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Validating AI TradeDesk: Our Journey from Concept to Market
We recently formed our latest fintech venture, AI TradeDesk, which serves the investment management market.
We’re excited about this venture bec...
The Four Capitals of Entrepreneurship: Are you ready to take the jump?
There are four main personal capitals ("4 Cs") to consider as you jump into entrepreneurship. They determine your resilience as the founder, the...
The Upside of Downside: The Paradox of Servant Leadership
“Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.”
~Simon Sinek
“Life’s most persistent and ...
Uncovering Product-Market Fit with the Right Data
We are going to explore how to uncover Product-Market Fit by tracking the right metrics and using user feedback to guide the product direction.
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Why Research Is Not Enough For Your Problem Validation
As we work with founders, we notice a common trend: founders are often excited to jump into building their ventures and tend to rush through the problem discovery phase. Unfortunately, this haste results in various mistakes, one of which is solely depending on research ...
Picking Winners in Generative AI
The Hype of AI
Generative AI has unlocked a world of possibilities for innovation and problem-solving, offering businesses the potential to st...
Venture Studio Value Creation: Studios vs. VC Funds
Written by John Carbrey.A studio has distinct differences when compared to venture capital firms in value creation. Since venture studios focus on forming new ventures, significant equity value is created through the studio’s operation as a co-founder. The result of thi...
How Snowflake took the venture studio path to a $70B market cap
Written by John Carbrey, in collaboration with Stephen Baldwin.The venture studio model had one of its biggest successes last week with the IPO of Snowflake, a scalable data warehousing company that was worth $70.4 billion (USD) at the end of trading...
FutureSight is now a member of the Global Startup Studio Network
We are excited to announce that FutureSight is now a member of the Global Startup Studio Network (GSSN).
GSSN is a highly curated community of the world’s top startup studios, venture studios and venture builders from cities such as San Francisco, New York, Paris, Seatt...
Understanding Startup Studio Structures
Note: We have now released a whitepaper on startup studio structures which includes the content below, we’ve found the whitepaper format is more fitting than Medium for most readers.Written by John Carbrey.
As startup studios emerge as a new asset class i...
Validating AI TradeDesk: Our Journey from Concept to Market
We recently formed our latest fintech venture, AI TradeDesk, which serves the investment management market.
We’re excited about this venture bec...
The Four Capitals of Entrepreneurship: Are you ready to take the jump?
There are four main personal capitals ("4 Cs") to consider as you jump into entrepreneurship. They determine your resilience as the founder, the...
Mental Models for Startups – Pain & Frequency
How much of a pain are you solving and how often does it happen?
A popular saying in venture creation is to ‘build painkillers not vitamins’. This means that successful produ...
Verticalization: the Key to Winning in the Generative AI Landscape
Written by Cindy Gamal, in collaboration with Kevin Nguyen.
AI has taken the world by storm, from chatbots to business email generators. However, the current landscape might not be the final destination in the AI revolution. The true winners could be the domain-sp...
Being Warm to Your Cold Contacts
Written by Eman Ibrahim.In today's highly competitive market, cold outreach campaigns have become essential for businesses, not only for driving sales but also for market validation. However, many people struggle to achieve their desired outcomes from these campaigns. T...
Mutual Economics #5: Avoiding Negative Externalities
Written by John Carbrey, in collaboration with Becky Cook.
My seven year old son loves math. The majority of his time is spent doing math problems on the computer, quizzing his family on new math problems he created, falling asleep at night after reading math books, and...