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Investment Memo vs. Deck, $1 TRILLION of VC-Backed Exits, and Rules for Great Pitch Deck Titles
A newsletter for founders & friends (55th edition)
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🥇 Investment Memo vs. Deck
Got an investment memo instead of a deck. Must say that a well-written investment memo is much better than a deck.
— Lisa Enckell (@enckelli)
Jan 24, 2023
@HustleFundVC@ericbahn@dunkhippo33@VitalizeVC@galeforceVC I haven’t. But important things to cover:
Clear headline/positioning
Introduction
Market size/opportunity
The problem/what’s broken
Go-to-market/idea on gaining momentum
Competition/substitute
Why we will win
Team— Lisa Enckell (@enckelli)
Jan 24, 2023
🥈 $1 TRILLION of VC-Backed Exits
It's been a tough period of liquidity in tech markets this past year, but if you zoom out there's been over $1 TRILLION of VC-Backed exits since 2020.
More than 60 PERCENT of the value of VC-Backed exits over the past decade happened in just the last 3 years.
— Ansaf Kareem (@AnsafK)
Feb 3, 2023
🥉 Simple Rules For Great Pitch Deck Titles
Simple rules for great pitch deck titles - @ericbahn
-Assume no one will read your deck
-Assume they'll only read slide titles
-Make each slide title a simple sentence
-Sentences together should read as a paragraph
-Paragraph should communicate 70% of what investors need to know— Christopher Laughlin (@claughlin)
Feb 4, 2023
Resources
List of viable mentor options for founders
Currently active pre-seed healthcare and health-tech investors
Various tech stacks to checkout
Best growth marketers for technical products
$11 BILLION SaaS business story, hurdles, and lessons
The 5 Phases of Figma’s Community-Led Growth
$30M design strategies guide for growth
Future of Work Reads
The Future Of Work: Are Traditional Degrees Still Worthwhile? (Forbes)
How To Succeed With Hybrid Work Using People Data (Forbes)
It’s time to embrace the 40% office (Fast Company)
Research: How Coworking Spaces Impact Employee Well-Being (HBR)
The future isn’t what it used to be: Here's how strategic foresight can help (WEF)
The World of VITALIZE
VITALIZE portfolio company Suma, has acquired the finance platform, Reel
Aunt Flow, a VITALIZE portfolio company, is at the Super Bowl
Genomenon, a VITALIZE portfolio company, is in partnership with Flagship Biosciences to advance precision medicine development
VITALIZE portfolio company Lectrium, recently launched their new EV tools on Product Hunt
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. Find us on Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
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