meridian creator accelerator
Next cohort: Nov 2, 2026 to Jan 22, 2027
This page is the home for everything in the twelve-week program: what to expect, who is running it, and what the terms are.
Applications are open on a rolling basis · accelerator@mrdncreative.com
the program
The Meridian Creator Accelerator is pairing capital with a twelve-week program and software infrastructure to guide creators through all aspects of building a business.
How a week works
Two required sessions a week, each 60 minutes, each with all five creators. Everything else is optional and booked around your week.
the offices
Four people run the program, each keeping office hours you can book.
the check
$25,000 for 8% of your revenue, up to $100,000. Every creator in the cohort signs the same deal.
The 8% entitles Meridian to 8% of the holding company's gross revenue, paid quarterly. There is no loan, no interest rate, and no personal guarantee. You never owe us anything you haven't already earned, and nothing in this deal can ever reach your personal accounts.
Our share ends on its own. Once our payments add up to $100,000 total, the 8% terminates automatically and you owe us nothing further. The faster you grow, the sooner we're gone. If we never get there, that's on us: there's no deadline and nothing to make up.
The one thing we keep afterward is the right to invest in a future raise, if you choose to raise, on the same terms as your other investors.
What stays yours
- Your IP. Copyright in your work stays yours: your name, your likeness, your archive, your catalog. The holding company holds the business itself, meaning the entity, the accounts, and the revenue contracts going forward. It does not own your work, and neither do we.
- Everything you signed before us. Existing brand, publishing, and platform agreements stay exactly where they are.
- Income that isn't your content business. A job, another company, investments. None of it is part of this.
- Your team. Come in with a manager or an agent and keep them. The cohort carries no management fee and no management relationship.
- Your decisions. No board seats, no content approval, no veto. What you do with the check is entirely up to you.
the twelve weeks
What to expect each week. Holidays are accounted for.
apply
Applications are open on a rolling basis.
The next program kicks off Monday, November 2.
Questions: accelerator@mrdncreative.com · How applications are handled