Videos
Nov. 16, 2021
How to Invest in Startups, Angel Investing, and Business Moats with Leo Polovets of Susa Ventures
In this episode of The Vitalize Podcast, Justin Gordon (@justingordon212) talks with Leo Polovets (@lpolovets). Leo is a co-founder and General Partner at Susa Ventures. He invests across sectors but mostly focuses on b2b companies. A few specific sectors he's invested in heavily are enterprise sof…
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Our deal close process for founders:
https://vitalize.notion.site/Deal-Close-Process-c95157c58dc3447fa8537b8447e9db79
This presentation is a Thought Leadership Project created as part of the Kauffman Fellows curriculum:
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Kai Han is the CEO & Co-Founder of Pallet. Pallet is building an infrastructure for modern hiring through tools designed for communities and creators. Founded in 2020, Pallet has raised 7 million in funding over 2 rounds.
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Allison Robinson is the Founder and CEO of the Mom Project, a digital talent marketplace and community that connects professionally accomplished women with world-class companies.
Founded in 2016, The Mom Project is changing the way women work and redefining career structures by providing women wit…
Wes Kao is the Co-Founder of Maven, a platform for cohort-based and community-driven courses. Maven partners with the world's best instructors to deliver a live and online student experience at scale.
Prior to Maven, Wes was the co-founder of the altMBA where she helped grow it to thousands of stu…
July 16, 2021
Using Code to Centralize Your Startup with Austen Allred
Austen Allred is the Co-Founder & CEO of the Lambda School ( https://lambdaschool.com/ ), an online coding school that invests in the students by offering free tuition until they're hired. Founded in 2017, the Lambda School is currently helping graduates land jobs at Fortune 500 companies to some o…
Wes Kao is the Co-Founder of Maven, a platform for cohort-based and community-driven courses. Maven partners with the world's best instructors to deliver a live and online student experience at scale.
Prior to Maven, Wes was the co-founder of the altMBA where she helped grow it to thousands of stu…
July 9, 2021
Building an Innovative Online Coding School with Lambda School Co-Founder Austen Allred
Austen Allred is the Co-Founder & CEO of the Lambda School ( https://lambdaschool.com/ ), an online coding school that invests in the students by offering free tuition until they're hired. Founded in 2017, the Lambda School is currently helping graduates land jobs at Fortune 500 companies to some o…
July 6, 2021
Evaluating Founders with Jarrid Tingle
Jarrid Tingle is Managing Partner of Harlem Capital where he focuses on deal sourcing, organizational strategy, and due diligence efforts. He received his MBA from Harvard Business School (finished top 5% in his class) and is featured on the 2019 Forbes 30 under 30 list.
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June 24, 2021
Create a Painkiller, Not a Vitamin.
In this video, Ryan Haynes, founder of OsmosisMed, talks about the importance of creating a product that identifies a major pain point in the market.
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Vitalize was formed in 2017 as a pre-seed and seed-stage venture fund investing in the future of work + learning. Vitalize is headq…
June 24, 2021
Building a Venture Firm for Diverse Founders with Jarrid Tingle, Managing Partner at Harlem Capital
Jarrid Tingle is Managing Partner of Harlem Capital where he focuses on deal sourcing, organizational strategy, and due diligence efforts. He received his MBA from Harvard Business School (finished top 5% in his class) and is featured on the 2019 Forbes 30 under 30 list.
Harlem Capital is a fund f…
June 18, 2021
How Sid Pandiya Raised 1 Million in Pre-Seed Funding
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Vitalize was formed in 2017 as a pre-seed and seed-stage venture fund investing in the future of work + learning. Vitalize is headquartered in Chicago with additional locations in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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Gale - https://twitter.com/galeforceVC
Caroline - h…
June 15, 2021
Building a Team as a Founder
June 11, 2021
How to Build a Team and Join an Accelerator as a 1st -Time Founder, with Amanda DoAmaral of Fiveable
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Vitalize was formed in 2017 as a pre-seed and seed-stage venture fund investing in the future of work + learning. Vitalize is headquartered in Chicago with additional locations in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
The Vitalize Team:
Gale - https://twitter.com/galeforceVC
Caroline - h…
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 m…
June 3, 2021
Building a Talent Marketplace for Moms with Allison Robinson, Founder & CEO of The Mom Project
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/ …
May 28, 2021
Building an EQ Platform for Remote Teams with Sid Pandiya, CEO of Kona | Talking Venture 006
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.
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Vitalize was formed in 2017 as a pre-seed and seed-stage venture fund investing in the future of work + learning. Vitalize is…
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.
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Vitalize was formed in 2017 as a pre-seed and seed-stage venture fund investing in the future of work + learn…
May 18, 2021
Raising Venture Capital as a First-Time Founder with Ryan Haynes, Co-Founder & CTO of Osmosis
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."
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Ryan Haynes is the Co-Founder and CTO …
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 b…
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 …
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.y…
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, …
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.
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