Discover How Entertainment Pros Are Building Their Own CORPORATE-STYLE Benefits Package โ Without an Employer Providing Healthcare, Retirement, or Tax Protection
Using our "Board of Directors Benefits System" we coordinate your healthcare, retirement, taxes, and income protection into one plan โ so big income years stop getting donated to taxes and dry spells can't wipe out your progress.
Get My Retirement Lever Readiness ScorecardYou're Crushing It โ But Does Your Money Life Actually Hold Together?
No Employer Safety Net
Inconsistent income and zero employer benefits โ healthcare, disability, and income protection feel like a constant risk every time work slows down.
Paying Too Much in Taxes
Your CPA, insurance, and retirement moves all work in silos, so your strategy is duct-taped together and you're donating a massive check to taxes every big year.
Retirement Is a Guess
You make great money but don't trust you're building real long-term security โ so the big decisions keep getting pushed off into "someday."
Most entertainment pros don't have a money problem โ they have a coordination problem nobody ever taught them to solve.
Trade Duct-Taped Finances for a Coordinated Plan
A Real Benefits Package
Healthcare, retirement, and protection built for 1099 life โ like the corporate plan you never had.
Lower, Smarter Taxes
A coordinated tax strategy that legally keeps more of what you earn in big income years.
Retirement You Trust
A self-employed retirement system that turns strong years into measurable long-term wealth.
Protected Downside
Income and family protection so one slow season or injury can't wipe out your progress.
Piecemeal Products vs. a Coordinated System
Pieced Together in Silos
- A CPA, broker, and Google all disconnected
- "I'll handle retirement someday"
- Healthcare you dread re-deciding every year
- Disability and income protection you keep delaying
- Big years donated to taxes with no plan
The Board of Directors Benefits System
- One coordinated benefits package for 1099 life
- Healthcare, retirement, taxes, and protection aligned
- A tax strategy that legally keeps more of what you earn
- A retirement plan built for volatile income
- A team of specialists who talk to each other
Built for 1099 Entertainment Pros in Their Prime Earning Years
Producers, Directors & Editors
1099 creatives who run projects and treat their career like a business.
DPs & Touring Creatives
32โ48, mid-career, tired of winging it and ready for real financial infrastructure.
1099 Entertainers
Good years mixed with dry spells โ and no coordinated plan yet.
LA, NY, ATL, Nashville & Beyond
Major entertainment hubs nationwide, often married with kids and coverage on the line.
Not for people looking for a hot tip or a one-off product โ this is for 1099 earners who want one clear, coordinated benefits strategy and will move fast once they see the math.
The Board of Directors Benefits System
A 7-step system that turns healthcare, retirement, taxes, and protection into one coordinated plan โ backed by your personal board of specialists.
Benefits Gap Snapshot
We map your current healthcare, retirement, taxes, and protection into one simple view and score it so you can see what's working and what's missing.
Income Reality Plan
We build a cash-flow plan that matches your 1099 cycle โ big months and dry spells โ and sets your personal minimum runway.
Tax Strategy Alignment
We coordinate your tax approach with your retirement and benefits choices so your CPA, insurance, and retirement moves stop working in silos.
Healthcare That Holds
We design an affordable healthcare solution that fits your household and your self-employed reality โ with fewer surprises and less second-guessing.
Retirement Confidence Build
We set up a self-employed retirement plan built for volatile income and prime earning years, with rules you can follow even when work is uneven.
Income Protection Shield
We put income and family protection in place so a slowdown, illness, or industry pause can't wipe out your progress.
One Dashboard Rhythm
We create a simple dashboard view and a check-in rhythm with your personal "Board of Directors" so the plan stays current as projects and income change.
From Scorecard to a Coordinated Plan in Four Steps
Take the Scorecard
Answer a few quick questions to get your free Retirement Lever Readiness Scorecard.
See Your Score
A red/yellow/green read on healthcare, retirement, protection, and cash reserves.
Book Your Strategy Session
Turn your score into a coordinated, 1099-specific benefits plan.
Build With Confidence
A prioritized plan your spouse can trust โ and you can actually follow.
Stop Guessing Your Retirement and Tax Setup
Answer a few quick questions and get your free Retirement Lever Readiness score โ see where you stand on the healthcare, retirement, tax, and cash-flow gaps that catch 1099 entertainment pros off guard, in about 15 minutes.
- Your score across the levers that matter most: healthcare, retirement, taxes, protection, and cash reserves
- Where you stand today: a strong foundation, real gaps, or action needed now
- Your biggest exposure โ identify whether irregular 1099 income is leaving your healthcare or cash reserves dangerously thin
- Your clearest next step toward a coordinated plan your spouse can trust through the dry spells
Donnis Hiskett
Donnis Hiskett is a financial strategist with Valoram Solutions who helps self-employed, 1099 entertainment professionals โ producers, directors, editors, DPs, touring creatives, and production company owners โ build a personalized benefits package that feels like a real employer plan: healthcare strategy, retirement planning, tax coordination, and income protection. This work is shaped by lived experience: when COVID shut the entertainment industry down, Donnis lost 18 months of income โ an inflection point that exposed how fragile even strong earnings can be without a coordinated strategy. Through The Board of Directors Benefits System, Donnis aligns a team of specialists so taxes, insurance, and long-term planning stop working in silos. The message is simple: a coordinated plan built for 1099 life, explained in plain language, so big income years turn into long-term security โ without guessing your way through it alone.
What Coordination Feels Like
"I had strong income but scattered accounts and no real protection plan. Donnis mapped the whole system and gave me one clear view my wife could finally trust."
"No hot tips, no jargon โ just a coordinated plan that lined up my CPA, retirement, and insurance so my big year didn't get donated to taxes."
"After a slow season scared us, we finally built real income protection. I sleep different now knowing a dry spell won't wipe out our progress."
Frequently Asked Questions
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