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by billybones 1254 days ago
I’ve done quite a bit of work in and around venture studios and without knowing who you are I’d suggest:

-Do you think you can attract world class founders to work on them? Do you have the credibility to do so? (See the heuristics blank suggests in the OP link)

-Can you provide sufficient capital in one of the worst environments for fundraising in recent memory?

If the answer is yes to both of these, go for it!

I think the failure mode for studios is “moderately successful person with moderate conviction in a bunch of ideas brings good-not-great people in to build them. Lot of motion, no progress”

Whatever you do, it should be intense and excellent. If you feel like you can do that, the world needs a lot more good companies!

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Many thanks for this great answer. It hits on some of what I've been thinking over but raises other important considerations.

Re your questions, the best answer is maybe - I'll only really know when I get more public about it, which I plan to do soon, but I have some promising signals. I'm well aware funding is a major issue at the moment, but some or maybe all the concepts are very relevant to "current things", and I'm happy to focus on what I can get funded in the short term and put the other concepts on the backburner till later.

FWIW, I have a lot of conviction about all the ideas I have in mind - hence having already put a lot of time/money/learning into them over several years wanting to work on all of them rather than just one.

I'd love to connect if you're interested to know more, share any more detailed input, perhaps be involved in some way.

My email is in my bio and I can easily be found on LinkedIn, so feel free to get in touch.