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$1B Pitching Framework, Standing Out While Raising Venture Capital, and How to Win a Crowded Market
A newsletter for founders & friends (43rd edition)
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Welcome to the 43rd edition of Re:VITALIZE, a newsletter with tactics, strategies, and stories on building companies plus cool things we’re seeing in the future of work, going out to 3,000+ people each week.
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Top 3 Tweets
🥇 $1B Pitching Framework
Pitch decks have helped me raise $1 Billion.
And it all happened thanks to a simple pitching framework.
Steal it for free:
— Brett Adcock (@adcock_brett)
Nov 6, 2022
🥈 Standing Out While Raising Venture Capital
At @HarlemCapital we see about 4k+ deals a year
We only invest in 15 each year
10 ways to stand out as a founder to raise venture capital
— Brandon Bryant (@wallstreetpaper)
Nov 9, 2022
🥉 How to Win a Crowded Market
i see clusters of startups attacking the same problem, which typically emerge at the same time.
the winner(s) come down to a combination of:
-big vision
-intuitive UI
-speed of executing/iterating
-strength of GTM + sales
-ability to hire amazing talent
-founder's resilience— Gale Wilkinson @VITALIZE (@galeforceVC)
Nov 6, 2022
Resources
The road to a $3M one-person business
Crowdsourced business model and pricing strategies
Guide to Data Rooms: What to Know Before You Raise
Mistakes to avoid when building highly-technical products
4 tips for sending cold emails to investors
Future of Work Reads
Why the future of work is defined by jobs that don’t make workers want to quiet quit (Fast Company)
Company Leaders: Move Fast Or Get Left Behind As The Future Of Work Becomes The Way Of Work (Forbes)
‘Organizations are scrambling’: How HR is balancing pay transparency, a volatile job market and executive demands (CNBC)
The future of the workplace is changing—and so are the tools to support it (Fast Company)
Startups, Investors Bet on Remote Work Future (WSJ)
The World of VITALIZE
Happioh, a VITALIZE portfolio company, has been nominated for various awards, including 2022 Product Award, and one of the 100 most promising technology companies!
Suma Wealth, a VITALIZE portfolio company, was featured on MarketWatch
VITALIZE founder Gale Wilkinson, is highlighted as one of the 39 Most Important VCs in the Midwest by Business Insider
Caroline is hosting a Due Diligence & Data Room workshop for founders on 12/7 at 10am PT - register here
Join our SPV Network to invest in deals outside of the Future of Work
This week on The VITALIZE Podcast we had Andrew Berman, Co-Founder and CEO of Vowel, the world's first complete meeting solution designed to make every meeting more inclusive and worthwhile – before, during, and after.
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Written by Justin Gordon, Director of Marketing at VITALIZE, a venture capital firm and nearly 425+ member angel investing community for everyone investing in U.S.-based B2B software founders in the work revolution. Find us on Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
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