Ryan Allis
Founder of SaasRise
Austin, Texas
Overview
Work Experience
CEO & Founder
2023 - Current
A mastermind and growth community for experienced SaaS CEOs and founders with $1M to $100M in ARR. Learn more at www.saasrise.com
CEO & Founder
2023
Developing niche online B2B mastermind communities that help spread specialized human knowledge and create connection among people in similar industries and roles. Starting with SaasRise and then expanding into other verticals. Includes saasrise.com, growthrise.com, and venturerise.com.
Founder
2021
We publish a weekly and daily newsletter on digital assets for institutional investors with 280,000 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.
Tatango provides text message marketing software to drive engagement and fundraising . America’s #1 SMS Software for Fundraising.
Raised $600,000.00 from Bellingham Angel Organization.
Chairman & Founder
2013
Hive is a global community of purpose-driven leaders working on creating a better world and solving humanity's greatest challenges. So far we've brought together 4000 entrepreneurs and leaders from 130 countries together for Hive programs in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Austin, Montreal, Boston, Lagos, Abuja, Kigali, Lahore, New Delhi, Berlin, and Bucharest. Learn more at http://www.hive.org.
Hive Global is provides world class leadership training to leaders and innovators from around the world.
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
Hive Digital is a search marketing agency focused on assisting customers make a positive impact in the world.
Author
2023 - 2023
A book on how to design a live you truly love. Learn more at www.magicyear.com.
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.
The United Nations is the one international organization with the reach and vision capable of solving global problems.
Raised $200,000.00 from Patrick J. McGovern Foundation.
Board Chairman
2008 - 2012
Chairman of non-profit focused on teaching international development and social entrepreneurship to college students at 28 campuses through in-person experiences in the developing world.