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In this episode you will learn:

02:30 - Origins of Venture Studios

09:02 - Venture Studios vs Accelerators

13:49 - Higher Startup Success Rates with Venture Studios?

18:43 - Founder Obsession with Idea: Key to Startup Success?

24:35 - Evaluating Founders for Outbound Opportunities

31:44 - Founders: Domain Expertise vs Quick Learners

33:49 - Corporate Collaboration with Venture Studios

39:14 - Equity Ownership for Founders in Venture Studios

45:08 - Challenges Faced by Venture Studios

46:39 - Collaboration with LPs in Venture Studios

53:11 - Managing Multiple Studios within a Venture Studio

59:13 - Who Should Start a Venture Studio?

01:01:43 - Conclusion

About:
Sam is an entrepreneur, venture builder, board advisor and investor. He works with pre-seed and seed-stage entrepreneurs & investors to build startups & venture studios.

In 2017, he founded Rainmaking APAC Venture Studio. Rainmaking APAC is today one of the largest venture development companies in the region, and was acquired by Bain & Company in 2023. 

The companies that have been built and scaled by Rainmaking APAC have generated $880m in funding and hold a combined equity value of more than $9bn. Through his work with Rainmaking APAC, Sam has also pioneered a range of equity-share models of corporate venture building.

Sam’s focus is on building companies, supporting venture build ecosystems, and creating and empowering venture builders. He believes that entrepreneurship is one of the best means that we have of offering fulfilling work and creating the conditions required to unlock the potential in our global workforce at scale. 

Prior to launching Rainmaking APAC Venture Studio, Sam was a founder and early team member in startups in Europe, and invested in startups through an early-stage accelerator. These experiences as founder, operator and investor shaped the thinking, philosophy, process and governance structure that he now applies to venture building at scale in the Rainmaking APAC Venture Studio.

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