aszig
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Comment · 1 year ago
Hi Folks, I'm Attila, focusing (obsessing) on venture studios since 10+ years.
I recently published Venture Speed - a book that's about venture studios and AI. No deep engineering or research content, more a guide for non techies like myself, to understand where-how AI fits into venture building. I guess it could be useful for those few engineers who want to dig into the business logic of a venture studio.
The best part of it might be that it's based on real-life cases, like Pioneer Square Labs, Builders... and a few more ambitious/unhinged initiatives that are building almost fully-automated, agentic venture studios (Humanoidz and Alphanome)
The aim of the book is to give a solid overview on venture studios and on AI and on how these two mix. The kindle edition is more for a classic read, while the PDF can be added to your faviourite model - and turn it into a living resource. Would love to get some unfiltered (human) feedback.
Comment · 10 years ago
Thank you for the kind comment!
And yes, you are right! Best example is Idealab - creating amazing ventures and exits since 1996. But even before them, some large companies were creating new ventures for new products and grew them much like startups. :)
Comment · 10 years ago
Hi there,
Please have a look - and get a free sample, or a big discount through the Product Hunt page - of my new book, which is about startup studios, a.k.a. venture builders, startup factories...
Almost two years ago we decided to transform our development agency (Drukka) into a startup studio, an organization that build innovative new companies with internal resources in a sustainable and repeatable way. But we didn't know how.
So I started to research the topic, and interviewed some of the most exciting examples - Science, Betaworks, eFounders and many more. And I put all this knowledge into this book, to make the startup studio model more transparent, and to enable entrepreneurs to build and grow new studios.
Now, interestingly the startup studio model is not yet that popular in the Bay Area, with few exceptions like Expa. I think that's because the whole Bay Area is like a giant startup studio, where you have critical mass of talent, money and ideas. But the rest of the world is like a desert, where these three things are scarce. And in such an underdeveloped startup ecosystem a studio is like an oasis.
Either way, looking at the trends we see that nr of startup studios is doubling - tripling in the recent years. So I hope you will find some value in the book and discover how the startup studio model can benefit you.
Here's the longer story of the book: https://medium.com/@aszig/launching-the-startup-studio-playb...
If you have any question, thought about the topic, please share.
Thank you, Attila
Comment · 10 years ago
Thank you!
It's a solid intro - description, but the only tool referenced is their own product, which makes it somehow biased. But will give it a try.
Comment · 10 years ago
"I just do the "Ok Google" thingy and talk to it and boom, it's all done. "
I wish such apps (incl Siri) would be able to handle accent. Sooner than later, I hope.
"The Startup Studio Playbook is at the forefront of venture strategy and company (startup) creation, so much so that others, that have been in the game for longer, are using the Startup Studio and Playbook for as their own. Some have called it the Bible for their venture studio, and I think that's perfectly accurate. This book was started before companies like Techstars launched their Startup Studio - Attila (the author) is always ahead of venture trends." -- Ryan J. Negri, Founder & CEO of Laicos Startup Studio