The 3 main drivers that strengthen the startup studio trend in 2018

Amazing how the startup studio trend is spreading. Entrepreneurs & corporations need this new paradigm more than ever to create new startups with top speed and success. Main drivers are: 1. Successful entrepreneurs who already made their fortune but don’t just want to sit back need a platform that a) enables them to stay involved and hands-on in early-stage building, but not just as weightless mentors or standard angel investors, but active in building; b) gives them an opportunity to experience building an entire portfolio of startups not just single ideas. 2. A lot of organizations have their own startup accelerator program. But most of them are only marketing stunts. Corporations that want to measurably expand with startups need a better approach — that gives them more control and better ROI. 3. As a later-stage investor, you must compete for the really good deals. I expect more VC-s to realize that there is another alternative: Build your own future deal-flow — preferably with an approach that gives you better results than the old and rusty “9 out of 10 startups fail”. Amazing and game-changing years ahead, we have! Attila @aszig