Beacon19

Beacon19 is a strategic advisory firm helping CEOs, COOs and CROs of venture-backed firms get further, faster. With a focus on aligning Strategy, Capital Plan, Revenue Engine, Product Roadmap, Operating Cadence and Metrics, we help organizations solve for revenue growth, investment readiness and scale. This stuff is hard. Sometimes you get stuck. We help with that. Clients have included SaaS, Managed Marketplaces, AI, Physical Products spanning Consumer, SMB, Enterprise, Mental Health, Biosafety, Not-for-Profit and Cloud Infrastructure. Ryan Poissant, Managing Director Ryan’s experience as a founder, operator, board member and advisor give him a deep appreciation for the unique aspects of each founder’s journey. As COO and head of revenue, he was the swiss-army knife leader at a VC-backed venture through multiple years of growth. As an Advisor, he has worked with 100+ startup founders and leadership teams to overcome challenges related to strategy, company progress, market forces, co-founder friction, culture building, team effectiveness, board dynamics, investor relationships, and interpersonal conflict. And, as the Founder & CEO of a SaaS company, he has experienced the overwhelming highs and lows that are part of the process of bringing an idea to life. With 20+ years of leadership experience, Ryan has solved for and, in many cases, built teams around: Strategy, Sales, Marketing, GTM, Channel Partners, Fundraising, Customer Success, Product, M&A, Talent, Culture & Ops. In addition to being a mentor in the Next Canada and JOLT accelerator programs, Ryan has been a guest lecturer, conference speaker and executive educator.