Launching a Startup in 1 Week, the Most Amazing Co-Founder Announcement, and 13 Must-Use No Code Tools

A newsletter for founders & friends (31st edition)

Aug 19, 2022

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Welcome to the 31st 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.

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Top 3 Tweets

🥇 Launching a Startup in 1 Week

Tibo - 144🔥 @tibo_maker

Can you launch your startup in 1 week? Absolutely! Actually, you should. I've built 14+ products and scaled one to $1,000,000 ARR Let me teach you how to build one in a week:

🥈 Officially Co-Founders

This made me smile and also showcases a great DM example

Lauren Self @laurenlself

HE SAID YES. 💍 WE’RE CO-FOUNDERS. 💚 @sambarsness slid into my DMs last year and we started working together the next day. in practice, he’s been my co-founder for a while now. this formality was long overdue. words can’t express how happy i am to make it official!

🥉 13 Must Use No-Code Tools

MATT GRAY @matt_gray_

I’ve done $9M in revenue in 3.5 years as a solopreneur. And I didn't have to write a single line of code. My 13 "must use" no-code tools:

Resources

When to Expand Your Marketplace Business, According to 14 Operators
How to build a growth engine for consumer companies
Fundraising wisdom from First Round founders
The marketing behind an 8-figure newsletter
Learnings of a CEO: Wade Foster, Zapier
What YC looks for in applicants
A useful CMS for Notion

Future of Work Reads

There's still confusion over the future of the office, as employees say it's good for morale and culture but stick with working from home (Insider)
Remote Work Has Ushered In A New Era Of Downtowns (Allwork)
Keeping People Connected: How Accenture is Reimagining the Future of Work (AfroTech)
People and places: How and where to work next (McKinsey)
The Metaverse Impacts The Future Of Work More Than You Think (Forbes)

The World of VITALIZE

This week on The VITALIZE Podcast we had Peter Barba (@pbarba_22) and Zygimantas (Zygi) Zabieta (@zzabieta), Co-Founders of Lectrium, a full-service platform for EV home charging on a mission to make every home EV-ready.
- Watch on YouTube
- Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify
Gale hosted a discussion this week with Mac Conwell of Rarebreed Ventures and Caroline Lewis of Rogue Women about making VC fund investing more accessible to accredited investors who want to put as little as $10K of capital to work each year
Our August pitches for VITALIZE Angels are next week and you can join us by signing up here
Open jobs at Vitalize portfolio companies

Written by Justin Gordon, Director of Marketing at VITALIZE, a venture capital firm and nearly 400-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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