Reserve

You built a studio. 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

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

— Jared Hobbs, Founder at Deep Sky Studios

Most advisors haven't run what they advise on. I ran my own $5M+ studio for twenty years. After exiting I've advised hundreds more.

Reserve is not delivery. I'm your personal trainer for the decisions only you can make. You bring the situation. I bring the experience, the method, and the network.

"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 I've advised include Already Been Chewed, 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, Pancho Studio, Panoply, Pickbrain, Polyester Studio, Sarofsky, Spillt, STATE Design, Stimulated-Inc., Vás, 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 aren't.

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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