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Staying in Business, Accelerators, & Learnings from Startup Experience
A newsletter for founders & friends
Gale Wilkinson
April 05, 2024
Hey 👋🏽
Welcome to the 94th 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.
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🥇 Staying in Business
65% of the businesses started 10 years ago are now out of business.
The reason:
• Debt.
• Complacency.
• Growing too quickly.
• Failure to adapt & pivot.
• Poor customer growth.
• Poor customer retention.
• High operating expenses.How to stay in business?
You must… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Adrienne Lain (@adrienne_lain)
12:11 PM • Mar 26, 2024
🥈 Accelerator Insights
I need every founder to understand this.
Accelerator programs don’t make or teach you how to be a great founder.
Accelerator programs give you tools to think more methodically and a network that makes it easier to raise money, find mentors, and find customers. That's it.
— Alex Friedman 🤠 (@heyalexfriedman)
3:52 PM • Apr 2, 2024
🥉 Insider Tips from Startup Experience
8 things I've learned in 7 years working at startups:
1. Be honest & upfront, even with your CEO
2. If something sounds off, it is probably off
3. No one knows exactly what they're doing
4. 10x things usually sound obvious once you've heard them
5. People > product > processes… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…— Vitto Rivabella (@VittoStack)
2:23 PM • Mar 25, 2024
Founder Resources
Crowdsourced: Should Founders include a traction slide in their deck?
3 natural competitive advantages of early-stage startups
Strategy mistakes startup CEOs are making with their strategy
9 pitch decks from unicorn startups
Improving your SaaS sales demos
A Founder’s Guide for Successful Early-Stage Customer Discovery
The importance of distribution in early-stage startup growth
Stages of taking a product from idea to market
Future of Work Reads
Remote work curbs salaries - new data (WEF)
What’s It Like to Work for a Gen Z Boss? Very Different (WSJ)
Cultivating Critical Soft Skills (SHRM)
Is Your Company’s Data Ready for Generative AI? (HBR)
This is the No. 1 regret people have in their careers, says new research (CNBC)
Women Don’t Need To Be Fixed, Organizations Need To Fix Their Systems (Forbes)
Feeling unproductive and burned out at work? Try practicing intentional inflexibility (Fast Company)
The World of VITALIZE
VITALIZE portfolio company Lectrium released a new update with their product
Suma Wealth, a VITALIZE portfolio company, was featured in Los Angeles Business Journal
Jessica Chang, CEO of VITALIZE portfolio company Upwards, was at the 14th Annual International Women’s Day Forum in partnership with the U.S. Department of State
CEO of VITALIZE portfolio company Balloon, Amanda Greenberg, was on SBJ Unpacks podcast
Rachel Cossar, CEO of VITALIZE portfolio company Virtual Sapiens, was on the On Camera On Brand podcast
Open jobs at VITALIZE portfolio companies
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