VShojo: Doomed From The Start?
18Time for a video essay! We're taking a look at the dismantling of VShojo, one of the most popular vtuber agencies up until yesterday, and picking apart how the the business was run in a way that was ultimately going to betray the streaming talents.
Topics you'll learn here:
Startups
Venture Capital
Funding Rounds
Why not every business should be a startup
Chapters:
00:00 Intro: What happened to VShojo?
00:37 Statement from Gunrun
02:23 Could the business model have worked?
03:11 Overview of Startups
04:14 How can a $11M funded business fail?
04:58 VC Funding Rounds
05:44 What Killed VShojo
06:14 The Dangers of Taking VC Investment
07:26 VC Winter 2023 Onward
08:22 Conclusion: AllIknowismoneyy
Every agency can learn a wealth from watching this implosion play out. I am very much a believer in the base business model for a company with a talent-first talent-focused culture, and hope that existing and future agencies navigate this better with this video's cautions in mind.
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