Also called: Startup Studio Partner, Venture Builder
Works at a 'startup factory' that invents several companies a year in-house, then recruits founders to run them.
Monday you test whether dentists would pay for a scheduling app by building a fake landing page. Wednesday you kill another idea because nobody signed up. Friday you interview a possible CEO for the idea that worked.
Salary plus equity in each company the studio launches.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in business, design or engineering; most have founded or worked at startups first.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Entrepreneurship, Product Design, Computer Science, Business Administration.
Growing about average. Small niche; studios have grown alongside venture capital.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. AI speeds prototypes and market tests, so studios need fewer builders; picking ideas and recruiting founders stays human.
Classes: AP Computer Science Principles, Art and design, AP Microeconomics, Speech and debate.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-1011.
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