# CEO (Founder)
**Group:** Founders
**Covers:** Executive producer duties: partners, venues, fundraising, cutoff and label policy, schedule and budget
## Roll-out by scenario
| Scenario | Engagement | Window | Rate | Year-one cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A: full-time studio | Founder (in place) | M0–M11 | Set by founders; not included | not included |
| B: lean core + contracts | Founder (in place) | M0–M11 | Set by founders; not included | not included |
## Responsibilities
- Executive producer for every production: schedule, budget, cutoff and label policy
- Partnerships and venues (MMA, NHA, Atheneum, MAAH); MOUs and collections agreements
- Fundraising and the head-hunter relationship; investor and grant reporting
- Hiring the historian of record and contract specialists; rights counsel relationship
- Final sign-off with the historian before anything ships
## Skills
- Producing and budgeting multi-discipline media projects
- Partnership and grant writing
- Reading a rights map
- The ground rules ([[Ground Rules — Historical Virtual Humans]])
## Requirements
- Founder; in place at M0
## Remote working
Owns the weekly all-hands and the async decision log; plans the two in-person weeks.
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