Ryan Allis
About Ryan Allis
I'm currently building SaasRise (www.saasrise.com) and The Brotherhood (brotherhoodmen.com) two niche mastermind communities. I started my career as CEO & Co-Founder of iContact, growing the firm to 300 employees, 70,000 customers, $50M in annual sales, and an exit for $169 million. We raised $47M in venture capital and reached #81 on the INC 500 list as one of the fastest-growing companies in the United States. I'm the owner of Hive Digital a digital marketing agency and the Chairman of Hive Global (www.hive.org), a global community of purpose-driven leaders who are creating a better world. With 3,600 alumni in 130 countries, Hive helps leaders discover their purpose on the planet. For education, I went to UNC-Chapel Hill, where I studied economics and then got an MBA from Harvard Business School where I was Co-President of the HBS Social Enterprise Club. I am an Emeritus Member of the United Nations Global Entrepreneur Council and a former National Co-Chairperson for Tech for Obama along with Reid Hoffman and Marc Benioff. I'm passionate about entrepreneurship, personal transformation, wellness, and creating a more loving and present world. In terms of communities, I'm an 8x Burner and in the Summit, Nexus, EO, & Mindvalley communities. I was an early angel investor in SpaceX, Robinhood, LendingClub, Matterport, Sprinklr, Zola, Change.org, Catalant, and Kuli Kuli. I'm the author of two books: Zero to One Million and Magic Year: How to Design a Life You Love. 2006 - BusinessWeek’s 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25 2008 - Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year for the Carolinas 2008 - INC 500 - CEO of #81 Fastest Growing Company in the United States 2008 - Author of Zero to One Million, published by McGraw-Hill, #2 Amazon Best Seller 2009 - Ten Outstanding Young Americans by the U.S. Junior Chamber 2010 - 30 Under 30 List By INC Magazine. 2011 - Member of the UN Foundation Global Entrepreneur Council, graduate of the EO/MIT Entrepreneurial Masters Program 2012 - National Co-Chair for Tech for Obama, Sold iContact for $169M 2013 - Fellow of the Harvard Graduate School Leadership Institute (HGSLI) 2014-2015 - Graduate of Art of Living, Landmark Curriculum For Living, Founded Hive.org 2016 - MBA from Harvard Business School, Co-President of the Social Enterprise Club 2017-2019 - Building Hive.org, Graduate of Ascension Leadership Academy (ALA) 2020-2022 - Lived in Bali, Boulder, Austin, worked on Coinstack, Tatango, HeartRithm 2023 - Moved to Nosara Costa Rica, published Magic Year book and course