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Customer Acquisition Flywheels, Sales Tactics, and Funding Resources
A newsletter for founders & friends (21st edition)
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Welcome to the 21st edition of Re:VITALIZE, a newsletter with tactics, strategies, and stories on building companies plus cool things weāre seeing in the future of work.
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Top 3 Tweets
š„ Customer Acquisition Flywheels
Most startups die because they don't know how to get users
Here are 4 customer acquisition flywheels that I've used to build 10 startups
Get your first 500 customers in 90 days using these
— Joe Speiser ā”ļø (@jspeiser)
Jun 8, 2022
š„ 10 Sales Tactics
In 2021, I closed $2,964,500 in deals.
Most people make sales too complicated.
Here are 10 tactics (you can steal) to be a rainmaker:
— MATT GRAY (@matt_gray_)
Jun 8, 2022
š„ Insights on Round Sizes & Valuations
š® My thoughts on round size & valuation for founders who plan to raise cash this year:
And note...many valuations are already coming down quite a bit - some VCs are seeing up to 40-50% declines (I am seeing mostly 20-40% corrections).
— Gale Wilkinson @VITALIZE (@galeforceVC)
Jun 9, 2022
Resources
How to get to #1 on Product Hunt
8 Lessons from a Failed Startup
A tool for selling using incremental pricing
300+ Resources From the YC Library for Startups
A library of Zapier automation experts
The 2021 Pilot Founder Salary Report
Future of Work Reads
3 Effective Ways To Train Leaders In The Future Of Work (Forbes)
How AI is shaping the future of work (VentureBeat)
What Does the Future of Work Sound Like? (MIT Sloan)
How Pinterest's New Work-From-Anywhere Program Balances Flexibility With Predictability (TIME)
Thousands of British Workers Begin Trial of 4-Day Workweek (SHRM)
The World of VITALIZE
Suma Wealth Founder Beatriz Acevedo was interviewed on Eva Longoriaās podcast
This week on The VITALIZE PodcastĀ we had Maryanna Saenko, Co-founder and Partner at Future Ventures, a deep tech venture firm with two $200M funds that she started with Steve Jurvetson.
Watch on YouTube
Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify
Gale is hosting a couple of free āAngel Investing Playbookā webinars June 23rd and June 28th
Open jobs at Vitalize portfolio companies
Future of Work Funding Rounds
Vanta raised a $110M Series B
Vanta is an automated security monitoring platform that helps companies get SOC 2, HIPAA, or ISO 27001 certified quickly.
Top Investors: Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, LAUNCH, Craft Ventures, GTMFund
Ethena raised a $30M Series B
Ethena is a software platform that provides businesses with compliance training.
Top Investors: Alumni Ventures, Lachy Groom, Jack Altman, Village Global, Neo
Reco raised a $30M Series A
Reco is a secure collaboration platform for remote workers.
Top Investors: Cyber Club London, Insight Partners, Zeev Ventures, Boldstart Ventures, Angular Ventures
LatchBio raised a $28M Series A
LatchBio is a data analytics platform for researchers providing open-source machine learning and cloud infrastructure to streamline the next generation of therapeutic discovery.
Top Investors: General Catalyst, Lux Capital, Caffeinated Capital, Coatue, Hummingbird Ventures
Hourwork raised a $12.5M Series A
Hourwork develops a recruitment and retention platform that connects restaurant owners with hourly workers.
Top Investors: Morgan Stanley, OneValley, MassVentures, MassMutual, Positive Sum
Written byĀ Justin Gordon, Director of Marketing atĀ VITALIZE, a venture capital firm and 300+ memberĀ angel investing community for everyoneĀ investing in U.S.-based B2B software founders in the work revolution.Ā Find us onĀ Twitter,Ā LinkedIn, andĀ YouTube.