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Effective Pricing Strategies, Saying “No” to Hundreds of Millions, and Behaviors that Kill a Partnership, Team, or Culture
A newsletter for founders & friends (35th edition)
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Welcome to the 35th 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.
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Top 3 Tweets
🥇 Effective Pricing Strategies
11 pricing strategies so effective customers will line up to pay you:
— Barrett O'Neill (@barrettjoneill)
12:24 PM • Aug 3, 2022
🥈 Saying “No” to Hundreds of Millions
In 2021, Spotify reached out to buy @ConvertKit for hundreds of millions.
I said no.
Here’s what we did instead:
— Nathan Barry (@nathanbarry)
2:22 PM • Sep 10, 2022
🥉 Behaviors that Kill a Partnership, Team, or Culture
There are 4 behaviors that kill a partnership, team, or culture.
Understanding them has saved me millions of dollars.
Here’s what they are (and how you can avoid them):
— mattschnuck (@mattschnuck)
3:03 PM • Sep 13, 2022
Resources
1000+ Growth Hacks for SaaS Startups
The Racecar Growth Framework
A platform for finding and hiring the right people, faster
How to uplevel your founder-VC relationship
Ten lessons from a decade of vertical software investing
A few resources for creating your pitch deck
Future of Work Reads
Patreon layoffs are latest wobble for the creator economy (Music Ally)
HR Tech Quick Hits: The power of AI in employee skills identification (Human Resource Executive)
How Marketers Can Upskill for the AI Economy (CMS Wire)
The Dream of an ‘Internet Country’ That Would Let You Work From Anywhere (Time)
Five key trends shaping the new world of work (World Economic Forum)
The World of VITALIZE
For the first time, we’re offering a 30-day free trial for VITALIZE Angels
The Mom Project, a VITALIZE portfolio company, now has over 1 million moms, dads, and allies in their talent community
Virtual Sapiens, a company we invested in from VITALIZE Angels, joined the Roux Institute Techstars Accelerator
This week on The VITALIZE Podcast we had Patrick Utz (@PatrickUtz), Co-Founder & CEO of Abstract, the premier platform and database for working with California state & local legislation that’s bringing lobbying and advocacy into a new era by increasing government transparency.
Watch on YouTube
Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify
Open jobs at Vitalize portfolio companies
Written by Justin Gordon, Director of Marketing at VITALIZE, a venture capital firm and nearly 400-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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