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Avoiding the Startup Death Spiral, Raising Next Rounds, & VC Term Sheets

Avoiding the Startup Death Spiral, Raising Next Rounds, & VC Term Sheets

A newsletter for founders & friends

Gale Wilkinson
July 03, 2023

Hey 👋

Welcome to the 74th edition of Re:VITALIZE, a newsletter with tactics, strategies, and stories on building companies plus our favorite future of work reads, going out to 3,400+ people each week. Forward to a friend who may want to subscribe!

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🥇 Avoiding The Startup Death Spiral

1/ A few companies I invested in have fallen into this startup death spiral:
1. Save Money
2. Leading to Reduced Growth
3. Leading to Inability to Raise More Money
4. Back to Step 1
Here is some thoughts on what it is and how to avoid it:
— immad (@immad)
5:17 PM • Jun 28, 2023

🥈 When To Raise Your Next Round

📊Founders wondering how long it’ll be before you have to fundraise again: @cartainc has some data for you. On average now it takes >2 years between fundraising rounds across all stages. So keep an eye on your burn. htt
— Lolita Taub (@lolitataub)
5:36 PM • Jun 23, 2023

🥉 How To Read VC Term Sheets

🔎How to Read a Term Sheet
VC term sheets are one of the most talked-about & least-understood docs in existence.
What's dirty, what's standard?
Whether you're building a company or thinking about it, as founder or employee:
Here's what the VCs know that you need to know👇
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— Ming Zhao (@FabiusMercurius)
4:30 PM • Apr 15, 2023

Founder Resources

How to scale revenue faster at your startup
A thread directory of early-stage women AI startup founders
$91,000 narrative on strategic startup acquisition
4 steps for building product with a highly opinionated user base
A guide on how to make your own ICP
Getting Real About Getting Acquired
15 most common landing page mistakes

Future of Work Reads

Here’s how workers use side gigs to make ends meet while unemployed (CNBC)
SCOTUS overturns affirmative action: What it means for workplace DEI (Fast Company)
3 Steps to Prepare Your Culture for AI (HBR)
Debunking Myths About Gen Z Workers—And How Employers Can Adapt (Forbes)
Mondays Are the New Office Fight (WSJ)
Companies That Replace People with AI Will Get Left Behind (HBR)
3 ways universities can adapt to the future of learning and work (WEF)

The World of VITALIZE

Lectrium, a VITALIZE portfolio company, and new EV dealership partners
Rachel Cossar, co-founder of VITALIZE portfolio company Virtual Sapiens, was on The Agents of Change podcast
VITALIZE portfolio company CloudEagle partners with Asana
Genomenon, a VITALIZE portfolio company, has acquired Boston Genetics
Open jobs at VITALIZE portfolio companies

Written by the team at VITALIZE, a venture capital firm and nearly 500 member angel investing community for everyone investing in U.S.-based B2B software founders innovating in WorkTech. Find us on Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

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