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Cohort 1 · Paid fellowship · 8 seats · Filmed · 18+ · Applications open
A paid, filmed 90-day sales fellowship · Sana valley, Brazil

Change your life
in 90 days.

90 days. 100 calls a day. One jungle. Up at 5am. Train at the waterfall. Shoot a film. Dial. Every day you make a cinematic, film-quality video for one founder, the kind agencies charge thousands for. Eight people live and sell together in the mountains of Rio de Janeiro state, led by an elite fitness trainer, racing for the top of one board: the most money closed. Every day is filmed.

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05:00Wake-up, every day
100Calls a day, minimum
90Days in the jungle
$0To join. You're paid.
What this is

Not a course.
A proving ground.

Most people learn sales from videos. You'll learn it by making nearly 8,000 calls in 90 days, getting told no a few thousand times, and closing real deals for real money, with seven other people trying to beat you.

You sell for Dependables: finished websites, growth plans and ad packages we build for consumer brands before anyone asks. Every account you call already has its build live. You close it, you get paid the same commission as every rep on our sales team. See exactly what you sell ↓

You leave with a body that can handle a 14-hour day, a call count most reps won't hit in a year, and a number on a board you can show any hiring manager.

Waterfall pool on the property Mountain jungle around the Sana valley The land Cabin on the property The property
What changes in 90 days

Day 1 vs
day 90

We can't promise money. We can promise the 90 days. Here's what they're built to change.

Day 1Day 90
MorningsAlarm, snooze, phoneUp at 5:00, trained by 7:00
The phoneDread making one callAbout 7,700 calls made
"No"Ruins your afternoonMeans "next dial"
The pitchRead off a scriptYour own opener, tested on real founders
Your bodyWhatever it is now90 mornings of training and clean food
Your proofA résumé90 days of real numbers, on camera

The stipend is fixed. Commission depends on what you close and is never guaranteed.

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The product

This is what
you're selling

Before you ever call a founder, Dependables has already rebuilt their website, written their growth plan and made 20+ ads for them. You call with the finished thing. Here's the real work, real screenshots.

01 · Their site, rebuilt before the first call

WowCube

Puzzle console. A brand page turned into one hook, one offer, one button.

WowCube: their site today
BEFORETheir site today
WowCube: the site we built
AFTERWhat we built, unasked

JustFoodForDogs

Pet food. Retail and online collapsed into one path: pick a plan, see the price per day, subscribe.

JustFoodForDogs: their site today
BEFORETheir site today
JustFoodForDogs: the site we built
AFTERWhat we built, unasked

Braxley Bands

Watch bands. A catalogue turned into a hook and a single offer.

Braxley Bands: their site today
BEFORETheir site today
Braxley Bands: the site we built
AFTERWhat we built, unasked

IM8 Health

Supplements. One claim, one offer, one price per day, instead of an ingredient list.

IM8 Health: their site today
BEFORETheir site today
IM8 Health: the site we built
AFTERWhat we built, unasked

And more

Autopilot site we built
Autopilot · software, 4 pages, 21 ads
Mozi Wash site we built
Mozi Wash · laundry, bundle + subscription
MoonBrew site we built
MoonBrew · sleep drink, subscribe and save
02 · 20+ ads for every brand

Finished ads, not a list of ideas

A sample from recent packages for consumer brands. Tap any one to open it.

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03 · The creator engine

100M+ organic views a month at Tabs

For brands where volume is the lever, Dependables runs a creator program: ten creators posting daily, briefed and managed. This is the engine behind Tabs Chocolate. These view counts are campaign results, not seller earnings.

Tabs creator videos with 3.9M, 6.5M, 149K and 2.3M views More Tabs creator videos Grid of Tabs creator posts
04 · What founders say back

Real replies to finished work

"Site looks amazing, let's chat." "Love the initiative." "I love what you did here." Real screenshots, names removed, from Danilo's own outreach. Some came back within minutes.

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05 · Your seller dashboard

The tool you'll work from every day

Your book of accounts, each build, replies, calls and your commission statement. This is a live demo with a week-three account. Click around; nothing is sent or charged.

app.meetthedependables.com · demoOpen full screen ↗
What you sell

Growth work for
consumer brands

Dependables is one team that runs creator programs, email and SMS, ads and landing pages for funded consumer and software brands. You sell four services to founders and heads of growth. Your commission is on the profit from whatever they sign up for.

The real seat behind it sales.meetthedependables.com
Jungle Closers sellers work the same seat as the Dependables sales team: the same book of 100 accounts, the same builds, the same commission. The sales page has every build, the full menu, the commission calculator and the seller dashboard you'll use.
Open it ↗

What the team has done before

100M+ organic views / monthTabs Chocolate · creator engine
3× CRM revenueVita Pharmacies · mobile push
2× the forecastRoyal Canin · 4% reactivation vs 2% forecast
+10–50% YoY revenueMars · Harman · Nikon · full-cycle CRM
Why the calls land

Every account is built
before you dial

Every other sales email asks a founder for a meeting. Yours shows them something finished. Before you ever contact a brand, Dependables has already built five things for it, live at its own web address:

A new site

A direct-response page at theirname.meetthedependables.com. One hook, one offer, one decision. Live, on their phone.

A growth plan

Where their next customers come from: segments, positioning, channels, written for their business.

A week-one plan

The first five days of work, Monday to Friday, so nothing is theoretical.

20+ ad concepts

Angle, hook and creative idea for each, enough for a first month of testing.

A creator roster

Where volume is the lever: ten creators posting daily, the same engine behind Tabs.

Real builds you can open right now

Unsolicited concept work. No affiliation with or endorsement by these brands is implied. brand OKs or blurred logos before the show airs

Who you call
  • Funded consumer and direct-to-consumer brands, mostly in the US
  • Under about 60 people, raised money in the last 18 months
  • Already running paid ads, with a site that was clearly built fast
  • One person, the founder or head of growth, owns the site and the ad budget
  • Every account arrives with a named decision-maker and a way to reach them

Never enterprise companies, agencies or side projects with no revenue. Each company belongs to one seller at a time, so nobody else in the house can call your accounts.

The email that opens the door
I built WowCube a new site
to anna@wowcube.com · 9:12 AM

Anna, I work with Danilo at meetthedependables. We build sites and growth plans for consumer brands. I liked WowCube enough that we just went ahead and built you one:

wowcube.danilovicioso.com

It's live. There's a growth plan, a week-one plan and 20+ ad concepts on there as well. Nothing behind a form.

If it's sharper than what you've got now, I'd take 20 minutes to walk you through it. If it isn't, tell me where it's wrong.

Real build, illustrative sender. Founders who got emails like this replied with things like "Love the initiative," "Site looks amazing, let's chat" and "I booked a time to connect tomorrow."

One deal, start to finish

The machine does the busywork.
You do the talking.

At home, a rep on this seat spends their time on one thing: the conversation. In the jungle you do the same, plus the phone, 100 times a day. Here's every step of a deal and who does it.

The bookYou get a fixed book of 100 named accounts, each with its build already live. Close one or release it and the book refills. No list-building, no scraping.
You · first touchCalls, emails and LinkedIn messages to the decision-maker, pointing at their finished build. This is where your 100 a day go.
RepliesReplies arrive sorted (interested, not now, not a fit) with an answer already drafted. You approve or edit.
BookingScheduling, reminders, reschedules and no-show nudges run themselves.
Pre-call briefTheir build, their current site, what they opened, the likely objection and three questions to ask.
You · the callTwenty minutes. They've already seen the build. You handle the objection, agree the scope out loud and ask for the signature.
PaperworkThe call becomes a transcript, action items, a proposal and a contract. You never open a document.
Follow-upA recap the same day, nudges at day 3 and day 7, and a fresh ad concept every week for anyone still warm.
Your statementWhat you're owed, on which account, and when it's paid, visible any time.
What a deal pays you

Same pay as
every rep

Jungle Closers sellers are paid exactly like anyone on the Dependables sales team:

  • A sale bonus of half the account's first-month profit, paid once the client's second monthly payment clears
  • 25% of the profit on every account you close, for 12 months
  • Paid quarterly, no cap. It stops if the client cancels.

The team-building override on the regular sales seat is not part of Jungle Closers. You earn on what you sell, never on recruiting anyone.

Account's monthly profitYour 25% over 12 months+ sale bonus
$2,500$7,500$1,250
$5,000$15,000$2,500
$7,500$22,500$3,750

Illustrative examples, not real payouts. Most accounts are expected to make $2,500–$7,500 a month in profit; that's an estimate from pricing the work, not a track record. Commission paid over 12 months keeps coming after you fly home.

The day

Same day.
Ninety times.

Brazil runs one to two hours ahead of New York, so the call blocks land in US business hours. Mornings are for the body. Afternoons are for the phone. Nights are for the board.

Sundays: one recovery day. Hike, swim, sleep. The phones stay off.

Wake up. No snooze. Cold water.
Train. Step outside. Run, ruck or swim the waterfall pools with the host. Lifeguard on every water session.
Breakfast. At the house. Clean, no sugar.
Whale research + scripts. Take today's 3–4 accounts from your whale list, find each founder's personal hook, write the videos with Claude.
Shoot the whale videos on location: waterfall, village or sales room.
Call block 1. 50 dials, by hand. US East Coast morning.
Lunch. Then 30 minutes off the grid.
Call block 2. 50 dials. Follow-ups and booked demos.
Edit and send today's whale films: cut, color, sound, music, by you or your editor. Reviewed before they go.
Sales room review. Two calls and one video, played back and fixed.
The board. Calls, meetings, closed money. Read out loud.
Dinner. Together.
Lights out.
Creative outbound · every day

A film a day.
250 by day 90.

Calls are the volume. Whale videos are the precision. Over the 90 days each fellow sends 250 personal videos to the best accounts we give them, their own whale list: 1 a day at first, 4 a day by the end. Every one starts with research until they find the one personal detail that matters, then a 60 to 120 second film shot on location in the jungle.

The bar is cinematic. Planned shots, real light, clean audio, a story, color and music: the standard top creative-outbound agencies deliver for one whale at a time. You make one every day, and by the end, four. You either learn to edit them yourself or learn to hire, brief and manage editors who cut them for you. Both are skills you keep. who pays editors TBD

The video walks the founder through the new site Dependables already built for them, ties it to that personal detail, and asks for 20 minutes. Edited and sent before the board. Across 8 fellows, that's about 2,000 whale outbounds.

Fellows are trained on Claude for the research, scripts, editing and follow-ups, and on the craft of the whale video itself, by a video coach on the property every day. coach being hired

The whale loop

  • Get your whale list from us: our best accounts, screened, each with a live build
  • Research public posts, podcasts and ads for the one personal hook
  • Script with Claude: their name, the hook, their site, one idea, the ask
  • Shoot it like a film at the waterfall, the village or the sales room: planned shots, real light, clean audio
  • Edit to a film standard: cut, color, sound and music. Do it yourself, or hire and brief a freelance editor
  • Send by email and LinkedIn, then follow up on day 2, 5 and 9

Public information only, honest about who you are, and nothing about a prospect goes on the show without their written OK.

How the films get made

Phone, kit, partner.
Every day.

No film crew does this for you. You make every whale film yourself, with your own phone, a shared kit and a partner, coached by the program lead.

Your phone

Bring an iPhone 15 Pro or newer, or a recent flagship Android. It shoots the film.

The kit

We provide wireless lav mics, gimbals, LED lights and tripods, shared by the house.

A partner

Fellows shoot in pairs. One talks, one films, then you swap. No selfies.

Three sets

The waterfall, the porch and the sales room, lit once and ready every morning.

Every film, same shape

  • The hook, about 15 seconds, filmed on location: their name and the one personal detail
  • The walkthrough, about 45 seconds: a screen recording of the site we built for them
  • The ask, about 15 seconds: 20 minutes on a call

From shoot to send

  • Edit on your laptop in CapCut or DaVinci, or hand the footage to a freelance editor
  • Approve. The program lead reviews every film before it goes out
  • Upload over the house's own internet line, then send by email and LinkedIn
The 90 days

Four phases.
One board.

Weeks 1–2

Boot camp

Learn the product cold: open every build, learn the menu. Mornings of objection drills and role-play. Calls start day two at 40 a day and climb to 100 by the end of week two.

Weeks 3–6

First closes

Full 100 a day. First 20-minute calls, first proposals. Every call reviewed the same evening. The board starts to separate.

Weeks 7–11

Full speed

Your own opening line, your own book. Bigger accounts open up as you close, because sellers move up tiers on results.

Weeks 12–13

The final board

Last push, final read-out on day 90, and a written record of your numbers: calls, meetings, closes, revenue.

● REC · Filmed

Eight people.
Ninety days.
Cameras on.

Jungle Closers is filmed like a reality show. The program lead films the whole thing: the 5am cold water, the dials, the hang-ups, the first close, the nights the board doesn't move.

A new video goes up on YouTube every day, filmed and edited by the program lead, so people back home can follow the board in real time. channel TBD

You leave with a film of yourself getting good at the hardest skill in business. Most people's résumé is a PDF. Yours is a season.

The read-out

18:30 every night. The board, read out loud, on camera.

Confessionals

One-on-one, straight to camera, after the hard days and the good ones.

The calls

Your side of real sales calls. Prospects are never filmed or named without their written OK.

Mornings

Training with the host at the waterfall, from the first day to the last.

Filming rules

  • You sign a filming release before you fly, and you see it before you apply
  • No cameras in bedrooms or bathrooms, ever
  • You can ask for any one scene to be cut, once a week
  • Leaving the program doesn't mean leaving the edit; it does mean no more filming
The challenge

One board.
Read every night.

The board ranks one thing: money closed. Calls and meetings are shown so everyone can see the work behind the number, but the rank is cash.

Commission is yours whatever your rank. The board just tells you, every night, where you stand against seven people who also got up at 5.

Top of the board on day 90 wins prize TBD.

#EXAMPLE BOARD · DAY 41CLOSED
1Seller A · 4,108 calls · 31 meetings$••,•••
2Seller B · 4,233 calls · 26 meetings$••,•••
3Seller C · 3,950 calls · 22 meetings$•,•••
4Seller D · 4,010 calls · 19 meetings$•,•••
Illustration only. No one has done this yet; cohort 1 sets the first real numbers.
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Revealed on day one
Your host

An elite
fitness trainer

Who it is stays a surprise. You find out when you land in Sana, at 5am on day one.

The host is the program lead and runs Jungle Closers with Danilo, the founder: the 5am wake-up, the training, the food, the house, the no-excuses part. They also coach every whale film, and they film the program themselves: a new video goes up on YouTube every day of the 90. Dependables runs the sales room: the accounts, the scripts, the call reviews and the closes.

Where you live

Sana valley,
Rio de Janeiro state

Sana is a small mountain village in the Atlantic Forest (Mata Atlântica, Brazil's coastal rainforest), up a winding serra road above Casimiro de Abreu and Macaé. Rivers, waterfalls, jungle on every side. You live, work and train on the land, 15 minutes up the road from the village. The fellows get the whole house; we move out for the 90 days.

Where you sleep

The house

WhereOn the land, 15 minutes by car from the village.
RoomShared bunk rooms. The whole cohort lives together.
Sales roomA room in the house with desks, headsets and its own internet line Starlink + backup TBD
MealsThree meals a day from a local cook cook TBD
Getting to trainingWalk out the door. The river is on the land.
Where you train

The land

  • The river and the waterfall pools for the 5am sessions
  • Trails for runs and rucks
  • Sunday hikes to waterfall two
  • The big filmed moments: day one, the halfway mark, the final board
  • Dogs. Ours, friendly, everywhere.

📶 Signal

Phone coverage in Sana is patchy and there's none at the waterfalls. The sales room at the house runs on its own line. Buy a Brazilian SIM at the airport (bring your passport).

🏙️ Nearest town

Casimiro de Abreu, 20 minutes away: pharmacy, supermarket, cash machines, petrol and the nearest clinic. Weekly runs for anything you need.

🌧️ Weather

Summer (December to March) is around 30°C and humid, with heavy rain most afternoons that then clears. Bring light, quick-drying clothes and repellent.

💵 Money

Cards work almost everywhere, but bring some cash for the village, where card machines drop with the signal. Brazil pays with Pix, which needs a local account.

🔌 Plugs and water

Type N sockets, 127 V in Rio state, so check your chargers. Don't drink the tap water. Filtered water is free on the land.

🛡️ Safety

Sana is rural and safe. Rio needs normal city caution. Rivers here can flood suddenly after rain upstream, so nobody swims after upstream rain or after dark, and a lifeguard is at every water session. Medical and evacuation insurance is included. The CDC recommends the yellow fever vaccine for Rio de Janeiro state.

Getting here

Two legs

Leg one: fly to Brazil. Almost everyone should fly into Rio (GIG). It has the most international connections.

Leg two: up the serra. We pick you up. The road is winding, slow and beautiful, and worse in rain. Don't plan to drive it yourself, tired or at night. Land in daylight if you can.

Fellows come in on Brazil's digital nomad visa (VITEM XIV), made for people working remotely for a company abroad. Your fellowship stipend is the foreign income it asks for. We send you an employer letter and a checklist, and you apply at the Brazilian consulate. Your passport should be valid for at least six months. route confirmed with Brazilian counsel

AirportFlightsDrive to Sana
Rio — GIGMost international connections2 h
Campos — CAWDomestic, few1 h 50 min
Macaé — MEADomestic, fewest1 h

Drive times measured, last checked October 2026.

Sundays

One day off a week

Phones off. Sleep, hike to the second waterfall, or take the group trip. All within reach of Sana:

Búzios
1.5 h · beaches, a walkable town, the best restaurants nearby
Arraial do Cabo
1.5 h · the clearest water in the region, boat trips
Rio de Janeiro
2 h · for the long weekend at the halfway mark
Waterfall two
On the land · 20 minutes each way, wet in places
What to bring

Packing list

Everything for the sales room is provided. Bring the rest.

  • Laptop and charger
  • Your phone, unlocked for a Brazilian SIM
  • Plug adapter (Type N)
  • Running shoes
  • Trail or water shoes
  • Swimwear, two sets
  • Light, quick-drying clothes
  • Rain jacket
  • Insect repellent and sunscreen
  • Passport, visa and return ticket
The deal

It costs you nothing.
We pay you.

Jungle Closers is a paid fellowship. You don't buy a seat; you win one. Eight people get in.

Option 1 · The fellowship
$0

to join. Plus everything below.

  • $1,500 a month stipend from a US company, paid from day one
  • Standard rep commission on everything you close, on top of the stipend
  • 90 nights in the house on the land
  • Three meals a day, every day
  • Daily 5am training with an elite fitness trainer
  • Live, already-built Dependables accounts to call
  • Scripts, daily role-play and call reviews
  • Medical and evacuation insurance for the 90 days
Apply for a seat

You pay for your own flights, visa fee, personal spending and your own Claude account with Claude Code. Commission is not guaranteed; you may close nothing. The stipend is paid through a US payroll provider. structure confirmed with US employment counsel

Option 2 · Pay your way in
$5,000

a day. No application, no 90-day commitment. Stay as many days as you want.

  • Skip the line. No application and no waiting for one of the 8 seats
  • A bed in the house on the land and three meals a day
  • Daily 5am training with the fellows and the host
  • Your own seat in the sales room, on live, already-built Dependables accounts
  • Daily one-on-one call and video coaching
  • Learn to shoot and edit whale videos on location
Book a call to pick your dates

Paid in advance for the days you book. No stipend on this option. Commission on anything you close is paid at the standard rep rate and is not guaranteed. refund terms TBD

The rules we follow

Hard on you.
Fair to you.

The days are brutal on purpose. The deal isn't. These are in your contract before you fly.

Adults only

18 or older on day one. We check passports at the application stage.

You keep your passport

Always. Nobody holds documents for anyone.

Leave any day

You can walk out on any day, for any reason. Your stipend stops that day, and you keep commission on anything you closed. You never owe us anything for leaving.

Your return ticket is booked

You arrive with a booked return flight, so you can go home whenever you want.

Fellows never pay us

On the fellowship there's no fee, no deposit, no deductions. Nothing you earn is held back for lodging, food or flights. Commission is the same rate as any Dependables rep.

Safety first, every morning

Medical form before you fly. A certified lifeguard at every water session. No river after rain upstream or after dark. A written plan for the nearest hospital.

Clean calling

Every call is dialed by hand, in the prospect's business hours, against do-not-call lists. If a call is recorded, you say so at the start.

Someone outside to call

Every fellow gets an independent contact outside the program to call about anything, any time. contact TBD

Filming is on paper

You read and sign the filming and image-rights release before you book flights. Nobody is filmed in private spaces. Prospects are never shown or named on the show without their written OK. lawyer review

Signed before you fly

A written agreement covering the program, pay, refunds and leaving early. lawyer review

This is for you if
  • You want to get good at selling, fast, and you know that takes reps
  • You'd rather be up at 5 in the jungle than scrolling at 1am
  • Competing makes you better, not quieter
  • You can dig into a stranger's posts, podcasts and ads until you find the one detail that makes them pay attention
  • You can be away for 90 days
  • You'll arrive with your own Claude account and Claude Code set up on your laptop
It's not for you if
  • You want a guaranteed income. This doesn't come with one.
  • You can't live on $1,500 a month for 90 days
  • You want a retreat. This is the opposite of a retreat.
  • You're under 18
Questions

FAQ

Why is it free?

Because we want the hungriest people, not the ones who can afford a seat. We make our money when you close deals, and from the show.

Do I need sales experience?

No. You need to be willing to make 100 calls a day and be told no most of the time. The first two weeks are mostly drills.

How much will I make?

$1,500 a month in stipend for sure, plus commission on what you close, which nobody can promise. This is the first cohort. Some people may close several deals; some may close none.

What am I selling, and who to?

Creator programs, email and SMS, static ads and landing pages from Dependables, sold to founders and heads of growth at funded consumer brands, mostly in the US. Every account already has a site, growth plan and 20+ ads built for it. You sell to companies outside Brazil. Full detail in What you sell.

Do I have to be on camera?

Yes. Being filmed is part of the program, and you sign a release before you fly. You can ask for one scene a week to be cut, and nothing is filmed in bedrooms or bathrooms.

Do I need to understand marketing?

No. Weeks one and two teach you the menu and the builds until you can explain them cold. On the call your job is the conversation, not the strategy. Delivery is done by the Dependables team.

What happens to my commission after the 90 days?

It keeps paying. Commission runs for 12 months on every account you close, paid quarterly, as long as the client stays.

Can I keep selling after I go home?

You can apply for a regular seat on the Dependables sales team, the same way anyone can. Jungle Closers doesn't guarantee one.

Do I need a visa?

Yes. Fellows come in on Brazil's digital nomad visa (VITEM XIV), which is for people working remotely for a company outside Brazil. Your stipend counts as the foreign income it requires. We give you an employer letter and a step-by-step checklist. confirm with counsel

Can I leave early?

Yes, any day. Your stipend stops that day, you keep commission on what you closed, and you owe nothing.

Is this a job?

It's a paid fellowship: a stipend for 90 days of training and selling, plus commission. You can also apply to sell for Dependables without doing Jungle Closers; this is the intense version.

What's the food like?

Cooked on site: rice, beans, eggs, fish, chicken, fruit, vegetables. No alcohol on weeknights. Tell us about allergies when you apply.

What if I get sick or hurt?

Travel medical insurance is included. The nearest hospitals are in Macaé and Casimiro de Abreu.

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