His day-to-day involves helping studio and agency owners figure out how to grow their business, how to position themselves in the market, how to handle operations and finances, and all of the business lessons he learned in two decades of running a successful studio. He's currently a consultant and partner at RevThink a consultancy for creative entrepreneurs including owners of Motion Design studios.

And then, he found his current calling which, in our opinion, suits him PERFECTLY. 20 years later he sold the studio, and then found himself at a crossroads, not sure what to do next. Joel Pilger started his own studio, Impossible Pictures, in 1994 and wore many, many hats over the years. These are all great questions, and our guest today is just the guy to answer them. what do you with it when you're ready to retire? maybe an even better question is: How do you grow a studio to the size where that's even an option? What does it take to get a studio to the $5 Million to $5 Million a year level? And what if you don't sell it. potentially sell it? The concept of selling a company probably isn't foreign to you, but selling a Motion Design studio? How does that even work? Do you get rich once you've sold it? What do you do after that? And frankly. and sell it?ĭid you know, that you can start a studio, gain some traction with it, grow it to a decent size and then. How did Joel Pilger grow his studio to $5 million a year.

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