At some point, every up-and-coming studio needs a Jumpstart.
Is your studio stuck?
Somewhere between launching your business and reaching the next level, there is a gap.
Accelerate your progress
Jumpstart: the 9-week intensive.
What You Will Learn
In Jumpstart, members learn next-level concepts empowering their studios to stand out, break through, meet better clients, win bigger budgets, and produce their greatest creative work.
Personal instruction and unparalleled perspective is provided by Joel Pilger who for 20 years helmed Impossible Pictures. To date, nearly 150 studios from 23 countries around the world have been through the Jumpstart accelerator.
What You Will Not Learn
Unlike the myriad programs teaching creative, this accelerator focuses on your creative business. Therefore, Jumpstart does not teach creative ingredient areas such as design, animation, directing, etc.
A strong portfolio and exceptional creative abilities are prerequisites for enrollment.
Results
The results of Jumpstart have been exceptional. Many graduates have applied their learning to win enviable projects from top-shelf clients, eventually doubling or tripling their studio’s revenue.
See The Jumpstart Experience for some candid feedback from our alumni.
Who the Accelerator Is For
Jumpstart is intense. Therefore, we screen candidates carefully. Only ambitious owners – committed to investing time and resources in growing their business – are admitted.
The accelerator content is perfectly suited to motion, design, production, animation, experience, music, and sound design studios with annual revenue below USD $1 million.
Content
8 Modules
Next-level concepts
Live Weekly Q&A
with Joel Pilger
Private Group
24/7 Slack Channel
“I finally feel like I am running my business, not being run by it.” – Alejandro at Sugar Skull
Modules
Week 1
Identify Your Genius
Week 2
Carve Out Your Positioning
Week 3
The Website “Roasts”
Week 4
Marketing the Modern Creative Firm
Week 5
Powerful Outreach
Week 6
Your Best Opportunities – The Three R’s™
Week 7
Fewer Proposals, More Projects – The Three D’s™
Week 8
High-Ticket Sales
Week 9
Commanding Premium Pricing
“It was a fantastic accelerator. We appreciated the laser-like focus on each subject to give us a clear path forward.” – Dave at Hank Mango
Beyond Jumpstart: Exclusively for alumni, Confab is the live weekly forum where Jumpstarters continue their journey.
About Joel
Joel Pilger brings revolutionary advice to owners of leading studios, agencies, and production companies as a RevThinker / Partner at RevThink.
Although focused on advising the RevThink portfolio, Joel developed Jumpstart specifically for the next generation of up-and-coming studios. To date, well over a hundred firms have benefited from the program.
In his 20 years prior to consulting, Joel helmed the Denver-based studio Impossible Pictures with a team size of 25 employees and $5 MM in annual revenue.
“It took us 6 years to get where we were. After Jumpstart, it only took us 6 months to quadruple that.” – Joãa Filipe at Mezzolab
Make the leap
Enrollment
Enrolling in Jumpstart requires an interview to verify your firm qualifies. In the session, your firm’s portfolio and positioning are reviewed, as well as a discussion of your top goals and obstacles.
Jump In
The next Jumpstart will is scheduled for October 2019. Contact us to schedule an interview and to reserve your seat (class sizes are very limited).