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75-Question Checklist For Investors, Smart Metrics and Growth Models, and the Marathon of Building Great Companies
A newsletter for founders & friends (57th edition)
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Welcome to the 57th edition of Re:VITALIZE, a newsletter with tactics, strategies, and stories on building companies plus cool things weāre seeing in the future of work, going out to 3,300+ people each week.
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š„ 75-Question Checklist For Investors
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Buffett. Graham. Dalio. Horowitz.
These legendary investors all used checklists before making investments.
Here were the 75 most common questions to build conviction in an investment:
— Codie Sanchez (@Codie_Sanchez)
Feb 16, 2023
š„ Smart Metrics and Growth Models
The more A/B tests we run at Duolingo, the smarter we get about our metrics and growth models.
Here is how we think about DAUs & āmovableā metrics š http
— Ali Abouelatta (@abouelatta_ali)
Feb 18, 2023
š„ The Marathon of Building Great Companies
Reminder that great companies take a long time to build.
Time to exit:
Procore - 17 years
Paycom - 16 years
DocuSign - 15 years
RingCentral - 14 years
Atlassian - 13 yearsBuilding companies is an endurance sport
— cathy gao šš»āāļø (@cgao)
Feb 21, 2023
Resourcesļ»æ
Thoughts on the current market
$10+ MILLION impact of product notifications
How to go from $0 to a $2M business
A list of community builders for startup and VC events
Tactical advice for turning customers into advocates
5 elements in vertical SaaS that should never be overlooked
Future of Work Reads
Layoffs donāt have to be so cruel. Hereās how Big Tech can do better (Fast Company)
What CEOs Are Getting Wrong About the Future of Workāand How to Make It Right (WSJ)
A Digital Talent Hub Can Make Your Sales Team More Agile (HBR)
The myth of the ācompassionate layoffā (BBC)
The remote work conundrum: Employees want it, but is it good for them? (MSN)
The World of VITALIZE
VITALIZE portfolio company Going Public, announced a new format for their series where viewers globally can click to invest while they watch
Bo Davis, the founder of VITALIZE portfolio company Margin Edge, was on the 10 Minute Entrepreneur podcast
VITALIZE portfolio company Balloon is featured in Howard Tullmanās latest Inc. article
Last week we launched Angel Insights, our weekly newsletter teaching you the ins and outs of angel investing.
VITALIZE portfolio company Cyber Pop-up is hiring a Lead Full Stack Engineer
Please email Caroline to learn more - [email protected]
Open jobs at VITALIZE portfolio companies
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.Ā Find us on Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
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