Hill Academy

What Hill Academy does

Hill Academy is a Warsaw-based B2B training, coaching, and behavioral assessment firm operating as a brand of Visual Media Sp. z o.o., a private Polish limited liability company founded in 1998 by Dr Robert Antoszczak. The firm serves corporate organizations, managers, executives, and teams across industries including IT, telecommunications, finance, FMCG, and startups, delivering leadership development, AI-era management training, Design Thinking, B2B sales enablement, interpersonal communication, and team effectiveness programs. Service delivery spans six named workshops, three coaching formats (individual executive, team, group), two assessment tools — the neuroscience-based PRISM Brain Mapping and a proprietary Team Effectiveness Assessment — and tailored development programs, with a coaching voucher product as a retail-adjacent entry point. Its proprietary ARCH AI Transformation Framework (Awareness, Reinvention, Collaboration, Human Leadership) and certified PRISM Brain Mapping practitioner status are the principal methodology differentiators, and the team is EMCC-accredited and draws on 25+ years of practitioner experience in sales, IT, telecom, and academia.

The business model is professional services revenue driven primarily by bespoke B2B engagements priced on quote, complemented by fixed-price coaching vouchers at 950-2,600 PLN. Distribution is direct field sales via website forms, phone, and email, supported by conference speaking at KIKE telecom industry events, content marketing through the firm blog, and bottom-of-funnel conversion via client testimonials. Pricing is quote-based for corporate workshops; cancellation terms require free cancellation up to 28 days prior and full payment within 28 days of the session. Headcount is small — five core team members including the founder and named partners — and operations are concentrated in Warsaw (training academy at Szawa Conference, Oxygen Park) with a registered address in Bydgoszcz for the parent entity. Six enterprise customers are publicly named, spanning telecom, media, consulting and office furniture, and the KIKE association partnership since 2024 represents the most significant recurring enterprise channel. The firm does not publish revenue, has not raised external funding, and ownership is concentrated with the founder through Visual Media, alongside other digital brands (flashstore.pl, vinylrecords.pl, SystemNet, vmFilms, NetAfilio, vmRecords, vmContent).

Name

Hill Academy

Legal name

Visual Media Sp. z o.o.

Website

https://hillacademy.pl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Hill Academy is a Warsaw-based B2B training, coaching, and behavioral assessment firm serving Polish corporate clients with leadership, AI-era management, Design Thinking, sales, and team effectiveness programs, leveraging its proprietary ARCH AI Framework and certified PRISM Brain Mapping practice.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Training and Executive Coaching Services

NAICS

Professional and Management Development Training (611430)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Leadership Assessment, 360 Feedback & Development Planning (EDABAAAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Coaching Leadership & Mentoring Skills (EDABAAAG), Coaching, Feedback & Mentoring Skills (EDABAMAM), Corporate Team-Building & Offsite Services (HSACADAF)

Keywords

• Corporate training services
• Executive coaching
• Leadership development
• Design thinking workshops
• AI transformation consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Warsaw

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Workshop and Training Services: Two-day workshops on leadership, Design Thinking, sales, communication, and AI topics. Conducted in-person or online. Prices not publicly disclosed - quote-based per the terms of service
2. Individual Executive Coaching: One-on-one coaching sessions for executives, managers, and business leaders. Professional support for leadership challenges and career development
3. Team Coaching: Coaching sessions for corporate teams to improve performance, trust-building, communication, conflict resolution, and engagement. Packages available in 1-4 day configurations
4. Coaching Vouchers: Gift cards/vouchers for coaching sessions - single 90-minute session (950 PLN), two sessions (1,800 PLN), or three sessions (2,600 PLN). Valid until October 31, 2026
5. Group Coaching: Group coaching sessions combining elements of support, inspiration, and learning in a group context. Available for both corporate teams and private individuals

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Hill Academy provides B2B corporate training workshops (leadership in the AI era, B2B sales, Design Thinking, interpersonal communication, AI-driven creativity, entrepreneurship), executive and team coaching programs (individual, team, and group coaching), and behavioral assessments (PRISM Brain Mapping and Team Effectiveness Analysis). Services are delivered on-site, at its Warsaw training venue, or online, with customized programs built around client-specific organizational needs.

Product overview

Hill Academy is a training and coaching company (part of Visual Media Sp. z o.o.) offering workshops, coaching programs, and assessment tools. The workshop portfolio comprises six named programs: Skuteczny lider i jego zespół – przywództwo w erze AI (leadership in the AI era), Sztuka sprzedaży (B2B sales), Design Thinking Innovations, Komunikacja interpersonalna w biznesie, Co-Creativity z AI, and Przedsiębiorczość 5.0. These are complemented by three coaching formats — coaching zespołowy (team), coaching indywidualny (individual executive/leadership), and coaching grupowy (group) — and two assessment tools: PRISM Brain Mapping (behavioral preferences) and Badanie efektywności zespołów (team effectiveness). Voucher coaching packages provide a gift-card entry point. The portfolio is unified by the ARCH methodology for AI transformation, which underpins the leadership and AI-oriented workshops. Programs are delivered both stationary (Warsaw) and online, with PRISM and coaching available online as well.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Effective Leader and Team — Leadership in the AI Era (Skuteczny lider i jego zespół – przywództwo w erze AI)
• The Art of Sales: Strategies that Build Advantage (Sztuka sprzedaży: strategie, które budują przewagę)
• Design Thinking Innovations — Creating Products and Services (Design Thinking Innovations – tworzenie produktów i usług)
• Interpersonal Communication in Business (Komunikacja interpersonalna w biznesie)
• Co-Creativity with AI — Individual and Team Creativity (Co-Creativity z AI – kreatywność indywidualna i zespołowa)
• Entrepreneurship 5.0 — From Employment to Own Business (Przedsiębiorczość 5.0 – z etatu do własnej firmy)
• Team Coaching (Coaching zespołowy)

Quantifiable outcome

• Participants report increased confidence as leaders and improved team management capabilities
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• WUTEHminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 July 2025WUTEH (office furniture manufacturer) collaborated with Hill Academy for a full-day Design Thinking workshop to co-create and design a new company website. The project involved identifying user needs, understanding brand identity, and applying Design Thinking methodology combined with AI tools.
• Krajowa Izba Komunikacji Elektronicznej (KIKE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Hill Academy has partnered with KIKE since 2024 to deliver training workshops during their flagship biannual telecommunications industry conferences in Poland. Hill Academy trainers conduct workshops on leadership, AI implementation, team creativity, and business psychology topics to over 1000 conference participants.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• House of Skills: Polish training provider delivering workshops, coaching and development programs to corporate clients across leadership and sales — overlapping directly with Hill Academy's core service portfolio.
• EMT Consulting: Polish executive coaching and management consulting firm serving corporate clients with team coaching, leadership development and change management engagements similar to Hill Academy's programs.
• DOOR Poland: Polish corporate training and coaching firm offering leadership, sales and team-coaching programs to enterprise clients; directly competes with Hill Academy in the Polish B2B training market.
• Effect Group: Polish corporate training and consulting company offering leadership, sales and soft-skills workshops; shares the same target customers (Polish mid-market and enterprise) and workshop-led model as Hill Academy.

Broad incumbents

• Dale Carnegie Training: Global training firm focused on leadership, sales and communication skills with Polish licensee presence; covers the same broad workshop categories as Hill Academy at much larger scale.
• FranklinCovey: Global leadership and organizational performance training firm with content libraries and licensed facilitators serving Polish multinationals; competes for the same enterprise leadership-development budgets as Hill Academy.
• Center for Creative Leadership (CCL): Research-backed leadership development institution offering executive programs and assessments used by multinationals in Poland; comparable on program methodology and assessment-driven leadership development.
• DDI (Development Dimensions International): Global leadership development firm offering behavioral assessments (such as leadership simulators) and flagship leadership programs; relevant because Hill Academy's PRISM-based leadership assessment competes in the same buyer category.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with significant leadership development, executive coaching and talent management practices operating in Poland; an established incumbent against which Hill Academy's executive-coaching offering competes.

Regional players

• ICAN Institute: Polish executive education provider with structured leadership development programs and certification tracks; comparable offering focused on the same Polish corporate market as Hill Academy.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hillacademy

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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