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Hi, I’m Ryan. I help high performers become founders by using LinkedIn to build real, profitable businesses.

My career didn’t fall apart. I didn’t burn out. I finished every role cleanly - Director, VP - leading hundreds of engineers across the world and helping build multiple billion‑dollar companies.

And still, I knew I wanted to build on my own.

I’ve founded 5 companies and earned multiple exits while scaling teams behind $1B+ in outcomes. I loved the work, but I wanted a life where I could build big things and be present for my family. I wanted ownership. I wanted flexibility. I wanted proof I could do it on my terms.

LinkedIn became the path. I grew from 1,200 to 100,000+ followers in nine months, built a brand that opened doors I didn’t know existed, and stepped fully into my own business.

Since then, I’ve coached 50+ founders to design careers, income streams, and opportunities that match the life they actually want - not the life their company dictates.

Here’s how we work:

- Identify the opportunities you can’t see in your past experience.
- Build a clear, practical brand that attracts the right people.
- Turn your skills into simple offers, real customers, and predictable income.

Today, I own my time. I build, coach, and spend my days with my family - and help others do the same.

If you’re a high performer who wants a business that fits your life, DM me.
Partnerships, speaking, press: ryan@ryanyockey.com

Professional highlights:
• 5× Founder | Multiple exits
• Scaled teams responsible for $1B+ outcomes
• Grew to 100,000+ followers in 9 months
• Coached 50+ founders
• Trusted by leaders at Google, Adobe, Meta

Ryan Yockey

Change is scary. Starting over is scarier.

Most people avoid both.

And stay exactly where they are.

Here's what I've learned watching people build:

The caterpillar doesn't negotiate with the cocoon.
It surrenders to it completely.

That's the part nobody tells you about growth:

→ You don't transform by adding more.
→ You transform by letting go first.

The job that didn't work out wasn't a failure.
The idea that collapsed wasn't wasted.
The version of you that didn't make it — needed to go.

Most people want the butterfly.
They just want to skip the dissolving.

That's not how it works.

The discomfort you're avoiding right now?

That's the process.

That's what I write about every Saturday.

Want to know if your LinkedIn profile is holding back the next version of you?

I'll send you a free Loom walkthrough — I'll tell you exactly what's killing your growth.

Drop your profile link in the comments or grab a spot here: https://lnkd.in/gUMT6k_g

I help high performers build businesses on LinkedIn | From 1,200 → 140K followers in 12 months | Coaching + Newsletter for founders who want out

Most people dismiss their biggest dreams.

Not because they're impossible.

Because they sound crazy out loud.

I know the feeling.

I spent 12 years climbing someone else's ladder — VP titles, good salary, the whole picture.

On paper, it made sense.
Inside, it felt like I was disappearing.

The idea of walking away felt irrational to everyone around me.

To me, it felt like the only option.

That gap? That's where every real entrepreneur I know has lived.

Most people never cross it.

They wait for the idea to feel safer.
They wait for someone to tell them it's okay.
They wait until the timing is better.

The timing never gets better.

Here's what I've learned building a business 141,000+ entreprenuers:
→ The dream that embarrasses you in a room full of people is usually the one worth chasing
→ "Crazy" is just what conviction looks like before it has proof
→ The people who crossed that gap didn't wait for certainty — they decided the discomfort of staying was worse than the risk of going
→ Your idea doesn't need to make sense to everyone else — it only needs to make sense to you

The entire point of life is to take chances on dreams that seem crazy to most — but feel like destiny to you.

If your LinkedIn profile still reflects who you used to be — not who you're becoming —

I'll personally audit it on Loom and show you exactly what to fix.

https://lnkd.in/gUMT6k_g

Stay unreasonable.

Stay locked into your growth.

No time for noise.
No time for comparison.
No time for reacting to things that don’t matter.

Just you and what you’re building.

Most people don’t stall because they lack ability.
They stall because their attention is scattered.

Scrolling.
Second-guessing.
Watching other people play a different game.

The ones who make real progress?

They’re not louder.
They’re not busier.

They’re focused.

I learned this the hard way.

When my growth slowed, my attention was everywhere.
When things started compounding, my attention narrowed.

The difference wasn’t effort.
It wasn’t talent.

It was what I stopped giving energy to.

Discipline isn’t doing more.
It’s removing everything that doesn’t compound.

Your growth doesn’t need motivation.
It needs protection.

Everything else is distraction.

Every Saturday morning, I send one focused email to 134,000+ entrepreneurs.

One idea.
One system.
No fluff.

It takes 4 minutes to read.
It’s free.
And it’s designed to help you keep building while others drift.

Join here: https://lnkd.in/gfyweeTM

Stay locked in.
Keep building.

I’ve been watching people for years. The patterns are wild.

The loudest person in the room? Usually compensating.

The flashiest? Probably broke or close to it.

The one who won’t shut up about how smart they are? Not that smart.

Here’s what I’ve noticed about people who actually have it:

The strongest are gentle.
They don’t need to intimidate. Their presence does the work.

The smartest are quiet.
They listen more than they talk. They know they don’t know everything.

The wealthiest are simple.
No logos. No flex. Just compound interest and time freedom.

The happiest are private.
They’re not performing for an audience. They’re living for themselves.

Real power doesn’t need to prove itself.

It just exists.

The person who’s actually built something doesn’t need to tell you about it every five minutes.
Their results speak.

The person who’s actually confident doesn’t need external validation.
They’ve done the internal work.

If you find yourself constantly trying to prove your worth, your intelligence, your success—pause.

Ask yourself who you’re trying to convince.

Because the people who’ve made it?
They stopped performing a long time ago.

They just started building in silence.

That’s what I write about every Saturday. One short note to 140,000+ entrepreneurs who care more about real progress than public applause.

It takes 4 minutes.

And its free: https://lnkd.in/gfyweeTM

No noise.
Just the work.

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I turned down $250K because of what Charlie Munger taught me.

The offer was simple: consult for a company selling overpriced courses to desperate entrepreneurs. Easy money. I needed it.

But I kept thinking about Munger's rule: "Don't sell anything you wouldn't buy yourself."

Would I buy their $5K course? No.

Would I recommend it to a friend? Hell no.

So why would I help them sell it?

The internal war was brutal. I had payroll coming up. My savings were thin. This one deal would solve everything.

But every time I tried to justify it, I felt sick.

I said no.

The next month was terrifying. I scrambled. I took smaller projects. I ate ramen more than I'd like to admit.

Then something shifted.

When you stop chasing money that feels wrong, you create space for opportunities that feel right.

Six months later, I landed a client whose product I genuinely believed in. The work energized me. The money came anyway.

Now I use Munger's rule as my filter for everything:

Would I buy this?
Would I use this?
Would I recommend this to someone I care about?

If the answer is no, I walk.

It's the most expensive filter I've ever used.

And the most profitable.

Every Saturday morning, I send one focused email to 135,000+ entrepreneurs about doing exactly that. 

Designed to help you build more by doing less. 

It takes 4 minutes to read.
It’s free. 
Join here: https://lnkd.in/gfyweeTM

The dream is the proof.

Most people treat their idea like a problem.

Too risky. Too big. Too far from where they are now.

So they shrink it.

They find a more "realistic" version and call it wisdom.

But here's what I've watched happen over and over:

The people who can't stop thinking about something — even when it makes no sense — are the ones who were supposed to do it.

The obsession isn't random.

It's directional.

The dream didn't show up to torture you.

It showed up because you're one of the few people built to carry it.

Most people quiet that voice.

The ones who don't?

→ They stop needing other people's permission
→ They stop waiting until conditions are perfect
→ They stop treating the dream like a liability

The hardest part isn't the work.

It's deciding the dream deserves to be taken seriously.

141K people chose to take theirs seriously.

If you're ready to be taken seriously too — your LinkedIn profile is where that starts.

I'll tell you exactly what's holding it back: https://lnkd.in/gkDvugyj

What dream are you still sitting on?

Everyone you admire online looked ridiculous once.

Most of them will never tell you that.

14 months ago I had 1,200 connections from 10 years of doing nothing.

A resume for a profile.

Content so bad I cringe thinking about it.

I kept going anyway.

Today I have 141,000+ followers built almost entirely through that same profile.

The people who eventually look polished didn't skip the beginner phase.

They stayed in it longer than everyone else.

Most people quit right before the compounding kicks in.

Not because they lack talent.

Because they can't tolerate looking bad on the way to getting good.
→ The rep builds the skill
→ The skill builds the confidence
→ The confidence builds the result

You don't find your voice by waiting until it's perfect.

You find it by posting the imperfect thing anyway.

If your profile still looks like mine did 14 months ago — I'll show you exactly what to fix.

Free audit: https://lnkd.in/gkDvugyj

Founder @UgenticAI | Investor in Agentic AI & Martech SaaS | Scaling Expert – Sold $100M+ Online | We’re investing in A.I. companies & scaling them. If you want to invest with us, DM me!

In May 2022, my life changed.

Up until that point, I had spent over 20 years as a serial entrepreneur, founding multiple companies and becoming globally recognized for my expertise in direct marketing, copywriting, compliant marketing, and now, investing in AI & Martech SaaS.

In 2022, my company, Lurn, was on track to hit $40 million/year, and I was preparing to sell it—ready to step back, spend more time with my kids, and move on to my next chapter.

But then, in May 2022, everything changed.

A FedEx package from the FTC landed on my desk.
And just like that, my entire world turned upside down.

➡️ The Fight of My Life

For the next 18 months, I battled through a grueling legal process.

-  My company was in trouble.
-  The sale I had planned was gone.
-  The lawsuit cost me over $15 million—$2.5M in fines, plus millions more on my team, lawyers, and discovery.

It was one of the hardest times of my life. But as painful as it was, it taught me something invaluable.

Something that I’ve always taught to millions of Entrepreneurs over the years…

➡️ When Life Pushes You Stand Straight, Smile & Push It The Heck Back

When I finally settled the case, I realized something:
Most entrepreneurs don’t understand compliance… until it’s too late.

So, I made it my mission to help businesses stay protected.

That’s when I took my first real step into the AI world.

We built a first-of-its-kind AI-powered software that helps marketing and sales teams automatically audit and monitor their advertising for compliance.

And guess what? It’s working.

Because of the FTC, I stumbled onto something incredible—a solution that could protect thousands of businesses from the same challenges I faced.

📈 What I Do Now

Today, through my new holding company (that’s still secret for a couple more months), I invest in and partner with AI & Martech SaaS companies, using the same growth strategies that helped scale my past businesses.

💰 If you own an innovative AI or Martech SaaS company with a fully built-out product and are looking for an investor who can help you scale faster—let’s talk.

Always looking to meet great companies and founders.

Anik Singal

Most people admire the calm person in the room.

They don't see what it's built on.

They see the composed response.

The steady voice.
The controlled reaction.
But they miss the iceberg underneath.

Real mental strength isn't powered by good moods.
It's sustained by what most people avoid.

The unglamorous parts:

❌ Thinking clearly when emotions are loudest
❌ Staying grounded when pressure is mounting
❌ Choosing silence when anger wants to speak
❌ Rebuilding your mindset on the days it quietly breaks
❌ Controlling the reaction when no one would blame you for losing it

That's the foundation.
Not confidence.
Not intelligence.

Not a positive mindset poster on your wall.

The people who win long-term don't feel less than you.
They just made peace with the tension early.

They stopped letting their worst moments define their next move.

They stopped romanticising the idea of being unshakeable.

They did the invisible work of strengthening the mind daily, quietly, without applause.

And that's what creates separation.
Because everyone wants to win.

Few are willing to carry the weight of mastering themselves first.

The gap between where you are and where you want to be is rarely talent.

It's tolerance.
Tolerance for discomfort.
Tolerance for uncertainty.

Tolerance for doing the hard mental work when emotions are telling you to react.

Your mind is a muscle.
The blizzard will always come.
The question is have you trained for it?

Winning isn't hidden. The preparation is.

What's one emotion you know is costing you wins right now and you've been avoiding dealing with it?

Most people only see the success.

The promotion.
The milestone.
The person standing at the top.

And they say:

“Congratulations.”

But they didn’t see the climb.

They didn’t see the people who held the rope when things got hard.
The ones who stayed late.
The ones who believed before the results showed up.

Success often looks like a solo moment.

But it’s rarely a solo journey.

Behind every person standing at the top,
there are people who quietly helped them get there.

The mentors who guided them.
The teammates who supported them.
The friends who reminded them not to quit.

Real leadership remembers that.

It remembers the hands that helped pull the rope.

Because the loudest applause usually comes at the end…

But the real support happens during the climb.

Before you celebrate the win, ask yourself:

Who helped you get there?

Tag or thank someone who supported your climb.

♻️ If this resonates, repost to remind people that no one climbs alone. 🚀

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