Why Many VCs Aren’t Investing Now, Advice from 1000s of Entrepreneur Meetings, and Building a Network in Tech

A newsletter for founders & friends (41st edition)

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Welcome to the 41st 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

🥇 Why Many VCs Aren’t Investing Now

Elizabeth Yin 💛 @dunkhippo33

A lot of portfolio founders have been asking why so many VCs are sitting out in this market and not investing? I thought I'd just share a bunch of reasons w/ everyone. Read on >>

🥈 Advice from 1000s of Entrepreneur Meetings

Martin Tobias ($500k Pre-Seed) @MartinGTobias

I’ve met 1000s of entrepreneurs seeking venture capital, and the best advice I can give is: 1) Bootstrap first, venture capital second. 2) Raise from investors with networks that accelerate you. 3) reference check investors with other founders.

🥉 Building a Network in Tech

Allison Medina | Bootstrap to Millions @techladyallison

How do you build a network from absolute scratch in tech? - Join Twitter - Follow 100 accounts - 50 well-known folks - 50 under-the-radar folks (who are doing what you want to be doing) Then spend 10 min a day liking/RT-ing/sharing/replying thoughtfully Boom you have a network

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Resources

• Future of Work founders, investors, and operators to follow

• All about market sizing

• Current market benchmarks for SaaS or b2b fintech founders

• The power of SuperGoals

• 26 questions with the best answers & advice from VCs, angels, founders, and operators

• Why many VCs are quiet quitting

• 20+ VC funds focused on writing checks to diverse founders

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Future of Work Reads

• Rapidly Switching Jobs For More Money, Businesses Hoarding Talent And Cutting The Quiet Quitters May Be The Future Of Work (Forbes)

• This is how you can prepare to work in the metaverse (Fast Company)

• Tech at the edge: Trends reshaping the future of IT and business (McKinsey)

• 3 things leaders can offer employees besides money (Fast Company)

• There's a Global War for Young Talent. The Winners Will Shape the Future (Time)

• Remote work is here to stay (The New York Times)

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The World of VITALIZE

• This week we had our October founder pitches for VITALIZE Angels, our second-to-last pitch event of the year. Deals are live for a week if you are interested in investing!

• Gale’s 10-year anniversary in VC was yesterday

• VITALIZE portfolio company WeeCare won dotLA's Social Equity Award, recognizing their hard work to make affordable quality childcare accessible to all families

• This week on The VITALIZE Podcast we had Brandon Brooks, Founding Partner at Overlooked Ventures and an entrepreneur working on his second startup.

  • Watch on YouTube

  • Listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify

• Lectrium is seeking introductions to decision-makers at EV companies

  • Email caroline@vitalize.vc for more info

• Sparkwise is seeking a B2B growth expert/mentor to advise their team as they move to product-led sales

  • Email caroline@vitalize.vc for more info

• 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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