FOR ACTORS, ATHLETES, ARTISTS AND FOUNDERS · BY INVITATION ONLY
We build and run enduring
companies for the people
the world already
trusts.
Encore is the operating partner behind the business. We find the right opportunity, build the whole company, and run it for you long after launch, so you can keep focusing on the career that made your name.
Trusted by talent,
including actor
Taz Skylar
and
&
sports professional
Paul Sackey
THE IDEA BEHIND THE NAME
An encore is what you give after the applause.
You have already built something the world respects. A career on screen, on the pitch, on stage, or in business. This is your encore: the next thing you create, and the business that outlasts the first. We build it with you, and we run it, so the best of your work is still to come.
THE TRUTH ABOUT GREAT CELEBRITY BUSINESSES
The best businesses built by famous people were never built alone.
Casamigos
George Clooney, with his operating partners
Teremana & ZOA
Dwayne Johnson, with Dany Garcia
Aviation & Mint
Ryan Reynolds, with his own studio
Behind every enduring one is a partner who does the real work and shares the risk. That is what Encore is for you.
What We Do
We are not an agency. We are your operating partner.
Most people who approach you sell one slice. A campaign, a logo, a product. We do the entire journey, then stay to run it. From the first spark of an idea to a company that is trading, growing and managed day to day, one team is accountable for all of it.
Develop and validate the idea
We help you find and shape the right business, then pressure test it against real demand before a penny is spent.
Market research and strategy
We study the market, the competition and your audience, and set the strategy that gives the business the best chance of winning.
Business plan and roadmap
The model, the economics, the milestones and the funding plan. A clear path from day one to a business with real value.
Design and develop the product
Product, packaging, app or store, and the makers and supply chain behind it. We build the thing itself.
Brand and infrastructure
Name, identity, systems, payments, legal and the operational backbone. Everything a real company needs to scale.
Launch the business
A coordinated launch to your audience, the fastest and most trusting market a new company could ask for.
Run the operation after launch
We do not hand you a business and walk away. We hire the team, manage the day to day, and keep growing it.
You do not have to run it.
We do.
Our clients are actors, athletes, creators and public figures with demanding careers. We become the team behind the scenes, running and growing the company, so you stay focused on what you do best while the business is built and managed for you.
Why Work With Us
You will be approached constantly. Here is why we are different, and why the model works.
Agencies sell you hours and disappear at launch. Consultants sell advice and leave you to execute it. We build the company, run it, and invest our own equity in it. And because you already own an audience, the hardest part of any business is solved before we begin.
We build and operate, not advise
We do the actual work, all the way through to running the business day to day. You get a company, not a slide deck.
Our equity is on the line
We co-found and invest alongside you. Our success is tied to yours for years, not billed by the hour.
You own the hardest thing already
The most expensive part of any business is earning attention and trust. You have it. That is a head start almost no company ever gets.
Decisions made on data
We build the business that fits you and that the numbers support, never one built on ego or a passing idea.
Total discretion
Every engagement is private and protected. We work quietly, and only for a small number of partners each year.
A proven operator
Led by a founder who designs the product and drives the growth, with real businesses already built for known names.
Our Process
We build it with you. You stay focused on your career.
We start with you, not an idea
We understand your strengths, your audience, and what you would never put your name to. The business has to be true to you, or it will not last.
We find the idea and prove it
Together we shape the right business, then validate it with real research and data before building anything. If it will not work, you will know early.
We plan the company
Model, economics, roadmap and funding. A clear plan from the first day to a business with genuine enterprise value.
We build the whole thing
Product, brand, infrastructure, team and the marketing engine, all built by one accountable team.
We launch it to the world
A coordinated launch to your audience, turning the trust you have built into real customers from day one.
We run it, and grow it, beside you
We manage the operation and scale it so it never burdens your time, and we hold equity, so our interests stay yours.
Results & Case Studies
We have already done this.
A small number of partners, built quietly and entirely for them. Two of the businesses we can speak about.
A real business, owned by the talent.
Taz had a fast growing, deeply engaged audience and no way to turn it into a business that would outlast any single role. We found the right idea, structured the product and the app, built the brand, and drove the launch.
Idea to Launch
Built end to end
10,000+
Launch Waitlist
Owned
By Taz Skylar
NetZero
We partnered with Paul Sackey to build NetZero, helping people all over the world launch their ideas and turn them into successful businesses.
Launch The Idea
Platform
Helping People
Worldwide
Owned
By Paul Sackey
Ricky Ingram
FounderThe Operator Behind It
Led by someone who has actually built things.
Encore was founded by Ricky Ingram, a builder who designs the product and runs the marketing that grows it, a rare combination in one person. He has built businesses for well known names, from apps to product brands, and assembles a hand picked team of operators around every company we take on.
We exist because the people with the biggest audiences in the world are too often handed the worst businesses, or none at all. We build them better ones. Quietly, entirely alongside them, and only for a few each year.
Ricky Ingram
Founder, Encore
Request an Introduction
Request an introduction.
Encore works with a small number of partners each year. If you have an audience and the ambition to build something that outlasts your career, we would like to hear from you. Every message is read personally and held in confidence.