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Launching Your Startup, Exec Hiring Red Flags, & What Founders Care About
A newsletter for founders & friends
Gale Wilkinson
August 25, 2023
Hey 👋🏽
Welcome to the 80th 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!
Top 3 Tweets
🥇 Step-by-step Guide to Launching Your Startup
Every successful startup follows a blueprint.
I reverse-engineered the process.
Here's a step-by-step guide to launching your Startup:
— Dan (@danmurrayserter)
12:45 PM • Aug 21, 2023
🥈 Startup Marketing Executive Red Flags
Red flags when hiring a startup marketing exec: 🚩
- Says they love execution but keeps asking when they'll get headcount
- Wants to spend first 3 months getting to know team/product
- Insists on new marketing tech stack before anything else
- Rusty on current channels and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Wes Kao 🏛 (@wes_kao)
2:18 PM • Aug 22, 2023
🥉 From First-Time to Second-Time Founders
My biggest lesson on what different types of founders care about from 8 years investing:
First Time Founders: Price, "value-add" and brand.
Second-Time: Values alignment, trust, follow-on funding support.
— Harry Stebbings (@HarryStebbings)
1:17 PM • Aug 20, 2023
Founder Resources
Crowdsourced: Insights on $500-750K small round approach
How to hire your first growth team
Seed round burn rate advice for success
The role of talent infrastructure in startup growth
$5K grants for BIPOC women founders in the US
Future of Work Reads
Shift change: Three priorities as we reimagine the future of work (Fast Company)
Will AI Replace Freelancers? Using AI To Grow And Empower (Forbes)
What to Do When You Don’t Trust Your Employee (HBR)
Workers overwhelmingly want a 4-day workweek—on one condition (CNBC)
How to Rally the Troops at Work When They’re Older (and Maybe Wiser) Than You (WSJ)
Company loyalty is out – touting yourself is in (BBC)
The workplace can be rough for menopausal women. Employers are starting to step up (CNN)
The World of VITALIZE
VITALIZE portfolio company CloudEagle wins "Rising Star Award" from Finances Online
AllVoices, a VITALIZE portfolio company, recently released its new feature called "Tasks"
VITALIZE portfolio company WeeCare announced its partnership with the U.S. Army, City of West Liberty, Iowa, and Clay County, MO
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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