Can you start a group text with 5-10 people who are ideal customers? If you don’t have that, you probably are not connected well enough with the industry/community to launch your startup. Build community before building a product.

SXSW 2024 was a blast! Here's my recap with Josh. Funny moments: - 2 encounters with Mark Cuban. One involved a lot of yelling... - Ate at a food truck that got shut down 5 minutes later by the health department. Do not recommend. - "Bad Luck Barker" is very entertaining. Josh

What's next in trade finance? Bryce Kaiser talks about how revenue-based repayments are powering a new startup offering at City Innovations, a Michigan-based venture studio. youtube.com/watch?v=6yJJM7…

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Big idea → ???? → Millions in revenue. Venture studios want to make that messy middle a repeatable system. There are 4 stages of support typically offered by a venture that each come with assigned activities across capital, services, talent, and validation. Different

Have you heard of the 10 Design Dimensions of a Venture Studio? It was the single most important exercise to help our team align on the direction of our emerging venture studio. Reducing down to 10 key factors greatly simplified and accelerated our discussions. I write about

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