Is a Venture Studio Right For You (and Your Startup)?

Dianna Lesage
6 min readApr 10, 2023

Decision fatigue is real — for all of us, but especially for startup founders.

You have so many choices to make on a daily basis when launching a company. Some are small reversible decisions but others are big and hard to undo.

Whether to bootstrap, go the VC route, join an accelerator, or partner with a Venture Studio is one of those big messy decisions you need to get right.

In this article, I’ll break down the differences between each startup catalyst model and help you determine which path fits best with where you’re at now and what you want in the future.

What Do You Need?

This is the most important consideration when choosing between going it alone, taking Venture Capital, joining an accelerator, or partnering with a Studio.

Though they will all likely tell you that they do all the things, in reality, each model has a specific and unique value prop.

Time

If you need time to work on your startup — if you don’t have the idea fully fleshed out or aren’t sure if you’re ready to be all in, you…

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Dianna Lesage

Venture Studio expert. Creator capitalist. Lover of innovation.