Scaling Productions

How do you operate productions with a skeleton crew? How do you scale productions to a large team? We'll discuss the keys to scaling up and down productions' needs and requirements.
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00:00 Intro
20:50 How do you create service levels and keep clients in the level that they contracted/are willing to pay for?
32:37 How do you protect yourself from last-minute need or excess?
37:48 How do you staff for various productions as production scales? When would you need the talents of a dedicated A1/LD/LED Tech/etc for a larger production?
41:57 How do you blend experienced generalists with people who focus on a specific role?
47:38 What is the best way to manage sales offers to ensure that you are maintaining profitability and that you are consistent with your pricing history for every specific client?
51:30 How do you scale when no paying clients, especially when you keep on implementing and trying new stuff in your “Donated” work?
54:11 When is it worth subcontracting some work to a small company versus hiring individuals?
56:47 What is the best way to manage your inventory allocation when scaling? A spreadsheet or a dedicated app?
57:23 Is there a standard in the industry on charging a production, especially in terms of price per camera, operator, switchers, PA, mics, LED screens etc?
58:49 What’s a good profit margin to target for each project?
59:06 Should I discuss with my client about always running out of local storage and needing to offload data to cloud backup? I’d like to have more local storage but don’t want to pay out of pocket for it.
60:17 When you were scaling your business, were you doing larger and more complicated events or were you doing more events of the same size? Would you scale the same way again?