Beacon19 is a strategic advisory firm that helps venture-backed founders, owner-operators, and their leadership teams tackle the really hard challenges – the ones that aren’t in the playbook. With a focus on aligning People, Strategy, Revenue, Culture, Operations, and Metrics we help high growth organizations solve for momentum, measurable progress and scale. This stuff is hard. Sometimes you get stuck. We help with that. Ryan Poissant, Managing Director Ryan’s experiences as a founder, operator, board member and advisor give him a deep appreciation for the unique aspects of each founder’s journey. As a COO, he was the swiss army knife leader at a VC-backed venture through multiple years of growth. As an Advisor, he has worked with over a hundred startup founders and leadership teams to overcome challenges related to strategy, company progress, market forces, culture building, team effectiveness, board dynamics, investor relationships, and interpersonal conflict. As a Founder, he’s stared at a blank page, and felt alone as part of the process of bringing an idea to life.