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The Secret of Raising Venture Capital, No-code Solutions for Everything, and Running a Pre-seed Venture Firm
A newsletter for founders & friends (38th edition)
Hey 👋
Welcome to the 38th 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, going out to 3,000+ people each week.
Did you miss last week’s newsletter about lessons from a second-time founder, an operating rhythm for remote work, & supply vs. demand constrained? Subscribe below so you never miss another👇
Top 3 Tweets
🥇 The secret of raising venture capital
🧵 1/ I regularly hear founders, especially underrepresented founders, getting upset that they have to show traction and work so hard to raise. Compared to a White guy from Stanford who's done far less than them but can raise money with just a deck. well here's the secret
— MacTheVC.eth (@MacConwell)
Oct 5, 2022
🥈 No-code solutions for everything
You don't need to code in 2022.
There's a no-code solution for everything.
— Sveta Bay (@sveta_bay)
Oct 3, 2022
🥉 Running a pre-seed venture firm
Running a pre-seed stage firm is incredibly exciting, humbling and exceptionally difficult.
It’s the hardest job I’ve ever had because it is many jobs in 1.
Here is what it’s like 🧵👇
— Alex Iskold | 2048.vc (@alexiskold)
Oct 2, 2022
Resources
A report on founder salaries
A search engine for email newsletters
A guide to PR for startups
How to build a thriving tech ecosystem
Do things that don’t scale (A classic essay)
Future of Work Reads
50% of workers are burned out and ‘productivity paranoia’ could be making it worse: ‘People are just worn down’ (CNBC)
Hybrid careers are the next workforce transformation (and that doesn’t mean remote work) (Fast Company)
Are We Entering The Era Of Work Without Jobs? (Forbes)
Busting global myths on hybrid work: here's how flexibility can help companies and employees thrive (World Economic Forum)
What Will HR Focus on in 2023? (Gartner)
The World of VITALIZE
This week we launched our Future of Work Insights newsletter, written by our General Partner, Gale Wilkinson
This week on The VITALIZE Podcast we released a flashback of our podcast interview with Allison Robinson, Founder and CEO of The Mom Project, a VITALIZE portfolio company. The Mom Project is a digital talent marketplace and community that connects professionally accomplished women with world-class companies for rewarding employment opportunities.
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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