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VC Audits, High Standards & Feedback, & Simplifying Product Market Fit
A newsletter for founders & friends
Gale Wilkinson
December 08, 2023
Hey šš½
Welcome to the 88th 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. On an operational note, we will be pausing the newsletter until January 12th. We hope you have a wonderful holiday season and weāll be back in the new year!
Top 3 Tweets
š„ VC Audits And How They Affect Startups
Todayās tweet thread is about VC audits and how they affect startups.
I knowā¦*such an interesting topic*ā¦but actually itās *extremely important* with the current market for founders.
More here >>
ā Elizabeth Yin š (@dunkhippo33)
8:35 PM ā¢ Dec 6, 2023
š„ Startup Quadrant of Feedback and Standards
To raise the bar on your team, aim for a culture of high standards Ć high feedback:
ā¢ High standards, low feedback: sink or swim
ā¢ High standards, high feedback: holy grail
ā¢ Low standards, low feedback: this is most companies
ā¢ Low standards, high feedback: unsustainableā¦ twitter.com/i/web/status/1ā¦ā Wes Kao š (@wes_kao)
3:31 PM ā¢ Dec 6, 2023
š„ Simplifying Product Market Fit
Seeking product market fit isnāt a fine art; itās wielding a blunt instrument to strike gold.
Part of my concern about some of the more academic takes on the practice of product management are that they almost make building great products feel like an inevitability. Smart peopleā¦ twitter.com/i/web/status/1ā¦
ā claire vo š¤ (@clairevo)
3:33 PM ā¢ Nov 30, 2023
Founder Resourcesļ»æ
Crowdsourced: A thread of companies leveraging community-led growth
The best resources for startup advice by FasterCapital
5 non-secret secrets to scaling revenue without VC backing
The 5 Jobs of a Startup CEO
A list of early-stage consumer healthcare investors
Pitching the $250B creator economy without a deck
Resources on how to find product-market fit
The AI Spectrum for Founders
Future of Work Reads
How Office Design Has to Change in a Postpandemic Workplace (WSJ)
What's 'holistic health' and how does it relate to improved performance at work? (WEF)
Gen Z could overtake Boomers in the workforce in 2024: This has āsweeping implications,ā economist says (CNBC)
2024 Workplace Predictions: Workers' Ambitions, Driving Flexibility And AI Skills Will Be In Focus (Forbes)
5 Barriers to Career Change ā and How to Overcome Them (HBR)
Donāt check yourself at the door: How to share your true self at work (Fast Company)
The World of VITALIZE
VITALIZE portfolio company Happioh has been recognized among Palo Altoās Influential Security Startups 2023
Prasanna Naik, CEO of VITALIZE portfolio company CloudEagle, was featured on Mobile Magazine
VITALIZE portfolio company Placer recently launched new additions to its platform
Allison Robinson, founder of VITALIZE portfolio company The Mom Project, was on The Motherly Podcast
Open jobs at VITALIZE portfolio companies
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