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
The Division program gave me the knowledge and confidence to reach out to a client, whom I saw could benefit from my insight. I landed a $2,250 project, a big win given that this was my 4th ever client!
I feel more confident in my work, and I have a much better picture of how creatives do business in a profitable way.
A Toronto-based engineering company approached me to film a prototype vehicle. The initial brief was one or two days of work … But I remembered something from Ben and Steph's coaching calls, which was to understand the 'why' behind the request … The resulting documentary exceeded their expectations and helped the team secure their next round of funding.
Six minutes to clarity.
