Across Urchin, Google, Full Stack Woo, and now Avakata. Some quotes are from the agency era; some are recent. All marked as placeholder until each subject has signed off on a public quote — that's the deal.
Across the Full Stack Woo era and current Avakata engagements. Used with permission for portfolio reference.
We hired three agencies before Ryan. They sold us narratives. He sold us — and then shipped us — a number. The number happened. We've been with him since.
The interesting thing about Avakata isn't the AI. It's that there's no agency in front of the AI. Ryan is the agency. The engine does the rest. We saved a full headcount.
He's the only person I've worked with who actually shows you the funnel before he sends you a contract. I sent four other shops home before I signed his.
We've worked with the big networks. We've worked with shops half this size. Ryan's the only one who brought receipts on day one — pulled up old account histories, walked us through what worked and what didn't.
"Quietly competent. The opposite of an agency pitch."
"He explained search advertising to me in 2009. He explained agentic in 2025. Same energy."
"The engine paid for itself in the first month. The audit paid for itself in the first meeting."