FORUM Reserve
1:1 Engagement with Joel Pilger
Why.
(01)
Let's unleash your studio's awesomeness.
Not a consultant, I'm a founder who piloted my own USD 5M/year successful studio over the course of 20 years. Since exiting, I've advised hundreds of studios in more than 50 countries.

I love coming alongside owners like you to co-pilot your business and unleash your studio's full potential.
Structure.
(02)
Overview.
Within our engagement you have unlimited access to me as well as my assistants, Brit and Jen. Also included:

FORUM+ membership
• A dedicated, private online space
• Priority invitations to FUSE events

Flight Plan.
I lead you through a 5-step process. We may skip, add, or remove steps in the flight plan as appropriate. Each step requires 1-2 months to implement.

1. Genius: 
Let's give you and your team clarity so they are laser focused on their greatest gifts.

2. Positioning: Let's ensure your studio stands out to powerfully connect with your future ideal clients.

3. Qualifying: Let's master a simple method to qualify both clients and projects.

4. Pricing: Let's learn the method to discover your clients' bigger problems – and as a result – win their biggest budgets.

5. Flight Deck™: Let's build an easy-to-use operating system for managing your studio's annual budget, costs / prices, project profitability, and cash flow.

Beyond.
Once the above are complete, I usually remain engaged to continue helping your studio thrive and grow.
Investment.
(03)
Fees.
A FORUM Reserve engagement is an investment. As such, I help your studio increase its revenue (or find cost savings) greater than my fee.

Beyond unlimited access to me via email, text, and phone, your engagement fee is based upon the speed at which you can go:

Option 1: Weekly cadence at USD $5,000 per month.

Option 2:
Bi-weekly cadence at USD $3,000 per month.

I do offer professional courtesy discounts with quarterly and annual commitments.

Please note participation in these engagements is highly limited, you may be added to a waiting list.
Relax.
(04)
No stress.
Our communications are protected by mutual non-disclosure agreement.

Payments are made by credit card.

No contract is required.

Cancel anytime with 30 days notice.
Fine print.
(05)
The X-factor.
Some clients call me their "lucky rabbit's foot." Which suggests the value of our engagements is not measured in my time or effort, but in results. Examples include:

• Build a system so your studio is always profitable
• Connecting you to a big buyer or key new hire
• Leveraging my industry influence and followers
• Admitting your studio into an elite marketplace
First steps.
(06)
Get started.
1. Sign NDA
2. Obtain financial reports
3. Secure payment
4. Create private space in FORUM
5. Schedule recurring meetings
INQUIRE
Tributes
"Joel has been a great addition as our advisor. Beyond him bringing added accountability, his industry-specific perspective and insights have helped me push my business forward." – Seth Eckert at The Furrow

"This process was an eye-opening experience. It was the compass we needed to find our own path to take Animagic to the next level. Now, we are walking that path with full confidence while keeping things fun along the way." – David Calderon at Animagic

“The greatest thing I've received from working with Joel is being able to let go – to stop trying to control everything – thanks to the process and methodology which enables our producers to produce... and freed me up. In short, the team knows what to do and now has the freedom to do it. This has made the team happier with their work, and as importantly, allowed me to invest my time in focusing on the future and growing the studio." – Jeremy Dimmock at Polyester
“You gave me the opportunity to ask the questions on every creative studio owner’s mind and to get great answers from someone who has been where we want to go. It also gave us the permission and confidence to become the shop we always wanted to be, and the realization we never needed permission in the first place!” – Nate Rich at Honest Films
Select Clients
2C Media, 4SP Creative, 90 Degrees West, Access Emanate, Adolescent, Aevo Studio, Alca Studio, Allison Otto Productions, Alluze Music, Animagic, Animus Studios, AnyMotion, Ataboy Studios, Arbo Radiko, Awesome Inc., Bachmeyer Press, BakerBuilt Works, Ballast, BOPA, Brazilero, Brickland, Bror Bror, Bubba’s Chop Shop, Buttons NY, The Booth, Castleview, CatchUp, Civvie, Combustion Studio, Comfort Theory, Consortium, Cookie Studio, Coronation Media, Coupe Studios, Cream Studio, Creative Mammals, Cultivate Studios, Dark Frame, Dead Hamster VFX, Decker Design, Deep Sky, Defacto Sound, Demafleez, DIXON, Dot Studio, Drage Motion Design, DUO Media, DVH Studios, Dynamite Laser Beam, Faculty, FeelsTV, Fgreat, First Fight, Fivestone, FocoGrama, Fox&Co. Design, Frame Theory, Framewave Media, Fried, Friends Of Mine, The Furrow, Gaardhouse, Galaxy 61, Garden Creative, Genesis, Giant Ant, Gildaymonster, GK Films, Good Media, Gramm, Great Friends, Greenhaus GFX, Gusto Film, The Habit of Seeing, Hamlin Creative, Hank Mango, Honest Films, Houses in Motion, HRZ3D, HUGO Creative, Hybrid Moon, Imago, Infinite Canvas, INNK, James Barron, Jason Wallis, Kasana, Kingdom of Something, Kizny, Konspiracy Studios, Kreyon, Kworq, Laundry, LenoFX, Low Poly, Mad Box Made, Mad Microbe Studios, The Magic Collective, Main Street Films, Manhattan Productions, Mass FX Media, Mechanism Digital, Methodnmadness, Mevida, Mezzo Lab, Mighty Nice, Mighty Fudge, Moog Studio, Motion504, Motion Sickness, Motion Studio, Mowe Studio, Nic Justice Media, Nice Wach, Niko, Nocaut, Octopuss, Opera Studio, Ordinary Folk, P2, Paget Films, Panoply, Particular, Peppermint, Polyester Studio, Practice Studios, Profanity, Project 6 Studio, Reactiv, Rebel One, Refilmery, Rezonate, Riposte, Ryval Studios, Sarofsky, Secret Powers, Sense6, Shree School of Technology, Sideshow Studios, Skycar, Soja, Something’s Awry, Sons of Summer, Soulmatter, Spillt, STATE Design, Stimulated-Inc., StoryTravelers, Studio Behind 90, Studio Black, Studio C3, Studio Flox, Studio Hippo, Sublight, Substance, Sugar Skull Creative, Sulfurica, Syn, TechGrayscale, Territory Studio, Territory 6, ThinkMojo, Traveling Jules, Two Fresh Creative, Two Things, Umbrela, Undefined Creative, The Union Productions, Uptop Films, Váscolo, Versus, Vertical Media Group, Volstok, We Are Alive, Weekend Video, Witness, Workshop Sync, Yellow Lab, Zedem Media, Zero One, Zoticus Design