Reserve

You built a studio or production company. It's working. Now the decisions that scared you years ago are even bigger, more expensive, and arriving faster. That's what the journey through the Stages of the Studio looks like:

Commodities → Services → Expertise → Authority

$250K → $1M → $5M → $5M+

"I couldn't have gone at this speed without you."

— Jared Hobbs, Founder at Deep Sky Studios

Consultants haven't run what they consult on. I helmed Impossible Pictures for twenty years and since exit, I've advised hundreds.

Reserve is not about deliverables. It's me as your personal trainer for the decisions only you can make. You bring the situation. I bring the experience, the network, and the methods.

"Joel's been a great addition to our advisory board."

— Seth Eckert, Founder at The Furrow

I work one-on-one with a small number of founders.

Studios advised include Already Been Chewed, Antfood, Ataboy, Bigstar, Bindery, blit.studio, The Booth, Compadre, Coupe Studios, Cream, Deep Sky, Form Play, Giant Ant, Kingdom of Something, Kill 2 Birds, Laundry, MAKE, Mammal, Mighty Nice, Mowe, Oddbeast, Pancho Studio, Panoply, Pickbrain, Polyester Studio, Sarofsky, Spillt, STATE Design, Stimulated-Inc., Vas, VERSUS, and hundreds more inside Forum.

Joel is the pied piper of studio ownership.

— Robb Wagner, Founder at Stimulated-Inc.

The work itself is private. The results are anything but.

We've been contacted by and awarded two music videos for Katy Perry... a great consequence of the process we started together.

— Martín Schurmann, Founder at Vas Studio

USD $15,000 per quarter. Payable monthly.

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