About Bentsen Breakthrough Consulting
The story:
Back when Martin Bentsen was a graduating senior from high school in Lakewood, Colorado, he had no idea what he would become or where his interests would take him. He was interested in videography and film production and had only just begun to learn about the details and intricacies involved in filmmaking: the huge amount of work required to create and write a film from beginning to end, the depths to which one must go to capture the right moment in an actor's performance, and the persistence one needs to continuously reedit a scene until it is the best it can possibly be. Not to mention the tenacity and perseverance it takes to find and build a film's audience.
Upon entering NYU's Maurice Kanbar's Institute of Film and Television, Martin slowly began acquiring this knowledge, and a better sense of direction appeared in his life. He realized that he needed to create his own production company, something that could generate enough income to support his filmmaking ambitions. And so he started MJB Home Entertainment, LLC.
Shortly after graduating, he turned MJB Home Entertainment into a services company, fulfilling client's video and photography needs. Eventually, however, Martin began to focus on building a headshot company and decided to start 1 on 1 coaching with individuals interested in taking their lives to the next level. And so began Bentsen Breakthrough Consulting.
Back when Martin Bentsen was a graduating senior from high school in Lakewood, Colorado, he had no idea what he would become or where his interests would take him. He was interested in videography and film production and had only just begun to learn about the details and intricacies involved in filmmaking: the huge amount of work required to create and write a film from beginning to end, the depths to which one must go to capture the right moment in an actor's performance, and the persistence one needs to continuously reedit a scene until it is the best it can possibly be. Not to mention the tenacity and perseverance it takes to find and build a film's audience.
Upon entering NYU's Maurice Kanbar's Institute of Film and Television, Martin slowly began acquiring this knowledge, and a better sense of direction appeared in his life. He realized that he needed to create his own production company, something that could generate enough income to support his filmmaking ambitions. And so he started MJB Home Entertainment, LLC.
Shortly after graduating, he turned MJB Home Entertainment into a services company, fulfilling client's video and photography needs. Eventually, however, Martin began to focus on building a headshot company and decided to start 1 on 1 coaching with individuals interested in taking their lives to the next level. And so began Bentsen Breakthrough Consulting.
Martin Bentsen
Martin Bentsen
Martin Bentsen, founder of Bentsen Breakthrough Consulting, has spoken numerous times at New York University, has run educational seminars at Actor's Connection on branding and marketing strategies for performers, and has written a 60 page informational book called Get Cast™, focusing on marketing tactics actors can use to find more consistent work. He is a member of both the National Association of Sales Professionals and Sales & Marketing Executives International, two highly acclaimed marketing organizations in the United States.
Martin graduated in 2011 with honors from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts' Film and Television program with a focus on directing and in 2010, he founded City Headshots®, which, according to Yelp, is ranked the top headshot studio in the United States. City Headshots currently employs seven people and has locations in New York, Denver, and Philadelphia. Some of City Headshots’ repeat clients include well known companies such as LinkedIn Corp, Facebook, American Express, and many of its photos have been featured in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
As a business owner who has grown a photography business from zero to half a million dollars per year, Martin not only understands the intricacies of marketing and finding clients, but also what it takes for clients to successfully navigate the marketing world and make themselves memorable. He coaches small business owners one-on-one with their branding, marketing, and operational strategies, and in how they conduct themselves with actual clients.
Martin’s long term goal is to run major business seminars across the country while expanding his City Headshots brand to go international.
Martin graduated in 2011 with honors from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts' Film and Television program with a focus on directing and in 2010, he founded City Headshots®, which, according to Yelp, is ranked the top headshot studio in the United States. City Headshots currently employs seven people and has locations in New York, Denver, and Philadelphia. Some of City Headshots’ repeat clients include well known companies such as LinkedIn Corp, Facebook, American Express, and many of its photos have been featured in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
As a business owner who has grown a photography business from zero to half a million dollars per year, Martin not only understands the intricacies of marketing and finding clients, but also what it takes for clients to successfully navigate the marketing world and make themselves memorable. He coaches small business owners one-on-one with their branding, marketing, and operational strategies, and in how they conduct themselves with actual clients.
Martin’s long term goal is to run major business seminars across the country while expanding his City Headshots brand to go international.