Where founders forge what comes next.
Ryan Rothschild
Founder & Principal Advisor
Fractional CEO
Scaling strategy
Board & investor advisory
AI workflow automation
Operator-level judgment, on call.
Fractional & Advisory CEO
A seasoned operator in your corner — pressure-testing decisions, steadying the team, and holding the strategic line between board meetings. The perspective of a CEO without adding one to payroll.
Strategy & Scaling
Turn traction into a repeatable engine. We tighten positioning, focus the roadmap, and build the operating rhythm that lets a small team punch far above its weight as it grows.
Board & Investor Advisory
Get investor-ready and stay that way. Clear narratives, honest metrics, and the board discipline that earns trust with the people writing the checks — and keeps them writing them.
AI Workflow Automation
Cut the busywork that's quietly taxing your team. We find the highest-leverage workflows, automate them with AI you can trust, and leave you with systems that compound over time.
Built by an operator, for operators.
The Business Foundry is a private advisory practice shaped by more than 25 years of building, leading, and scaling companies as a CEO — work that has driven over $100M in revenue. That operator’s instinct, knowing which decisions actually matter and which are just noise, is what clients come here for.
The work centers on early-stage and AI-driven companies, where a founder needs a trusted partner who has already lived the hard parts. Fewer slides, more judgment. Real accountability, not a report you file away.
Ryan Rothschild
Founder & Principal Advisor · The Business Foundry
25+
years leading and scaling companies as a CEO and operator
$100M
in revenue driven across the companies he has led
AI-native+
hands-on with the automation tools reshaping how startups run
A simple way in.
Diagnose
A focused working session to find the real constraint — the one bottleneck holding growth back — and agree on what winning looks like.
Build
We shape the strategy, the operating cadence, or the automation, then roll up our sleeves alongside your team to put it into motion.
Compound
We stay close enough to hold the line and adjust — so the gains stick and build on each other long after the engagement.
Tell us what you're building.
Share a little about your company and where you’re stuck. If it’s a fit, you’ll hear back personally within a couple of business days.
Prefer email? ryanr@thebusinessfoundry.com