The Startup Studio Newsletter | Ed. 1
In this edition, we highlight content from PSL, Enhance, High Alpha, and Studio Hub + cover news from MVL, Untapped, Leap, H/L, Launch Factory, Press Reset, and Hooman. Enjoy!
Welcome to this week's Studio Stack newsletter.
This is the very first one! Woohooo 🥳
I want to thank you for subscribing and personally introduce myself to anyone who doesn’t know me, I’m Dianna- entrepreneur, creative capitalist, and studio enthusiast. I’ve been researching and writing about studios for the past several years with one goal: bring awareness to the industry I love.
Studios are transforming entrepreneurship and disrupting the traditional innovation landscape while championing positive change, it’s my mission to support these efforts.
I hope you enjoy the newsletter!
From The Stack
This week, I'm thinking about the value studios deliver to founders.
I surveyed my community for data on the most frequently promoted studio services and emerged with this shortlist of pretty commoditized offerings. Design, tech development, back office, HR... 🥱
I've been on both sides of the table- as a founder and a studio operator- and I know these aren't the reasons entrepreneurs work with studios.
Entrepreneurs have so many options these days- they can certainly contract work to fill the service gaps. They don’t need a marketing agency or pitch deck builder... so, what do they need? What are the most valuable gifts studios can give?
Speed. Support. Networks.
Give them playbooks to follow, help them execute, connect them with ecosystem players, get out of the way. The founder is the chef, your studio is the meal kit.
Help them make magic and have fun doing it.
Studio Stories
🎥 Ben Gilbert at Web Summit: Startup Studios, and Where Ideas Come From, Pioneer Square Labs Co-Founder Ben Gilbert & TechStars MD Connor Murphy
📝 Should We Launch Our Idea as an Internal Venture or External Startup?, Elliott Parker, CEO, High Alpha Innovation
📝 Venture Studio Movement Accelerating, Alper Celen, Founder, Enhance Ventures
📝 Mastering The Art Of A Startup Studio, Manush Melkumyan, Studio Hub
Studio Sphere
Recent News
Madrona Venture Labs opens applications for "Launchable" program, Madrona Venture Labs
Introducing the Fifth Cohort of the Leap Venture Studio, Leap Venture Studio
Untapped Ventures launches Fund I, Good Day LA FOX
NEXUS Launches Impact Accelerator with H/L Ventures, PR Newswire
Launch Factory announces 2022 Founder in Residence program, PR Newswire
Press Reset Ventures launches $1M fund to invest in the next generation of sustainable innovations in beauty, PR Newswire
Hooman Venture Studio launches to help scale and launch local Pittsburgh startups, Pittsburgh Inno
Upcoming Events
Job Board
Future Founder | Builders Studio (On-site, Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Business Designer | Builders Studio (On-site, Rotterdam, Netherlands)
Analyst/ Associate | FedTech (On-site, Washington D.C)
Founder | Launch Factory (On-site, San Diego, CA)
Program Manager | gener8tor (On-site, Beloit, WI)
Growth Marketer | Platform Venture Studio (Remote)
That's all for this edition, thanks for reading!