{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6615400becab3b00160d90d9/68d1116e203f72ea5739164f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"🎙️ EP72 - Escaping the Industry Black Hole 🚀","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6615400becab3b00160d90d9/1758531311733-88349e6e-d908-483f-9804-91baa9d3114c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Unicorns are going extinct. In 2015 there were 124 new unicorns. In the last 3 years? Barely 17.</p><p><br></p><p>At the same time, trillions of dollars have been poured into AI, sold as the golden age of innovation. But here’s the paradox: if AI is so transformative, why are unicorns disappearing?</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of The Forge of Unicorns, Michele Brissoni sits down with Paul O’Brien — Startup Economist, venture capitalist, and founder of MediaTech Ventures — to expose why accelerators are failing, how capital allocation is broken, and why venture studios are the future of predictable, software-driven success.</p><p><br></p><p>Paul pulls no punches:</p><p><br></p><p>“Most accelerators haven’t delivered results. When they present themselves as engines of entrepreneurship, founders are more likely to fail. And that’s what’s been happening.”</p><p><br></p><p>We explore how AI is sucking capital into a “black hole,” why cookie-cutter accelerators misfire, and how sector-specific venture studios — with deep expertise and owner-operator DNA — can finally tilt the odds of success.</p><p><br></p><p>⸻</p><p><br></p><p>🔑 What You’ll Learn</p><p>- Why 90% of startups still fail — and how to move the needle from 10% to 20% success.</p><p>- The accelerator paradox: speeding up disruption by forcing it into rigid blueprints.</p><p>- How AI is reshaping capital allocation (and why that’s dangerous).</p><p>- The role of behavioral engineering in startup survival.</p><p>- Why venture studios are the operating system of success in a software-driven world.</p><p><br></p><p>⸻</p><p><br></p><p>📌 Chapters</p><p><br></p><p>01:30 – Intro: Unicorn extinction &amp; the AI paradox</p><p>07:30 – Why accelerators fail founders</p><p>16:30 – Digital transformation myths</p><p>24:30 – Behavioral engineering in startups</p><p>35:30 – Globalization, AI, and capital misallocation</p><p>49:30 – The venture studio model explained</p><p>01:03:30 – Governments, policy, and sector-specific studios</p><p>01:16:30 – Closing thoughts: doubling startup success rates</p><p><br></p><p>⸻</p><p><br></p><p>⚔️ Forge Your Edge</p><p><br></p><p>👉 Subscribe to the newsletter for deep dives: https://go.brix.consulting/ForgeOfUnicorns</p><p><br></p><p>👉 Learn more about the Unicorns’ Ecosystem our Venture Studio operative system for software organization, born on Ferrari Formula 1 and improved  with over 2 decades of research: </p><p>https://unicorns-ecosystem.com/</p><p><br></p><p>⸻</p><p><br></p><p>🏷️</p><p>#Startups #VentureCapital #AI #VentureStudios #ForgeOfUnicorns #leadership #incubadoras #accelerator #ai #aiinvesting #investing #investment #podcast </p>","author_name":"Michele Brissoni"}