Startup Studio Newsletter | ED58

Welcome to the Studio Stack newsletter ⚡️

Last week I had the honor of moderating the Venture Studio Conference and it was a blast!

Amidst the buzz of networking and collaboration, attendees were treated to a wealth of strategic advice and tactical wisdom from eight distinguished speakers:

• Jon Robert Bradford, Co-Founder, CEO of Colab

• T.A. McCann, Managing Director of Pineer Square Labs

• Alex Hollander, VP of Communications at Juxtapose

• Ben Yoskovitz, Founding Partner at Highline Beta

• Amanda Poole, VP of Talent at DVx Ventures

• Mark S. McNally, Founder of Nobody Studios

• Dominik Pasler, General Partner of ICEO Red1 Fund

• Damian Routley, COO of Founders Factory

From fundraising hacks to marketing tactics and talent secrets- the speakers covered all the Venture Studio building bases.

If you have time, I encourage you to watch the full conference (~3 hours).

If you want a TL;DW I shared my top takeaway from each speaker along with links to their full presentations in this week’s blog article 👉 Building a Successful Venture Studio: Insights from 8 Industry Experts.

📝 The Roast of The Startup Studio Model 4 - Denis Kovalevich

📝 How to Define the Right Vertical for your Venture Studio - Ben Yoskovitz, Highline Beta (btw - subscribe to his newsletter Focused Chaos )

🎥 How Executives Should Think About Working with Venture Studios - Elliott Parker, High Alpha Innovation

Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about collaboration and partnership across the Studio sphere (see: Can Venture Studios work together to build better startups? by Richard Sams, Co-founder and CEO of MOHARA).

I’m interested to understand where this is all going and see if I can help. Please take 3 minutes to fill out this quick 5-question survey (even if you hate the idea- data helps!)

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• Bulgarian startup studio Beast Burst Entertainment kicks off a $200k crowdfunding campaign

• BXVentures: The Story Behind This Rapidly Growing Global Climate VC Firm

• Boomerang Ventures and CareSource forge strategic partnership to innovate healthcare

• New Studio Launch: Blue-Sky Thinking (Dubai)

• The benefits of the Venture building model, with Built Ventures’ CEO Alistair Marsden

• York University’s Schulich School of Business partnerings with Toronto-based tech hub OneEleven to establish a joint Venture Studio

Chief Operating Officer - Promise Venture Studio (location flexible)

Venture Analyst - Otium Leisure Studio (on-site: Paris)

Founder In Residence (Human Performance | Climate | IOT | AI) - Conduit Venture Labs (On site: Seattle, WA)

8 NEW Studios were added to the Global Studio Database this week - check it out!

That’s all for this issue, if you enjoyed it consider sharing with peers and fellow Studio friends. To connect with me, I’m always available on LinkedIn or Twitter!