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Cold emailing tips from Caroline Casson - Address the person by name - Say something thoughtful / personable… ie. why do you want to get in touch with that firm? What value can that particular fund or person add? - Quick snapshot of what you’re building - Traction / KPIs

"VC friendships > VC competition This is a long game. I see lots of VCs bouncing others out of deals and playing a zero sum game. I’d rather play the long game. Focusing on real friendships and supporting other VCs." - Gale Wilkinson @VITALIZE

Why join an angel investing group? David Chang provides some insight:

"I think high performing teams boil down to two things: ✨Complete trust ✨Shared values + vision What would you add?" -Gale Wilkinson @VITALIZE

"If you’re asked something 4 or 5 times: - Write an article on it - Record a podcast episode about it Create something you can share repeatedly for people." -Justin Gordon

.Caroline Casson's two cents on crowdfunding: "It’s going to explode in the next few years & will become another source of capital that venture funds must either compete against or work into their models b/c founders will actually prefer the crowdfunding route" 🤔Thoughts?🗯️⬇️

"Great founders can come from anywhere." -Justin Gordon

Our founder Gale Wilkinson @VITALIZE recently shared some advice from her exec coach on working through a 5-10 year plan: First, figure out how you want to feel in 5-10 yrs. Don't focus on doing, focus on feeling. Then, architect your plan of to dos to get you to that end state of *feeling*

"An ability to figure things out is the #1 skill any founder or early employee must have." -@galeforcevc

.HeatherHartnett joined Justin Gordon on episode 36 of The Vitalize Podcast! Topics: -Human Ventures as a business creation platform -Operationalizing & managing networks to build companies -Their Humans in the Wild entrepreneur in residence program thevitalizepodcast.com/heather-hartne…

"Future of Work definitions vary. VITALIZE Venture Capital, we look for transformative work tech - big ideas that leverage data & automation to dramatically improve how we fundamentally work. Can be vertical or horizontal applications." -Gale Wilkinson @VITALIZE 💭How do you define future of work?

ICYMI: Watch Bo Ren's chat with Justin Gordon on YouTube to hear about the value of resilience, the intersection of grit and ambition, and more! youtube.com/watch?v=2kSoqv…

“The Excellence from Anywhere strategy addresses concerns about divides by focusing on deliverables, regardless of where you work. Doing so also involves adopting best practices for hybrid and remote collaboration and innovation.” fortune.com/2022/02/09/rem…

"Founders: who were your favorite VCs to work with for your pre seed or seed round?" -Caroline Casson 🤝Here at VITALIZE Venture Capital we'd love to know what other seed investors we should be working with! 🤝

If you haven't listened to Justin Gordon's chat with Jonathan Heiliger yet, go watch episode 42 of The Vitalize Podcast now! youtube.com/watch?v=je8VPN…

Your favorite Friday read is here! 🥳 The 14th Edition of our Re:Vitalize Newsletter features: -Alternative funding options -Growth loops & content optimization -A platform for finding angel investors -How to get in on our live investment opportunities! vitalizevc.substack.com/p/vc-math-a-pr…

The 15th edition of Re:Vitalize: -Figuring out product-market fit -Managing your mental health -Lessons on resiliency -Bookings vs. revenue 👇👇👇 vitalizevc.substack.com/p/figuring-out…

.Tony Jamous joined Justin Gordon for episode 55 of The VITALIZE Podcast! Topics: -Growing Oyster® into a unicorn in < 2 years -Building a team that resembles the 🌎 -Oyster's open source academy -Distributed work as a global resilience strategy thevitalizepodcast.com/tony-jamous-po…

.Zach joined Justin Gordon for ep. 66 of The VITALIZE Podcast! Topics: -Taking on Amazon -The evolution of shopdeft's product & customer acquisition since presenting to tylercowen -Vetting investors -Creating stickiness & making UX effortless thevitalizepodcast.com/zach-hudson-po…

✨ Gale Wilkinson @VITALIZE → VITALIZE Venture Capital, Founder & Managing Partner These leaders are reshaping venture, wealth, and capital access. This is just the beginning. Read more about the women shaping the future in my recent "The New Investing Wave: Women, Wealth, and What’s Next" newsletter: