The Secret of Raising Venture Capital, No-code Solutions for Everything, and Running a Pre-seed Venture Firm

A newsletter for founders & friends (38th edition)

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Welcome to the 38th 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.

Did you miss last week’s newsletter about lessons from a second-time founder, an operating rhythm for remote work, & supply vs. demand constrained? Subscribe below so you never miss another👇

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Top 3 Tweets

🥇 The secret of raising venture capital

MacTheVC.eth @MacConwell

🧵 1/ I regularly hear founders, especially underrepresented founders, getting upset that they have to show traction and work so hard to raise. Compared to a White guy from Stanford who's done far less than them but can raise money with just a deck. well here's the secret

🥈 No-code solutions for everything

Sveta Bay @sveta_bay

You don't need to code in 2022. There's a no-code solution for everything.

🥉 Running a pre-seed venture firm

Alex Iskold | 2048.vc @alexiskold

Running a pre-seed stage firm is incredibly exciting, humbling and exceptionally difficult. It’s the hardest job I’ve ever had because it is many jobs in 1. Here is what it’s like 🧵👇

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Resources

• A report on founder salaries

• A search engine for email newsletters

• A guide to PR for startups

• How to build a thriving tech ecosystem

• Do things that don’t scale (A classic essay)

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Future of Work Reads

• 50% of workers are burned out and ‘productivity paranoia’ could be making it worse: ‘People are just worn down’ (CNBC)

• Hybrid careers are the next workforce transformation (and that doesn’t mean remote work) (Fast Company)

• Are We Entering The Era Of Work Without Jobs? (Forbes)

• Busting global myths on hybrid work: here's how flexibility can help companies and employees thrive (World Economic Forum)

• What Will HR Focus on in 2023? (Gartner)

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The World of VITALIZE

• This week we launched our Future of Work Insights newsletter, written by our General Partner, Gale Wilkinson

• This week on The VITALIZE Podcast we released a flashback of our podcast interview with Allison Robinson, Founder and CEO of The Mom Project, a VITALIZE portfolio company. The Mom Project is a digital talent marketplace and community that connects professionally accomplished women with world-class companies for rewarding employment opportunities.

  • 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 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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