$1B Pitching Framework, Standing Out While Raising Venture Capital, and How to Win a Crowded Market

A newsletter for founders & friends (43rd edition)

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Welcome to the 43rd 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.

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Top 3 Tweets

🥇 $1B Pitching Framework

Brett Adcock ⚡️ @adcock_brett

Pitch decks have helped me raise $1 Billion. And it all happened thanks to a simple pitching framework. Steal it for free:

🥈 Standing Out While Raising Venture Capital

Brandon (wallstreetpaper.eth) @wallstreetpaper

At @HarlemCapital we see about 4k+ deals a year We only invest in 15 each year 10 ways to stand out as a founder to raise venture capital

🥉 How to Win a Crowded Market

Gale Wilkinson @VITALIZE @galeforceVC

i see clusters of startups attacking the same problem, which typically emerge at the same time. the winner(s) come down to a combination of: -big vision -intuitive UI -speed of executing/iterating -strength of GTM + sales -ability to hire amazing talent -founder's resilience

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Resources

• The road to a $3M one-person business

• Future of Work Founders, Investors, and Operators to follow

• Crowdsourced business model and pricing strategies

• Guide to Data Rooms: What to Know Before You Raise

• Mistakes to avoid when building highly-technical products

• 4 tips for sending cold emails to investors

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Future of Work Reads

• Why the future of work is defined by jobs that don’t make workers want to quiet quit (Fast Company)

• Company Leaders: Move Fast Or Get Left Behind As The Future Of Work Becomes The Way Of Work (Forbes)

• ‘Organizations are scrambling’: How HR is balancing pay transparency, a volatile job market and executive demands (CNBC)

• The future of the workplace is changing—and so are the tools to support it (Fast Company)

• Startups, Investors Bet on Remote Work Future (WSJ)

The World of VITALIZE

• Happioh, a VITALIZE portfolio company, has been nominated for various awards, including 2022 Product Award, and one of the 100 most promising technology companies!

• Suma Wealth, a VITALIZE portfolio company, was featured on MarketWatch

• VITALIZE founder Gale Wilkinson, is highlighted as one of the 39 Most Important VCs in the Midwest by Business Insider

• Caroline is hosting a Due Diligence & Data Room workshop for founders on 12/7 at 10am PT - register here

• Join our SPV Network to invest in deals outside of the Future of Work

• This week on The VITALIZE Podcast we had Andrew Berman, Co-Founder and CEO of Vowel, the world's first complete meeting solution designed to make every meeting more inclusive and worthwhile – before, during, and after.

  • Watch on YouTube

  • Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify

• Open jobs at Vitalize portfolio companies

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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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