SERVICES

Sorkin Strategic Partners delivers strategic expertise and industry relationships to entertainment companies. The approach focuses on translating creative IP into scalable commercial opportunities across licensing, partnerships, distribution, and new business models.

Business Development & Monetization

Unlock new revenue streams from existing IP. Monetization strategies have generated over $75 million across licensing, consumer products, gaming, experiences, and digital extensions for properties including One Piece, Narcos, and Snowpiercer.

Services include:

  • Identify untapped commercial opportunities within content portfolios

  • Build licensing and partnership frameworks that scale

  • Develop consumer products, games, and experiential offerings

  • Manage initiatives from strategy through execution and revenue delivery

Strategic Partnerships

Source, negotiate, and manage high-value partnerships that expand market reach and create new business models. Partnership work has included collaborations with major platforms (Netflix, AMC), gaming studios (FTX Games), and experiential brands (Starline Tours).

Services include:

  • Identify and evaluate potential strategic partners aligned with growth objectives

  • Structure and negotiate partnership terms

  • Integrate partners into product roadmaps and go-to-market strategies

  • Manage ongoing relationships to ensure mutual value creation

Approach

Engagements are structured as fractional executive or strategic advisory relationships, integrating directly with creative, legal, finance, and distribution teams. Projects range from focused initiatives to ongoing retainer relationships, depending on client needs.

Ideal clients:

  • Studios and production companies monetizing hit content

  • Streaming platforms expanding commercial strategies

  • Entertainment brands entering new categories (gaming, consumer products, experiences)

  • Startups at the intersection of content and technology