RYAN DEISS

Founder → Owner → Investor

I help founders build businesses that don't need them.

Because the more valuable you are to your business… the less valuable your business is.

When you're ready, here are three ways we can work together…

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25+

years building companies

8

companies scaled to eight figures

4

exits

300+

founder-CEOs advised

Ryan Deiss seated on a stool mid-conversation, gesturing

Hi, I'm Ryan. I'm the co-founder of The Scalable Company… strategic advisors to 300+ founder-CEOs.

Over the last 25+ years I've scaled eight companies to eight figures, sold four of them, and nearly gone bankrupt twice figuring out what actually works.

I also acquire and invest in companies through Scalable's $200M+ portfolio group, and I share what I'm learning in my books, my weekly newsletter, and over on YouTube.

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What I'm building now

My day job

Strategic advisors to 300+ founder-CEOs. We also acquire and invest in the companies we advise.

Click here to learn more about our services and to see what it's like to work with us...

Teaching & sharing

The Accidental MBA

A weekly newsletter about all the stuff they DON'T teach you in business school (but you actually need to know to run a business). 42,000+ founders read it.

Business Lunch

The podcast I co-host with my partner, Roland Frasier, where we “open the kimono” on all the stuff that's working (and not working) in our businesses.

YouTube

Long-form breakdowns of the frameworks and tactics I'm using to build, scale, exit, and (occasionally) break the companies in our portfolio.

My next big thing

The Million Dollar Napkin

My next book. Coming March, 2027...

Cover of The Million Dollar Napkin by Ryan Deiss
Ryan Deiss speaking on stage

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Get the systems and playbooks you need to scale your business and engineer your “ideal exit.”

I write a weekly letter called The Accidental MBA.

It's the stuff they don't teach in business school… the frameworks, lessons, and real-world examples you can only learn from running, scaling, and exiting real companies.

42,000+ founders enjoy reading it every week. (You probably will too.)

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