In recent years, the entrepreneurial ecosystem has seen the emergence of venture studios, also known as startup studios or venture builders, as an organizational model aimed at the systematic creation of new businesses. This model has developed in response to the limitations of traditional entrepreneurship support tools, such as venture capital, incubators, and accelerators, which tend to leave a significant portion of execution risk in the hands of entrepreneurial teams. Venture studios adopt a production-centric approach to the creation of new businesses, operating as organizations that design, develop, and scale startups through standardized and replicable processes, taking an active role in operational execution and the formation of founding teams. The research adopts a qualitative approach based on a structured review of the literature, complemented by desk-based case studies of selected venture studios. The analysis highlights three main findings: (i) venture studios emerge as a new model of entrepreneurial production within the Entrepreneurship Industry; (ii) their operating model helps reduce entrepreneurial risk through the standardization of processes and resource sharing; (iii) venture studios are particularly effective in supporting the creation of scaleups, promoting more structured growth paths compared to traditional models. The thesis finally proposes an integrated comparison between venture studios, incubators, and accelerators, highlighting their main differences in terms of governance, venture building processes, and scaling support, contributing to clarifying the role of venture studios in the evolution of the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Negli ultimi anni l’ecosistema imprenditoriale ha visto l’emergere dei venture studios, noti anche come startup studios o venture builders, come modello organizzativo volto alla creazione sistematica di nuove imprese. Tale modello si è sviluppato in risposta ai limiti dei tradizionali strumenti di supporto all’imprenditorialità, quali venture capital, incubatori e acceleratori, che tendono a lasciare in capo ai team imprenditoriali una parte significativa del rischio esecutivo. I venture studios adottano un approccio production-centric alla creazione di nuove imprese, operando come organizzazioni che progettano, sviluppano e scalano startup attraverso processi standardizzati e replicabili, assumendo un ruolo attivo nell’esecuzione operativa e nella formazione dei team fondatori. La ricerca adotta un approccio qualitativo basato su una revisione strutturata della letteratura, integrata da case studies desk-based di venture studios selezionati. L’analisi si fonda su contributi accademici e ricerche settoriali recenti. Dall’analisi emergono tre risultati principali: (i) i venture studios si configurano come un nuovo modello di produzione imprenditoriale all’interno dell’Entrepreneurship Industry; (ii) il loro modello operativo contribuisce a ridurre il rischio imprenditoriale attraverso la standardizzazione dei processi e la condivisione delle risorse; (iii) i venture studios risultano particolarmente efficaci nel supportare la creazione di scaleup, favorendo percorsi di crescita più strutturati rispetto ai modelli tradizionali. La tesi propone infine un confronto integrato tra venture studios, incubatori e acceleratori, evidenziandone le principali differenze in termini di governance, processo di venture building e supporto allo scaling, contribuendo a chiarire il ruolo dei venture studios nell’evoluzione dell’ecosistema imprenditoriale.
I VENTURE STUDIOS COME NUOVO MODELLO DI PRODUZIONE IMPRENDITORIALE
PRATTICHIZZO, FRANCESCO
2024/2025
Abstract
In recent years, the entrepreneurial ecosystem has seen the emergence of venture studios, also known as startup studios or venture builders, as an organizational model aimed at the systematic creation of new businesses. This model has developed in response to the limitations of traditional entrepreneurship support tools, such as venture capital, incubators, and accelerators, which tend to leave a significant portion of execution risk in the hands of entrepreneurial teams. Venture studios adopt a production-centric approach to the creation of new businesses, operating as organizations that design, develop, and scale startups through standardized and replicable processes, taking an active role in operational execution and the formation of founding teams. The research adopts a qualitative approach based on a structured review of the literature, complemented by desk-based case studies of selected venture studios. The analysis highlights three main findings: (i) venture studios emerge as a new model of entrepreneurial production within the Entrepreneurship Industry; (ii) their operating model helps reduce entrepreneurial risk through the standardization of processes and resource sharing; (iii) venture studios are particularly effective in supporting the creation of scaleups, promoting more structured growth paths compared to traditional models. The thesis finally proposes an integrated comparison between venture studios, incubators, and accelerators, highlighting their main differences in terms of governance, venture building processes, and scaling support, contributing to clarifying the role of venture studios in the evolution of the entrepreneurial ecosystem.I documenti in UNITESI sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14253/109519