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Power of Partnerships, Hiring Mistakes, & Founder Mode
A newsletter for founders & friends
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Welcome to the 103rd 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
🥇 The Power of Local Partnerships
Partnerships are gold
When startups collaborate with local stakeholders:
• Ecosystems thrive, fostering innovation and growth
• Challenges turn to opportunities, sparking creative solutions
• Market insights deepen, leading to better product-market fit and strategic decisions— Marge Ntambi (@margentambi)
5:45 PM • Aug 26, 2024
🥈 Transformational Decisions
Startups are always one decision away from a breakthrough that transforms the company.
— Anthony Pompliano 🌪 (@APompliano)
10:07 PM • Sep 3, 2024
🥉 On Premature Hiring
The biggest mistake I made when starting Akita: hiring when we were far from product-market fit.
My timeline:
Late 2017: raised seed round from a16z and Sequoia
Early 2018: hired team around idea I pitched
Early 2020: complete pivot
2020-2021: complete reset of the team 😰🧵/
— ✨ Jean Yang ✨ (@jeanqasaur)
2:13 AM • Aug 24, 2024
Founder Resources
Crowd-sourced: founder-recommended podcasts
Top document templates every startup needs
The 'playbook' for early-stage startup sales
The YC approach to finding startup ideas
Paul Graham’s take on ‘Founder Mode’
The ‘haves and have nots’ of current pre-seed/seed fundraising
Future of Work Reads
Why AI will not lead to a world without work (WEF)
How To Develop High-Potential Employees In The ‘New Normal’ Workplace (Forbes)
The Great Detachment is looming for employees, experts warn — especially for Gen Z (Business Insider)
Are You Mentally Fit to Lead? AI Has Thoughts (WSJ)
Addressing Gender Bias Requires Support from Workplaces, Colleagues (SHRM)
Why “Wisdom Work” Is the New “Knowledge Work” (HBR)
The World of VITALIZE
Elevate K-12 (Fund I) announced its expansion to Montana
CloudEagle (Fund II) integrates with Postman
Written by the team at VITALIZE, a venture capital firm and 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.