Videos

Justin Gordon is the Director of Marketing and Community at Vitalize and has interviewed hundreds of founders throughout his career. In this episode of Talking Venture, he breaks down some of the key insights around startup fundraising from a few founders in particular. The Jason Lemkin article mentioned: https://www.saastr.com/why-vcs-need-unicorns-just-to-survive/ More…

After having her son Asher in 2015, Allison Robinson identified how universally challenging it can be for American mothers to juggle the demands of motherhood with a full-time career and decided to tackle the issue on a national scale. Prior to founding The Mom Project ( https://themomproject.com/ ), Allison spent…

Sid Pandiya is the Co-Founder & CEO of Kona ( https://www.heykona.com/ ) the EQ platform for teams, that helps companies build their team culture in Slack. More about us: Vitalize was formed in 2017 as a pre-seed and seed-stage venture fund investing in the future of work + learning. Vitalize…

Gale Wilkinson, Managing Partner at Vitalize Venture Capital, shares a few practical insights around co-investing and leading rounds when it comes to high-growth startups. More about us: Vitalize was formed in 2017 as a pre-seed and seed-stage venture fund investing in the future of work + learning. Vitalize is headquartered…

Should you raise venture capital for your company? How long do you bootstrap for? What happens after you raise capital? All that and more in this clip from our show, "Talking Venture." Watch the entire interview with Ryan Haynes: https://youtu.be/x3l7PJm_8_I Ryan Haynes is the Co-Founder and CTO of Osmosis (…

Amanda DoAmaral is an educator, activist, and co-founder of Fiveable ( https://fiveable.me/ ) - a social learning network for students. She spent a half a decade teaching high school history in Oakland, CA, where her passion for creating equitable educational opportunities was ignited. Amanda has been a vocal advocate for…

Gale Wilkinson is an angel investor as well as the Founder & Managing Partner of Vitalize Venture Capital - https://www.vitalize.vc/ Gale is also a startup advisor, on the Chicago:Blend Board, in Kauffman Fellows Class 23, has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and is a…

Ryan Haynes is the Co-Founder and CTO of Osmosis ( https://www.osmosis.org/ ) a company whose mission is to empower the world’s clinicians and caregivers with the best learning experience possible. They have a comprehensive library of 1,800+ videos, 2 million subscribers on YouTube ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNI0qOojpkhsUtaQ4_2NUhQ ) and are backed by…

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/bLx8WTu1vcA Taylor Nieman is the Co-Founder & CEO of Toucan ( https://jointoucan.com/​ ), the free Chrome extension that helps you learn a language without even trying. Previously, she worked on business development and strategic partnerships at Headspace, Science, and Fair. Toucan is a new, immersive way…

Gale Wilkinson is an angel investor as well as the Founder & Managing Partner of Vitalize Venture Capital. Gale is also a startup advisor, on the Chicago:Blend Board, in Kauffman Fellows Class 23, has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and is a dog lover.…

Taylor Nieman is the Co-Founder & CEO of Toucan ( https://jointoucan.com/ ), the free Chrome extension that helps you learn a language without even trying. Previously, she worked on business development and strategic partnerships at Headspace, Science, and Fair. Toucan is a new, immersive way to learn while you go…