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Understanding Valuations, Your North Star Metric, & the 3-Year Evolution of Seed Rounds
A newsletter for founders & friends (51st edition)
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Welcome to the 51st 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 3,300+ people each week.
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Top 3 Tweets
🥇 Understanding Valuations
Valuation of startups is such a mystifying concept and certainly something I didn't understand as a founder. What makes one startup "more valuable" than another?
Today's tweet thread is about the relationship between valuation and milestones.
Read on >>
— Elizabeth Yin 💛 (@dunkhippo33)
Jan 10, 2023
🥈Your North Star Metric
Founders who are fundraising: Always go into a meeting with an investor knowing your North Star metric.
A North Star metric is most predictive of LT success & must do 3 things:
1) Lead to revenue
2) Reflect customer value
3) Measure progressExamples👇
— Nicole DeTommaso 🪄 (@nic_detommaso)
Jan 9, 2023
🥉 The 3-Year Evolution of Seed Rounds
Seed round valuations still likely have some descending to do
— Nik (@NikMilanovic)
Jan 10, 2023
Resources
Startup coaches and mentors on growth, marketing, product, and more
Why emerging VCs are struggling to raise their funds
7 traits to look for when hiring
Tax strategies for business owners
Future of Work Reads
5 trends that will shape the future of work in 2023 (Fast Company)
What’s The Future Of Remote Work In 2023? (Forbes)
Today’s Most Critical Workplace Challenges Are About Systems (HBR)
Want to future-proof your organization? Build a global talent pool (WEF)
The Future Of Remote Work For MBAs & Other Professionals (Yahoo!)
The World of VITALIZE
Beatriz Acevedo, CEO & Founder of VITALIZE portfolio company Suma Wealth, will be a part of the Hispanic Delegation at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland
Balloon, a VITALIZE portfolio company, has been shortlisted for the 2023 I&D Impact Awards for Innovation and is looking for ops & people leaders at professional sports teams, starting with MLB
Please email Caroline if you know someone - [email protected]
VITALIZE portfolio company Genomenon was named a Top Tech Company to Watch in 2023 by Purpose_Jobs
VITALIZE portfolio company Placer is looking for a Salesforce Team Manager, a Sales Director, an IT Systems Manager, and a Product Marketing Manager
Please email Caroline to learn more - [email protected]
Open jobs at more 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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