast! Listen here!

Friends, we’re finally launching not one but two podcasts for Founders, Funders & Friends (our community!) AND FAM (our monthly artist salon). We’ve been recording these monthly talks over the last few years & now we’re releasing them publicly.

Past guests have included seasoned entrepreneurs and tech leaders (like Vinay Hiremath (Loom), Ankur Nagpal (Teachable/Carry), and Eugene Wei (Remains of the Day) and the FAM podcast has featured some incredible artists (Stephan Jenkins from Third Eye Blind, Barry Can’t Swim, Kae Burke from House of Yes). If you have an incredible builder or artists we should feature, respond to our newsletter with suggestions!

New episodes drop monthly so please follow & subscribe to each of them below!

FFF Podcast: https://txt.so/zIl6xV

FAM Podcast: https://txt.so/GFwuZW

🗽 Recap of our 2 NY #TechWeek Events

A big thank you to everyone who joined us for NYTW! We had a blast hosting two packed events at an incredible gallery in Chelsea! We had over 2,300+ founders, funders and friends apply to join us during NYTW (we hope to see many of you throughout the year at our monthly events!). Our kickoff brunch was a blast and the perfect launchpad to meet with friends and new friends before the start to the week. We were amazed by the friends that we came from across the US and abroad to be part of an incredible week.

On Tuesday evening, we were honored to host the General Partner of one of the emerging early-stage funds in New York City, Byron Ling of Twelve Below. Our Managing Partner, Alap Shah, and him shared their views on all things early-stage, AI and the development of the NY Tech Ecosystem. 📸 Check out photos here & recording of the fireside chat here

🫶 Big thanks to the artists, Maxine Hoover + Reid Stowe, that shared their beautiful work and thank you Josh Zweig of The Bust Gallery for an incredible space for our two events during NY Tech Week!

🚀 More About Studio Management

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