A short version

Work.

I like testing ideas. Some turn into companies. Some turn into expensive lessons. These are the ones worth mentioning.

Ryan Magdanz
Photo via getleadbase.com

I'm based in the Vancouver / Fraser Valley area. I started out as an outdoor and portrait photographer and filmmaker in BC, which mostly meant driving a long way to stand in the rain and hope the light did something.

That turned into Toth Media, an adventure and travel content company I co-founded. Good work, great trips, and a slow realization that I was more interested in whether the content actually sold anything than in the content itself.

So I went the other direction: paid marketing, then lead generation. Ads, landing pages, forms, and getting paid on results instead of retainers. That's still the spine of most of what I do.

What I'm doing now

  1. Co-founder

    Cambie

    A lean GTM partner working across lead generation, ecommerce, and SaaS product growth.

  2. Co-founder & CEO

    Leadbase

    We teach people how to generate leads and sell them for profit. It's the thing I spend most of my week on.

  3. Owner

    Beauty Rigs

    JDM campers and adventure vehicles. It started as an excuse to buy one for myself and did not stay that way.

  4. Starting it now

    Granvl

    The newest thing I'm building. Still early, so there isn't much to tell yet.

Leadbase, by the numbers

14,000+ members
about 15,000 subscribers
YouTube
The paid training and community

Most of my work still starts the same way: I get curious, build the thing, and see if anyone cares.