# Venture studio

Concept · [Programs and community](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/community)

Also called: startup studio, studio, company builder

An organization that comes up with business ideas itself and builds companies around them, often bringing in [founders](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) to run them. The studio usually keeps part of the [equity](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/equity) in each company it starts.

**For example:** A studio spots a need in home health care, builds a first product with its own team and then recruits a chief executive to lead the new company.

## Connects to (7)

- [Accelerator](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/accelerator): A program with a fixed length that helps a group of early companies grow faster through coaching, introductions and sometimes funding.
- [Incubator](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/incubator): A program or shared space that supports very early companies, often with desks, mentoring and community.
- [Equity](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/equity): Ownership in a company.
- [Gitwit](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/gitwit): A venture studio in Tulsa.
- [Apricot](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/apricot): A software company that makes an AI documentation tool for home health care.
- [Builders + Backers](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/builders-backers): A venture studio that helps people turn an idea into a business by combining AI-powered guidance with help from experienced entrepreneurs.
- [19days](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/19days): A venture studio in Tulsa that starts business-to-business software companies.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/venture-studio