Nick Raushenbush

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DISC Type : ic

Angel Investor at self-employed

San Francisco, California, United States

Overview

Nick Raushenbush is a seasoned entrepreneur and angel investor, known for co-founding the e-commerce experience platform, Shogun. He has a background in running a creative agency and is an alumnus of UC San Diego and Y Combinator. His expertise lies in software, startups, and e-commerce technology.

Nick bootstrapped Shogun to over $1. 2 million in annual recurring revenue before participating in Y Combinator and raising significant venture capital.

Personality Overview

Example Seeker

Curious

Value Driven

They are likely to ask many questions and look heavily for supporting information.  They can sound friendly and charming but can quickly change gears to become inquisitive and probing. They are generally strong communicators and are not easy to convince.

Topics They Care About

E-commerce Conversion
He frequently discusses optimizing e-commerce experiences through A/B testing, personalization, and high-converting landing pages on various podcasts.
Supporting Startups
As an active angel investor in dozens of tech companies like Deel and Cointracker, he is passionate about mentoring founders and helping early-stage companies succeed.
Headless Commerce
He is a strong advocate for headless commerce, focusing on making the technology more accessible for brands to build unique and high-performance online storefronts.

Media Appearances

Nick has no verified media appearances

Work History

7-2015
Angel Investor at self-employed
8-2023 - 9-2025
CEO at Shogun
6-2015 - 9-2025
Co-Founder, Board Director at Shogun
11-2011 - 7-2015
Co-Founder, COO at Glass & Marker
4-2011 - 10-2013
Data Advisor at Forrester Research

Education

2018 - 2018
Education details unavailable from Y Combinator
2004 - 2009
B.A. from UC San Diego

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Insights For Selling To Nick

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Focus on immediate action-items rather than the larger goals
  • Help them realize that there is no personal risk in making this decision
  • Help them understand the risk aspect fully while inspiring confidence

DONT's

  • Don’t be too objective but make sure to pad your storytelling with data points
  • Don’t brush off any concerns, take all questions seriously
  • Avoid making offhand commitments

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Nick is

  • Proven value, strong testimonials are important to them, relationships will have some weightage.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Nick

  • They are practical yet friendly, don’t expect a clear no very often.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Nick move?

  • They like to analyze well and then make their decisions.
  • Can Nick take some risk or not?

  • They evaluate their decisions systematically and are less likely to take risks.

You And Nick

Personality Compatibility


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