Join our Jumpstart Cohort

Finding your North Star: Cohort Style

The Larj Media Jumpstart Cohort is designed for impact-driven organizations that want the strategy and creative expertise of our full Podcast Jumpstart at a more accessible price point. You’ll work alongside a small group of organizations through guided sessions, hands-on exercises and homework, while our team helps you build the concept, format, story and roadmap for a podcast that can actually last.

Enroll Today

We guide you with best practices, proven tools and templates, and clear next steps, so you can de-risk your investment and confidently follow through on your podcast idea.

  • Hands-on group exercises with tailored feedback

  • Clear view of where you fit in the podcast landscape

  • Expert guidance to refine concepts, formats, and naming

  • Principles for designing a compelling audio brand

  • Scripts and prompts: what to say (and what to avoid)

  • Proven strategies for building and growing an audience

  • How to decide where and if video fits

  • Roadmap for production workflows, AI tools, and timelines

  • Core principles of Podcast-First™ to future-proof your show

$3,500* Per Team: Offered only once a quarter, limited to 5 participating teams

*We offer 1 scholarship spot per quarter for a minority owned business, non-profit or student

Schedule

Week 1: Pre-Production

  • Kickoff & cohort connections

  • Identify the why, audience & goals

  • Overview of podcast landscape

  • Podcast First™ approach

Week 2: Digging into Content

  • Anatomy of a podcast

  • Creating your concept

  • A lesson on episode structure

Week 3: Post Production

  • Guest outreach & prep

  • Managing production workflow + templates

Week 4: Post Production

  • Production & hosting tools, publishing infrastructure

  • Editing overview (how to manage an editor)

Week 5: Post Production

  • Audience growth strategy

  • Monetization

  • Analytics

Week 6: (optional)

  • Group share + feedback

IMPORTANT DATES:

Enrollment End: November 10th

1st class: Week of November

Frequently Asked Questions

  • The program will kickoff the first week of November and we’ll decide together what day/time works best for the group.

  • Yes! We’ll record everything with an AI note taker that will capture the entire sessions and provide class notes.

  • You shouldn’t need to make up any sessions because they will be recorded. We’ll also make ourselves available for questions.

  • Yes! We welcome and encourage stakeholders to join you.

  • No, the program is designed to build on itself, there are no one-off pieces.

  • Email Joelle@Larjmedia.com and Tina@larjmedia.com

    Include: what you do, your goals, why it matters, why you think this program would work for you, type of organization

  • You can if you use Klarna or Afterpay. We accept all major credit cards and/checks.

Enroll Today