😅 Zoom fatigue, eggos, reskilling, startup-fund matching tool, cuddling, fundraising, email, free stuff
This is a bi-weekly newsletter offering helpful life and work resources for founders, funders, and operator friends.
Zoom fatigue is real. Calls are appreciated. Unilever says you’re not washing your hair and they want you to. We’re eating 45% more Eggo waffles and stockpiling pet food. Jeff Bezos is worth 2 Mark Zuckerbergs. The US economy shrunk 4.8%. We’re all looking for the market’s silver lining. Last month, indices showed historic monthly gains (Dow 🔼 11%, S&P 🔼 12%, Nasdaq 🔼15%). Also, we don’t have to worry about running out of gas and you can now get anti-body tested but should you go for it?
Pre-COVID, nearly 50% of the US population believed they needed more education. Amid COVID-19 and 30M layoffs, people are taking to reskilling (want to be a falconer?) and upskilling. Ankur Nagpal’s Teachable 🔼ARR numbers show a rise in online students and entrepreneurs, like my friend, Arlan Hamilton. She’s taken what she’s learned in raising and investing millions and launched a course on How to Raise Capital for Your Company From Scratch. So, what’s going to happen next? Will founders get the biggest companies of the future funded? Will there be a great rehiring period for the reskilled and upskilled?
Personal news: I wasn’t impacted by Clubhouse FOMO. And since Josh and I have been WFH, we've decided to move back to San Diego on May 17th! I will continue to be Catalyte’s Chief of Staff and interim Sales Head for Catalyte’s remote on-demand senior developer arm. Josh will continue doing actuarial things. On our offtime, we’ll support founders through our startup-fund matching tool and cuddle with Choco!
✨Lolita Taub
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ICYMI: Join me on an unfiltered Fundraising Fireside Chat with Visible on 5/6, 2PM EST. Check-out my First-Time Founders Guide and submit your company for investment consideration here.Shoutouts
Congrats! Dustin Shay, Joy Carerra, Allie Felix, Harold Hughes, Jesse Martinez for becoming Republic Venture Partners. Aubrie Pagano for joining Corigin Ventures as a Partner. Adam Draper raised $40M for BoostVC. Anna Barber has launched The Fund LA with operator friends. Rae Corson’s Afrocenchix won WeWorks Global Creator Award. Astafyeva Sasha joined Atomico as a partner. Arlan Hamilton will launch her book this week. Hunter Walk’s and Satya Patel’s Homebrew turned 7.
Work
Funders
Investors are tightening purse strings.
But considering the amount of the virality of my call to action for active investors, investors are advertising that they’re business as usual.
Founders
182 VCs claim that they’re actively writing-checks.
If you get funded, send investors email updates. It’ll help increase your chances to survive and access more capital later on.
Operators
Operators are focusing on what to do about GPP, marketing/sales, and associated costs. Below are how-to’s on each.
Friends
Reads
Opportunities
Bonus: here’s a list of +90 grants.
Resources
Here is a list of free things to explore on your off time with family and here’s The Ultimate Guide to WFH with Kids. Below is the start of a thread with resources for female founders and investors for my ladies.
