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Mutual Economics: How We Can Build Better Companies
This article is the first in a series exploring new approaches to venture creation.“What should be the right level of profit?” is a question few people have asked in the boardroom. The assumption underlying most business plans and decisions is that the right level of pr...
How to Maximize Your Impact by Growing Your Co-Creation Capacity
Co-created with Stephen Baldwin.Most entrepreneurs, myself included, have trouble letting go. They create their venture from nothing and nurture it into a profitable enterprise, so they’re understandably reluctant to relinquish responsibility, even if it’s the right pat...
Lift, don’t climb: The lie of the corporate ladder and promise of the barbell strategy for maximizing wealth and impact
My understanding of how to generate financial wealth changed quickly and fundamentally after I sold my first company.I joined the buyer, a corporation with tens of thousands of employees and billions in revenue, as an SVP. Near the end of my earn-out (I had committed to...
From Striving to Calling: A path to finding meaning in your work
Our Awakening
I had always thought, like almost every entrepreneur, that selling my company would be a triumphant moment — the pinnacle of my achievements. But when it finally happened, instead of feeling fulfilled and overjoyed, I felt empty, lost, and bewildered ...
Venture Studio Value Creation: Studios vs. VC Funds
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 this is that studios c...
Naked in the arena: How to find your entrepreneurial advantage
Written in collaboration with Stephen Baldwin.I’m often approached by entrepreneurs who want to start a venture in an area of interest. Some have great ideas, and I’m energized by their passion, but I can’t help but see them for what they are at that stage: Naked in the...
Venture Studio Value Creation: Studios vs. VC Funds
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 this is that studios c...
How Snowflake took the venture studio path to a $70B market cap
Written 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 on Wednesday.Here are the share pric...
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.
As startup studios emerge as a new asset class in the innovation ecosystem, k...
Mutual Economics: How We Can Build Better Companies
This article is the first in a series exploring new approaches to venture creation.“What should be the right level of profit?” is a question few people have asked in the boardroom. The assumption underlying most business plans and decisions is that the right level of pr...
How to Maximize Your Impact by Growing Your Co-Creation Capacity
Co-created with Stephen Baldwin.Most entrepreneurs, myself included, have trouble letting go. They create their venture from nothing and nurture it into a profitable enterprise, so they’re understandably reluctant to relinquish responsibility, even if it’s the right pat...
Lift, don’t climb: The lie of the corporate ladder and promise of the barbell strategy for maximizing wealth and impact
My understanding of how to generate financial wealth changed quickly and fundamentally after I sold my first company.I joined the buyer, a corporation with tens of thousands of employees and billions in revenue, as an SVP. Near the end of my earn-out (I had committed to...
From Striving to Calling: A path to finding meaning in your work
Our Awakening
I had always thought, like almost every entrepreneur, that selling my company would be a triumphant moment — the pinnacle of my achievements. But when it finally happened, instead of feeling fulfilled and overjoyed, I felt empty, lost, and bewildered ...
Naked in the arena: How to find your entrepreneurial advantage
Written in collaboration with Stephen Baldwin.I’m often approached by entrepreneurs who want to start a venture in an area of interest. Some have great ideas, and I’m energized by their passion, but I can’t help but see them for what they are at that stage: Naked in the...
How Snowflake took the venture studio path to a $70B market cap
Written 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 on Wednesday.Here are the share pric...