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Every Monday morning, we hold a 30-minute Kick-Off Meeting for each project during which the entire team reviews the agenda. This session enables to check that everybody knows where the project is heading and what has to be done this week. It’s also the right moment to motivate the troops and if needed, to address issues. On Friday afternoons, we s

Startup studios are organizations that produce companies. Studios are not purely financial investors or mentors to startups, but are the founders and builders.

Every three months, a whole day is dedicated to our internal Demo Time. CEOs and CTOs of each startup have 20 minutes, including a 5'' demo, to present their products and plans for the year ahead in front of the studio’s and projects’ teams. One month after a Demo Time, we fix the goals to achieve for the next one and we publicly display them in ou

the top three values of the studio approach are: Focus on values and creation; Acceleration of the company building process; Making the team antifragile.

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Challenges and risks

Capital Intensity:

Authenticity: Some worry that studio teams, “hired guns” won’t be able to build an authentic startup. They argue that if you aren’t working on your own idea, then you won’t be fanatic about it and able to put in all the needed work. As I see it, this is only true if you are dealing with one-trick ponies. I know many talented and experienced entrepr

The main difference between studio and accelerators and incubators are: the studio is a (co)founder and builder of startups - it’s not just about giving some money and mentoring. It’s about exploring markets, creating ideas, building them into products and companies.