Ryan Allis
Founder of SaasRise
Ryan Allis
Founder of SaasRise
Austin, Texas
Overview
Work Experience
CEO & Founder
2023 - Current
A mastermind and growth community for SaaS CEOs and founders. Learn more at www.saasrise.com
CEO & Founder
2022
Developing niche online mastermind communities that help spread specialized human knowledge and create connection among people in similar industries, roles, and interests. Starting with SaasRise and then expanding into other verticals.
Founder
2021
We publish a weekly and daily newsletter on digital assets for institutional investors with 260,000 subscribers including many industry insiders. Read at coinstack.substack.com.
Board Member & CEO Advisor
2019
Guided Tatango through 10x revenue growth as a successful SaaS mobile messaging company and the leader in fundraising via SMS messaging for non-profits and political organizations. Learn more at www.tatango.com.
Chairman & Founder
2013
Hive is a global network of purpose-driven leaders working on creating a better world and solving humanity's greatest challenges. So far we've brought together 3500 entrepreneurs and leaders from 130 countries together for Hive programs in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, Montreal, Boston, Lagos, Abuja, Lahore, New Delhi, Berlin, and Bucharest. Learn more at http://www.hive.org.
Chairman & Owner
2002
Chairman and owner of Hive Digital, which provides digital marketing services to companies that are creating a better world. Founded the firm in 2002 and hired a CEO to lead the firm in 2004. Services include: Facebook Ad Management, Google Ad Management, Banner Ad Management, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Link Building, Google Analytics Integration, Ecommerce Marketing, Affiliate Marketing Management, Social Media Marketing, Web Site Development
Author & Creator
2023 - 2023
A book and course on how to design a live you truly love. Learn more at www.magicyear.com.
CEO Coach
2023 - 2023
Helping Dow Janes become the largest and most impactful financial education provider for women. Through education, accountability and support we help women get financial clarity, keep more of the money they're making, and learn to invest and grow their money.
CEO & Co-Founder
2002 - 2012
Co-founder and CEO of iContact from founding in 2002 through sale to Vocus (NASDAQ:VOCS) in February 2012 for $169 million. - Bootstrapped for first three years then raised venture capital to scale into a leader in SaaS marketing software. - Built from startup to 300 employees, 70,000 customers, 1 million users, and $50M in annual revenues. - Owned full P&L and recruited/led executive team. - Raised $38M in venture capital to the balance sheet plus $15M in secondary from JMI Equity, Updata Partners, North Atlantic Capital, and IDEA Fund Partners. - Became B Corp certified in 2009 and set up our 4-1s CSR Program in which iContact gave 1% of equity, 1% employee time, 1% of product and 1% of payroll to non-profit organizations.
Global Entrepreneur Council Founding Member
2010 - 2012
Advised the United Nations Foundation on technology and marketing; Traveled to Kakuma UNHCR Refugee Camp near South Sudan border for malaria net distribution; Founded UNF 1% for the World Program; Presented to Kofi Annan, Ted Turner, Muhammad Yunus, Narayana Murthy, and Queen Rania at UN Foundation Board Meeting in Washington D.C.