What is the 110-step Venture Studio Playbook?

870 person-days of compressed institutional knowledge across 110 steps. SETUP (Stages 1-4): 35 steps, 286 person-days. LAUNCH (Stages 5-6): 44 steps, 342 person-days. SCALE (Stage 7): 31 steps, 242 person-days. The same playbook runs whether one founder uses it solo with AI Copilot, or an institution runs 1,000 members through it in parallel.

How do the 4 stages map to the 8 operational stages?

Ideate covers Stage 1 (Assessment). Build covers Stages 2-4 (Ideation, Validation, BMC). Launch covers Stages 5-6 (MVP, Pre-Seed). Scale covers Stage 7 (Growth) + Stage 8 (Sustainability Mapping). The 4-stage spine is for narrative; the 8 stages are the operational reality.

What's the Sustainability Mapping Report?

The SMR is Simsy AI's signature methodology component — the only venture studio methodology that bakes sustainability into the ideation stage rather than as an after-the-fact ESG audit. Seven pillars (Governance, Stakeholders, Workforce, Operations, Risk Areas, Targets, KPIs) mapped to all 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.

How is this different from Lean Startup or YC's playbook?

Lean Startup is a philosophy (build-measure-learn). YC's playbook is selection-based (3% acceptance). The Simsy AI Method is an operating system — the actual 110-step compressed playbook that runs as software, with AI Copilot orchestrating each step. Built for every founder, not just selected ones.

Is the methodology accredited?

Yes. GInI Tier-3 InE® (Innovation Endorsement) co-accredited under Cert. # 115421204 — the highest tier of the Global Innovation Institute's third-party innovation methodology recognition.

Cross-Door · Methodology

Ideate → Build → Launch → Scale.

The single 4-stage operating system that runs through every Simsy AI artefact. Colour carries meaning.

Explore Simsy AI — 2-minute journey.

Platform tour · 2 minutes · English

−1

Ideate

ETA · Idea Lab · AI BMC

Build

MVP · validation · team · runway

Launch

Demo Day · first customers · pre-seed

Scale

SMR · global network · sustainable growth

Drill down: the 8 operational stages.

The brand-view 4 stages (Ideate → Build → Launch → Scale) are how we tell the story. Below is the operational view procurement teams ask for.

Assessment

Ideate

Education

Ideate

Skill Development

Ideate

Pre-Incubation

Ideate

Incubation

Build

Acceleration

Build

Fund Raising

Launch

Market Access · SMEs Growth

Scale

The 6 managed services.

The procurement-grade view. Each service maps to a stage and bundles into B2B packages and B2C credentials.

MS1

Assessment: Entrepreneurial Traits

Stage 1

Tier 1 · $49 Founder Potential

MS2

Education: Startups & Innovation

Stage 2

Part of Tier 3 · $365 Entrepreneur

MS3

Skill Development L1: Ideation

Stage 3

Part of Tier 3 · partial Tier 2

MS4

Pre-Incubation L1: Bus. Plan / Model Canvas

Stage 4

Tier 2 · $149 Innovator + part of Tier 3

MS5

Pre-Incubation L2: Investor Pitch

Stage 4

Part of Tier 4 · $4,999 Cohort

MS6

Skill Development L2: Setup / Launch / Scale

Stages 5–7

Part of Tier 4 · Cohort

B2B packages — managed-services coverage

IGNITE · $40K · MS 1–3

ACTIVATE · $120K · MS 1–4

TRANSFORM · $250K+ · MS 1–6

Each B2B package bundles a defined set of managed services. The Trial Wedge ($9,500) deploys MS 1 only at scale-discounted unit pricing.

The engine.

Setup steps

286 person-days

Launch steps

342 person-days

Scale steps

242 person-days

110

Total steps

870 person-days

8 functions — Strategy · Product · Tech · Marketing · Sales · Finance · Operations · Legal.

Triple bottom line impact, built in from ideation.

The only methodology in the venture studio space that embeds sustainable impact — ESG, DEI&B, and SDG goals — into the ideation stage through seven pillars, rather than bolting it on after the fact.

Governance

Stakeholders

Workforce

Operations

Risks

Targets

KPIs

Read the SMR White Paper → Read the 110-step Playbook →

Accredited by GInI — Tier-3 Innovation Endorsement (InE®). Cert # 115421204.

Audited by GInI.

GInI · Tier 3 · InE®

Cert # 115421204
Issued 15 September 2024

The most rigorous third-party innovation methodology standard in the world. The credential institutional procurement teams already accept.

50+ countries
15,000+ innovators
Co-accreditation on every Simsy AI Certification track

For builders

$4,999 · 3-months programme · Money-back guarantee.

For ecosystems

15-minute intro. IGNITE / ACTIVATE / TRANSFORM.