Review of AICP Agreement & Sales Pipeline Strategy

February 27, 2026 at 11:03 AM|38 min|JD Busfield, Sean French, James Adcock, Mike Dos Santos
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Bottom Line

The team needs to clarify the purpose and process for a problematic AICP rental agreement before pursuing production companies with it, and will implement a more structured sales pipeline management strategy.

Key Takeaways

AICP Agreement Issues:: The proposed AICP rental agreement contains clauses deemed 'unconscionable' (like right to enter premises) and is missing key protections, making it unlikely for major production companies to sign.

Sales Pipeline Organization:: The current sales tracking is ad-hoc; the team will adopt a formal pipeline management framework (e.g., cold/warm/hot, elephant hunting) to focus efforts effectively.

Intelligence Gathering:: The team will explore automating lead generation by scraping film permit data to identify companies actively shooting in LA.

Account Ownership:: There's a need to clarify internal ownership and approach strategies for key accounts (e.g., based on personal connections like hockey fandom) to avoid bottlenecks.

Your Action Items
Investigate feasibility and build a scraper bot to collect film permit data for lead generation in key LA areas.
Other Action Items
Develop and propose a formal sales pipeline management strategy/framework for the team to adopt. — James Adcock
Schedule and hold a deep-dive meeting to review the specific problematic clauses in the AICP rental agreement. — James Adcock and Sean French
Create a specific plan of attack to move the 'Pretty Bird' account from its current status to a decision point. — Sean French and Mike Dos
Define what additional information/columns would be helpful in the sales tracker spreadsheet to support the new pipeline strategy. — Mike Dos and Sean French
Decisions
Sean and James will connect separately to dive deeper into the specific issues with the AICP agreement. — Speaker A (James)
The team will adopt a formal pipeline management strategy (e.g., categorizing accounts as cold/warm/hot, focusing on 'elephant' accounts) to structure sales efforts. — Speaker A (James)
JD will investigate building a scraper bot to gather intelligence from film permit data for lead generation. — Speaker A (James)
Sean and Mike will develop a specific plan of attack for the target account 'Pretty Bird' as a test case for the new pipeline strategy. — Speaker A (James)
Topics
AICP Rental Agreement Sales Pipeline Management Lead Generation / Permits Account Strategy Client Outreach

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