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The New Ecosystem of ChatGPT Plugins, The Value of Speed in Startups, and a $100M Lesson in Growth
A newsletter for founders & friends (62nd edition)
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Welcome to the 62nd edition of Re:VITALIZE, a newsletter with tactics, strategies, and stories on building companies plus cool things weāre seeing in the future of work, going out to 3,400+ people each week.
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Exciting Announcement!
Applications for our April cohort of VITALIZE Angels are now open! We will once again have limited available spots. 30 amazing people joined our March cohort and we now have more than 450 investors in our community. Please apply below by April 14th if youāre interested:
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š„ The New Ecosystem of ChatGPT Plugins
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Here it is! The world's first demos of ChatGPT Plugins in the wild š„³ -- screenshots & videos below š§µ
Starting off, once you have access you will see new drop downs at the top for Model & Plugins -- right now I have access to **third party plugins** https://
— Jenny Reece (@jenny____ai)
Mar 29, 2023
š„ Speed Wins With Startups
The quicker you make decisions.
The quicker you execute.
The quicker you learn.
The quicker you iterate and improve.
The quicker you find product market fit.
The quicker you succeed.
Speed wins with startups.
— Andrew Gazdecki (@agazdecki)
Mar 28, 2023
š„ A $100M Lesson in Growth
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Facebook killed my startup.
I lost $100M and had to let go 100 employees.
One of the darkest periods of my startup journey.
what happened...š§µ
— Joe Speiser ā”ļø (@jspeiser)
Mar 29, 2023
Resourcesļ»æ
The recommended cadence of investor updates for founders
Growth ideas for scaling startups
A list of pre-seed/seed investors
Crowdsourced: how to not lost steam as a founder and builder
A thread of viable proptech investors
Create domain names using ChatGPT
Lessons on startup resilience and perseverance
Future of Work Reads
Generative AI Is Already Changing White-Collar Work as We Know It (WSJ)
Leaders Need to Get Comfortable Collaborating on Strategy (HBR)
Companies At The Edge Of Chaos: Why HR Must Embrace Data Beyond Surveys To Reinvent Organizations (Forbes)
The New Reality Of āRolling Layoffs,ā AIās Impact On Jobs And The Worst Email Sign-Offs (Forbes)
Gen Z kinda wants to return to the office, but everyone else doesnāt. Why you need to meet in the middle (Fast Company)
The World of VITALIZE
VITALIZE portfolio company Placer has been selected by Business Insider as one of the 26 hottest Proptech startups of 2023
VITALIZE Angelsā member Allison Byers will be talking about VITALIZE at the Return of the Overlooked Founder on April 4th
VITALIZE portfolio company Margin Edge is hiring Financial Analyst, Business Development (Bilingual: Canadian-French), Data Analyst Intern, and Accounting Engagement Specialist
Please email Caroline to learn more - [email protected]
Open jobs at VITALIZE portfolio companies
Written by Justin Gordon, Director of Marketing at VITALIZE, a venture capital firm and nearly 450+ member angel investing community for everyone investing in U.S.-based B2B software founders in the work revolution.Ā Find us on Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
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