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The Startup Validation Framework, the Importance of Existing Customers, and Year-End Reflections
A newsletter for founders & friends (45th edition)
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Welcome to the 45th 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 3,200+ people each week.
With Thanksgiving this week, we’re sending this edition out early. Hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving!
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Top 3 Tweets
🥇 The Startup Validation Framework
9 frameworks to validate startup ideas learnt over 5 years of bootstrapping three startups to millions in revenue 👇🏼
— Karthik Sridharan (@KarthikS2206)
4:54 AM • Nov 22, 2022
🥈 The Importance of Existing Customers
25x
That’s how much more expensive it is to acquire a new customer vs selling to an existing one
My advice?
If you’re a startup
Build an invaluable customer service experience for your existing customer
— cathy gao 🙋🏻♀️ (@cgao)
7:49 PM • Nov 22, 2022
🥉 Year-End Reflections
Resources
Matt Ward’s 750+ climate tech investors database
Keys to success from a first-time founder
Crowdsourced fundraising strategies
“Pre-seed” as defined by investors
The tech stack of a successful one-person business
How to overcome high churn
Lessons on building a quality marketing website
How to know your users as you grow your tech startup
Increasing your team’s output with bounties
Future of Work Reads
The 4-day workweek shows us that working more doesn’t mean more success (Fast Company)
‘Quiet Quitting’ Gives Way To ‘Job Cuffing’ As Winter Approaches (Forbes)
Six Tips To Keep Gen-Z From ‘Quiet Quitting’ (Forbes)
Why Employee Recognition Is More Crucial Than Ever (Forbes)
The best workplaces aren’t just hybrid, they’re flexible—here’s why (Fast Company)
The World of VITALIZE
Sign up for next week’s angel investing webinar we’re hosting with Wefunder!
Join our SPV network to invest in top-performing startups
CFO Kristyn Reed, of VITALIZE portfolio company MarginEdge, was featured in CFO Brew
Groundfloor, a VITALIZE portfolio company, has announced their expansion to Oakland, California
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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