Case Study: Founder Led Sales grows to 1,000 members and lands 5 sponsors with Prospeo

How Seth DeHart Built a 1,000-Member Community AND Landed 5 Paid Sponsors in 6 Months

Founder Led Sales, a community for startup founders, faced a significant challenge in building a two-sided marketplace. The founder, Seth DeHart, needed to simultaneously attract founders to join the community and secure sponsors to fund it. Manual prospecting for both audiences was extremely time-consuming and ineffective, resulting in a 40% email bounce rate and a mere 5% connect rate, which stalled growth.

By implementing Prospeo, the company was able to build targeted prospect lists for both founders and sponsors in minutes instead of days. Using Prospeo’s verified email and mobile number data, they dramatically reduced bounce rates to under 5% and increased connect rates to 22%. This efficiency allowed Founder Led Sales to grow from 47 to 1,000 community members and secure 5 paid sponsors, all while saving over 15 hours of manual work per week.

Founder Led Sales

Seth DeHart

Founder