The Strategix Business Solutions Podcast

How to Price Your Service Without Guessing

In this episode, Coach Ryan breaks down practical strategies for pricing services without relying on guesswork. Drawing on real-world business principles and negotiation concepts like anchoring, he explains how to price based on value, understand your cost floor, and present pricing with confidence. This episode helps entrepreneurs move from uncertainty to clarity when it comes to charging for their work and building sustainable businesses.

In this episode, Coach Ryan breaks down the practical steps to landing your first customers when starting a business. Focusing on clarity, consistency, and leveraging existing relationships, he explains how early clients serve as both proof of concept and the foundation for future growth.

This episode emphasizes that success doesn’t begin with scale, it begins with securing the first few opportunities and delivering real value.

Who do you have around!?

In this episode, Coach Ryan shares his thoughts about his day around a Power 4 football program, Virginia Tech. What started as a day he thought he would just be able to hang around all day, turned into a lesson relative to business and entrepreneurship.

From Coach Franklin, to Adele (Not like the singer! Haha) and everyone in between, fantastic spirits. What Coach Ryan saw yesterday was an ECOSYSTEM that Coach Franklin built.

While you are building your business, building your ECOSYSTEM is a major key. Even solopreneurs need...

Three Businesses Under $1K in Startup Costs!

In this episode, Coach Ryan explores three realistic business opportunities that can be started with limited capital. Drawing on common small business data and industry trends, he highlights service-based businesses like residential cleaning, property maintenance, and digital services that consistently show strong demand and low barriers to entry.

He also addresses the common concern of market saturation, explaining why opportunity still exists for those who operate with discipline, consistency, and professionalism.

Its not about how big you can grow in as little time as possible...its...

Separating Business and Personal Entities!

In this episode, Coach Ryan discusses one of the most important habits for entrepreneurs, keeping personal and business finances separate. Drawing from his own early experiences, he shares how a lack of financial discipline can quietly weaken a business over time. Once the business has weaknesses (leaks), on misstep can lead to "failure." Not in the sense that its over, but having to go back to ground zero is discouraging and causes people to give up on the winner they've built!

Listeners will learn why businesses must operate as their...

In this episode, Coach Ryan explains how entrepreneurs can determine the right legal structure for their business. Moving beyond simple definitions, he breaks down the three key factors that usually guide the decision: risk, ownership, and growth. Through practical examples, listeners learn how different structures protect owners, define partnerships, and support the future direction of a business.

Coach Ryan also shares why many first-time entrepreneurs choose an LLC as a practical starting point, as it encourages separating personal and business finances while learning how to operate as a true business entity. The episode emphasizes that while ideas...

In this episode, Coach Ryan explains the most common types of business entity structures and why choosing the right one matters when starting or growing a business. He walks listeners through the differences between sole proprietorships, partnerships, limited liability companies (LLCs), and corporations, breaking down how each structure affects liability, taxes, and long-term growth.

Rather than focusing on local regulations, this conversation highlights the core concepts behind business structures so entrepreneurs anywhere can better understand how businesses are organized. The episode emphasizes that while ideas may start businesses, structure helps sustain them, and selecting the right entity...

BRAND NEW SEASON! Time to build something great! Your business!

In Season 2: Episode 1, Coach Ryan builds onto Season 1's momentum! Still aligned with the Economic Mobility conversation, he moves into building a business. This episode outlines for listeners the first TEN STEPS to starting your own business. Paperwork and legalities are important, but there's a few steps before that.

All of these steps are crucial to early success, and if ignored you will see why we cannot skip steps! Get our your notebooks, you don't want to miss this masterclass.

Stabilize and Strategize!

In this episode, Coach Ryan reflects on the financial foundations discussed throughout the week and explains why personal stability must come before business strategy. Drawing from over a decade of experience in corporate accounting and finance, he shares insights from working with startups, large corporations, and scaling organizations, emphasizing that revenue alone does not determine a business’s strength.

He also discusses the realities of entrepreneurship, including the high percentage of businesses that fail in the first, fifth, and tenth years. The episode challenges listeners to consider whether financial pressure is driving th...

How did we ever think it made sense to "figure it out as it comes" was a characteristic of good stewardship!?

In this episode, Coach Ryan continues the march around economic mobility. The target over the last few episodes is the person, The mentality. That has to be first! God requires order and discipline. It is actually non-negotiable in the fight for economic mobility. Nipsey Hussle and his team lived the mantra "All Money In." What that means is, instead of spending it all...stack it up! What Coach is saying in this episode is, STACK that...

In this episode, Coach Ryan explores why life insurance should be viewed not as a product, but as a tool for financial stability and risk management. He breaks down the concept of risk tolerance and explains how protecting income is a critical step in building a strong financial foundation.

Listeners will learn the basic differences between term life insurance, whole life insurance, and indexed universal life policies, along with why employer-provided coverage alone may not be enough. More importantly, the episode challenges individuals to think about how prepared their households are to absorb financial shocks if income...

Who are you trying to impress? Would you believe me if I told you not many people care. Ouch!

In this episode, Coach Ryan explores how financial struggles often begin in the mind before they show up in the bank account. He breaks down how lifestyle inflation, comparison, and identity-driven spending quietly push people into liability-heavy lives filled with pressure instead of freedom.

Rather than focusing on math alone, this conversation highlights the psychology behind financing appearances, tying self-worth to income, and building obligations that limit flexibility. Listeners are challenged to rethink their financial decisions...

In this episode, Coach Ryan breaks down one of the most important financial principles in the economic mobility conversation: the difference between assets and liabilities. Using simple, practical language, he explains the basic accounting formula....Assets, Liabilities, and Owner’s Equity, and shows how it applies not just to businesses, but to everyday life.

You’ll learn the difference between appreciating and depreciating assets, why some purchases increase your options while others increase your pressure, and how chasing appearances can quietly delay real wealth building.

This isn’t about looking successful. It’s about building position...

What is Stewardship? The ability to manage what you already have!

In this episode, we continue to build momentum around the economic mobility conversation. Coach Ryan lays out five steps that he would recommend to begin stewarding what you already have, budgeting without feelings, and what God sees when you are taking care of the gifts you already possess. Believe it or not, financial literacy and personal accountability are needed in this mobility discussion. Let's face it, we all have times that tight pockets can force unhealthy decisions and we have to show ourselves grace...

Artificial Intelligence......its here.

In this episode, Coach Ryan continues to shape the discussion around Economic Mobility across the country!

AI (Artificial Intelligence) came on the scene and spread like wildfire; truth is it isn't new. Its been around for decades, but now the everyday citizen has access to a version of it.

Have you been avoiding it? Why?

Remember, all things are designed for a purpose, people just misuse it.

DO NOT get consumed by it, continue to think for yourself.....you have to! BUT, AI has some...

There’s a difference between having talent and releasing it.

In this episode, I unpack a hard truth I had to confront my anger toward people, and how that anger led me to hoard my talent instead of sharing it. Sometimes we withhold our gifts because we feel misunderstood, overlooked, or ahead of the room. But growth doesn’t happen in isolation.

We talk about the power of owning your story, meeting people where they are instead of demanding they rise to your level, and why real economic mobility requires real knowledge, not influence dressed up i...

Success isn’t just about working hard, although work is the reward. It’s also about understanding the system you’re operating in.

In this episode, we break down a powerful principle: "Know the Rules. Play the Game" as it relates to Economic Mobility. Whether in business, leadership, finances, or everyday life, there are structures, expectations, and unwritten dynamics shaping outcomes every day. The problem isn’t that the game exists, it’s that too many people try to win without fully understanding how it works.

We talk about awareness, strategy, positioning, and the discipline required t...

What does it really mean to “move up” in today’s economy?

In this episode of The Strategix Business Solutions Podcast, we break down the concept of economic mobility — the ability for individuals and families to improve their financial standing over time — and why it matters more than ever. From workforce development and quality jobs to the systems that either create barriers or open doors, we explore how mobility impacts not just households, but business performance and long-term economic growth.

Economic mobility isn’t just a social conversation — it’s a strategic one. W...

Perception is fast. Perspective is disciplined.

In today’s 5-minute breakdown, we explore how your initial interpretation of an event can shape your emotions, decisions, and leadership — often before you even realize it.

High performers don’t eliminate perception — they pause long enough to gain perspective.

If you want better reactions, stronger communication, and clearer judgment, mastering this difference is a competitive advantage.

Because the lens you choose determines the outcome you create.

Perception is fast. Perspective is disciplined.

In today’s 5-minute breakdown, we explore how your initial interpretation of an event can shape your emotions, decisions, and leadership — often before you even realize it.

High performers don’t eliminate perception — they pause long enough to gain perspective.

If you want better reactions, stronger communication, and clearer judgment, mastering this difference is a competitive advantage.

Because the lens you choose determines the outcome you create.

This isn’t a motivational episode. It’s an honest one.

Today we sit with a simple question: Am I okay? No filters. No hustle talk. Just a real conversation about stress, expectations, emotional exhaustion, and what it looks like to admit you’re not always at your best.

Because pretending is exhausting. And honesty is powerful.

Who are you when the noise fades and the titles disappear?

In this episode, Do You Know You?, I open up about my own turning point—the season when I realized I had built a life that looked successful on the outside but didn’t fully align on the inside. I share what changed, what I had to confront, and how learning myself reshaped everything.

This isn’t just my story—it’s an invitation for you to start asking deeper questions about your own.