Understanding The Startup Studio Incubation Model
Abstract
Over the past few years, thanks to the rise of a substantial figure of startup unicorns including: Dollar
Shave Club, Zalando, Jumia, DeliveryHero and HelloFresh , “ Startup Studios ” have emerged
vigorously into the startup scene, as a vital incubation tool to support startups and promote
entrepreneurship. However, due to the infancy of the startup studio incubation model, the divergence
in the way each startup studio organizes itself, and the lack of academic research regarding startup
studios, the concept of the startup studio incubation model has always been blurry, indistinct and
confusing.
Thus, the aim of this research is to provide a well-structured, distinctive and comprehensive
understanding of the startup studio incubation model. For this purpose, the study utilizes the three
fundamental dimensions of startup incubation theoretical framework, as the research main tool to
investigate, highlight, describe and differentiate the startup studio incubation model from other startup
incubation models.
The thesis is designed as a multiple case exploratory study, and includes three cases of startup
incubation models from Sweden, a startup studio, a startup incubator and a startup accelerator. It is
based on both qualitative primary data collected through semi-structured interviews, and secondary
data that includes websites and relevant documents. Moreover, the thesis presents an extensive
literature review of the startup studio incubation model.
The empirical findings of the study provide a clear and distinctive description of the startup studio
incubation model in terms of the three fundamental dimensions of incubation: infrastructure , business
support and access to networks , and illustrate the distinctive differences between startup studios,
incubators and accelerator with regards to the three fundamental dimensions of startup incubation.
Degree
Master 2-years
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Date
2020-10-15Author
Hamida, Maximilian
Keywords
entrepreneurship
entrepreneurs
startups
startup ecosystem
startup support organisation
startup studio
startup factory
startup foundry
venture builder
builder studio
venture studio
investor studio
company builder
tech studio
studio incubator
incubation business model
venture factory
startup accelerator
startup incubator
Gothenburg
Sweden
Series/Report no.
Master Degree Project
2020:197
Language
eng
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