| The Producer Model | | | | school by yourself. Imagine if the great pop star |
| The producer's job is to find talent, and basically | | | | didn't have a team behind her? There will come a |
| promote that talent. In the producer model the | | | | time when trying to promote your skills all alone |
| owner acts as the program director and trains | | | | becomes very difficult. That's when you'll have to |
| instructors as the talent. The producer's job as | | | | pick a model for your martial arts school. |
| the program director is to sell the talent he has | | | | You must decide which role you want to take on |
| trained to benefit as many people in his | | | | - Instructor or program director. If you want to |
| community as possible with his martial arts | | | | be the instructor your key role is to align yourself |
| business. | | | | with someone who has good communication skills. |
| The Talent Model | | | | They'll be dealing with people one on one and in |
| The other way to set up your school is for you, | | | | group settings. Your program director must also |
| the owner, to be the talent. You may want to be | | | | believe in your mission. |
| the instructor because you are the person who is | | | | If you choose to take on the opposite role you'll |
| obviously the most passionate about sharing your | | | | act as the producer and find talent to proliferate |
| knowledge. But as the talent you then need to | | | | your art. You must then train your talent and set |
| find someone who can take on the producer role | | | | them up for success by giving them class plans |
| or program director role in your martial arts | | | | and standards to follow. Then, you must keep |
| business. This person will help you market and | | | | them happy with adequate compensation. |
| help you sell your talent to your community. | | | | You can certainly use your skills to rotate |
| For a quick lesson look at the entertainment | | | | between jobs until you decide which way you |
| business and model your martial arts business | | | | want to go. Just never forget that's it's really hard |
| after it. The producer and the talent work hand in | | | | to build a martial arts business all by yourself. |
| hand together just like good program directors | | | | Which ever role you choose find talented people |
| and instructors do. | | | | to take on responsibility who believe in the martial |
| Being by yourself... | | | | arts and the mission of your business. |
| After a certain point it is very hard to grow your | | | | |