You built the studio. NOw it runs you.
Spend six minutes answering a few questions. We'll tell you which stage your studio is actually in, the one thing holding you there, and what to do about it.
Here's the truth
Some of this will be uncomfortably familiar.
Revenue’s never been higher... but your take-home sucks.
So you tried...
Raising rates and hoping the margin sorts itself out.
...on paper? Sure
You took the work to make payroll... but wow is it boring.
So you tried...
Promising the team it’s just this once. Just this once. Just. This. Once.
...it wasn’t just this once
You rebrand clients every week... your own site says 2022.
So you tried...
Blocking a Friday for the studio's brand. Client work ate it.
...Maybe next quarter
Nothing ships without your eyes on it... even at 11pm
So you tried...
Hiring someone senior so you could finally step back.
...tag me when you’re done
You haven’t taken a real week off in years... vacation?
So you tried...
Calling a Tuesday afternoon a “day off”
...but checked slack twice
Your sales pipeline starts and ends with... well... you.
So you tried...
Swearing next year you'll build the machine that isn't you.
...We shall see
And you’ve tried everything you could think of to fix it.
It just hasn’t balanced out
Only to find yourself flipping between not having time... and not making money.
Only to find yourself flipping between an empty pipeline... and being the bottleneck in a full one.
And either way, the studio can’t run without you, and the work you love keeps waiting.
The problem
Building a studio you love starts with knowing where you are now.
Every week for the last five years, we've gotten on a call with our community. Dozens of creatives share their problems... with different work, different clients, and different backgrounds. But then, we started to notice that, underneath all of it, everyone's stuck in one of a few of the same places. Once you can name which one is yours, the fog clears fast. That's the whole roadmap. Your spot, named, and the two or three moves that actually get you moving.
Your Studio Roadmap
Get your personalized step-by-step studio roadmap in under six minutes.
The Proof
Creatives who were standing exactly where you are
I now feel supported by an incredible community. Having that network has been invaluable — it's helped me gain clarity in my business, refine my offerings, and understand how to attract the right clients … One of the biggest transformations has been in my confidence. I now fully own what I do.
I landed a PR agency retainer that worked with CPG brands. It happened because I reached out to them as part of the outreach module … we won the project. It was a 12-month project and we still work with them now … Which was incredible when you realise I had ZERO clients beforehand and was ready to throw the towel in.
It all started with a free project I did for my Vietnamese community in Helsinki … One of the musicians referred me to shooting for a company headshot … I made 3,200 euros in revenue, and minus the cost that'd be 2,800 in profit.
Six minutes to clarity.
