venture-studio-toolkit

Designs the legal structure for attaching a venture fund to a studio — Management Co + GP entity + LP entity layered per govclab recommendation. Use when the user asks "attached fund", "studio fund", "management company", "GP LP structure", "fund formation", "LP agreement", "/attached-fund-structure", or has a mature studio and considers launching a fund alongside it. STRONG LEGAL DISCLAIMER — fund formation is highly regulated and jurisdiction-specific; this skill is a preparation aid, NOT legal advice.

Sets up a "Services Hub Model" — a central Services LLC that contracts bilateral MSAs with each independent Venture LLC in a multi-venture portfolio. Middle ground between serial-entrepreneur-with-Multi-LLCs and formal-venture-studio-with-holding. Generates MSA template + SOW template + transfer pricing methodology + IP assignment rider + billing calendar. Use when the user asks "services hub", "MSA template", "shared services setup", "central services entity", "transfer pricing methodology", "/services-hub-setup", or has chosen Services Hub pattern (patrón #6) via structure-decision skill. STRONG LEGAL DISCLAIMER — MSAs are legal contracts that require lawyer review.

Tracks how shared services (engineers, designers, marketing, legal, accounting, infrastructure) are allocated across multiple ventures. Supports two operating modes: Services Hub (bilateral MSAs, independent venture cap tables) and Full Studio (centralized via Management Co + Holding). Essential for transfer pricing compliance, accurate venture P&Ls, and LP reporting. Use when the user asks "shared services", "allocation", "transfer pricing", "studio overhead", "intercompany services", "services hub ledger", "MSA tracking", "/shared-services-ledger". STRONG TAX DISCLAIMER applies.

Guides the founder/studio operator through a decision tree for choosing the corporate structure of their venture(s): Single-LLC vs Multi-LLC vs Cayman Sandwich vs Delaware Tostada vs Skip-CR pattern vs Delaware C-Corp. Use when the user asks "structure-decision", "decidir estructura legal", "¿single LLC o multi LLC?", "Cayman Sandwich", "Delaware Tostada", "Skip-CR pattern", "holding vs multi-LLC", "estructura corporativa", "LATAM incorporation", "/structure-decision", or needs to decide the legal structure for a new venture or for a portfolio of ventures. Produces a structured recommendation with rationale, cost estimates, risks, and an evolution roadmap (migration triggers).

Helps a serial entrepreneur decide whether to formalize their multi-venture operation into a Services Hub or a formal Venture Studio. Evaluates 3 operating modes (not binary): serial entrepreneur puro / services hub operator / formal studio with fund. Use when the user asks "when to become a studio", "serial entrepreneur vs studio", "systematize multi-venture", "formalize studio", "services hub readiness", "venture studio readiness", "/when-to-become-studio".

Identifies "high-liability" ventures in a portfolio that are dangerous to combine under a single-LLC multi-brand structure. Prevents liability contamination across ventures that, if one is sued or has a regulatory incident, could drag down all the others. Use when the user asks "liability contagion", "contagio de responsabilidad", "can I combine these ventures under one LLC", "single-LLC risk", "liability analysis", "regulatory risk portfolio", "/liability-contagion-analysis", or is considering a single-LLC multi-brand structure for multiple ventures. Founder-mode skill — critical for serial entrepreneurs.

Generates a migration roadmap for evolving from the current corporate structure to the next-appropriate one, with specific triggers (ARR thresholds, term sheet, geography changes, regulatory events). Use when the user asks "when to migrate", "structure evolution", "cuándo migrar estructura", "Skip-CR to Tostada", "Tostada to Cayman Sandwich", "flip to Delaware C-Corp", "/structure-evolution-roadmap", or has already chosen their current structure via structure-decision and needs to plan the future transitions.

Generates a sweat equity agreement between co-founders, early employees, advisors, or service providers who contribute work in exchange for equity instead of cash. Covers vesting schedule, cliff, hours-to-equity formula, 83(b) election (for US entities), and dilution considerations. Use when the user asks "sweat equity", "equity for work", "vesting schedule", "cliff", "co-founder equity", "advisor equity", "FAST agreement", "83(b) election", "acuerdo de equity por trabajo", "/sweat-equity-agreement". Extends FAST Agreement template from business-model-toolkit.

Classifies a portfolio of ventures into Three Horizons (H1/H2/H3) from Lean Enterprise (Humble/Molesky/O'Reilly, 2015) cap. 2, and recommends resource allocation across horizons (classic 70/20/10 by Google, or studio-specific). Use when the user asks "three horizons", "portfolio allocation", "H1 H2 H3", "cómo asigno recursos entre ventures", "70/20/10", "studio portfolio balance", "/three-horizons", or has a multi-venture portfolio and needs to decide where to invest time/money. Complementary to explore-exploit categorization and cost-of-delay-cd3 prioritization.

Designs and maintains cap tables for each venture when the portfolio scales to Multi-LLC structure. Includes founder stake, studio stake, employee pool, advisor pool, convertible securities (SAFEs, notes), and dilution modeling through future rounds. Use when the user asks "cap table", "cap table management", "equity distribution", "dilution modeling", "SAFE conversion", "employee option pool", "/cap-table-per-venture". LEGAL DISCLAIMER applies.

Guides the studio / VC fund in adopting the Mensarius Oath — govclab's ethical code of conduct for investment professionals. Optional ethical framework for differentiation in crowded VC markets. Brief edge-case skill. Use when the user asks "mensarius oath", "VC ethics code", "investment ethics", "fund values", "ethical fund positioning", "/mensarius-oath-adoption".

Helps the studio operator choose between the 3 studio archetypes from govclab: In-house, External partnership, Hybrid. Brief edge-case skill — usually embedded in studio-thesis setup but available standalone when archetype decision is the primary question. Use when the user asks "studio archetype", "in-house vs external", "venture builder model", "hybrid studio", "/studio-archetype-selector".

Walks the studio operator through the mechanics of spinning out a venture into its own LLC when it matures beyond the studio umbrella — IP assignment, contract migration, team separation, cap table, and accelerated equity for founders. Use when the user asks "spin out", "spin off", "venture independence", "graduate venture", "separate LLC", "spin-out mechanics", "/venture-spin-out-playbook". STRONG LEGAL DISCLAIMER — spin-outs are complex and require legal review.

Defines mission, scope, success criteria, and resource allocation for each vertical within a studio (e.g., DojoOS, Civic Tech, B2B Factory). Integrates with Linear teams as the operational home of each vertical. Use when the user asks "vertical charter", "team charter", "vertical mission", "studio vertical", "Linear team mission", "define vertical scope", "/vertical-charter".

Prioritizes initiatives (features, ventures, hiring decisions, capital allocations) using Cost of Delay divided by Duration (CD3). Replaces HiPPO (Highest Paid Person's Opinion) and gut-feel prioritization with economic prioritization. Based on Lean Enterprise cap. 8. Use when the user asks "cost of delay", "CD3", "prioritization framework", "which feature first", "weighted shortest job first", "WSJF", "priorizar iniciativas", "/cost-of-delay-cd3", or has a backlog of initiatives and needs to decide what to work on first.

Categorizes each venture in the portfolio as Explore (pre-PMF, experimental) or Exploit (PMF achieved, scaling) per Lean Enterprise cap. 2. Each category requires different structure, culture, metrics, and risk management. Use when the user asks "explore vs exploit", "PMF status", "which venture is experimental", "scaling mode", "/explore-exploit", or needs to clarify management approach per venture in a multi-venture portfolio.

Facilitates Mike Rother's Improvement Kata — a scientific pattern of working for continuous improvement with 5 daily questions. Based on Lean Enterprise cap. 6. Use when the user asks "improvement kata", "toyota kata", "5 daily questions", "target condition", "continuous improvement framework", "mejora continua", "kata de mejora", "/improvement-kata", or wants to apply a structured method for making progress toward an ambitious goal via daily PDCA experiments.

Builds an Innovation Scorecard across a portfolio of ventures combining customer metrics and business metrics with Current/Target/Trend columns. Based on Lean Enterprise cap. 5 (Figure 5-2). Use when the user asks "innovation scorecard", "portfolio metrics dashboard", "customer vs business metrics", "current target trend", "pirate metrics", "AARRR", "/innovation-scorecard", or needs governance-level view of venture portfolio performance.

Identifies and articulates the studio/fund's "secret sauce" — the quantified competitive advantage that justifies why THIS team should execute THIS thesis. Uses govclab's 6-metric ranking system and 37-word articulation standard. Use when the user asks "secret sauce", "unfair advantage", "competitive moat", "por qué nosotros", "what makes this team unique", "differentiator", "/secret-sauce", or has thesis + focus done and needs to articulate the "why us" component.

Defines the studio/fund focus along three dimensions — Stage × Geography × Industry — following govclab's 4-step framework (step 3 after thesis and size). Use when the user asks "studio focus", "fund focus", "stage geography industry", "enfoque del studio", "enfoque del fund", "focus del VC", "/studio-focus", or has a thesis drafted and needs to articulate the precise focus dimensions. Complements studio-thesis (37-word template) by expanding the Stage × Geography × Industry portion with concrete parameters.

Matches a startup's profile (stage, vertical, geography, equity tolerance, urgency) against a curated catalog of 12+ external accelerator programs and produces ranked recommendations with application checklists. Use when the user asks "which accelerator", "accelerator matching", "apply to YC", "Techstars vs 500 Startups", "accelerator for LATAM", "CIHUBS accelerator network", "RevTech Labs", "Plug and Play", "SOSA corporate partners", "/accelerator-launchpad", or needs to decide among external acceleration programs. Implements CIHUBS-style meta-broker logic for LATAM founders seeking international acceleration.

Guides the venture studio or VC fund operator to draft a well-structured investment/studio thesis in the 37-word govclab template format. Use when the user asks "studio thesis", "fund thesis", "investment thesis", "37-word thesis", "tesis del studio", "tesis de inversión", "fund formation", "/studio-thesis", or needs to articulate the strategy by which their studio/fund generates returns for LPs/investors/stakeholders. Based on VC Lab / govclab methodology (2023) — the thesis is PRIVATE for LPs, not marketing material, and connects to fund size, focus, and secret sauce.