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

Elizabeth Yin 💛 @dunkhippo33

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 >>

🥈Your North Star Metric

Nicole DeTommaso 🪄 @nic_detommaso

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 progress Examples👇

🥉 The 3-Year Evolution of Seed Rounds

Nik @NikMilanovic

Seed round valuations still likely have some descending to do

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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

• Advice on how to position your company to be bought

• Tax strategies for business owners

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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!)

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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 - caroline@vitalize.vc

• 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 - caroline@vitalize.vc

• Open jobs at more 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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