Ryan Mulvany built and sold a $1B Amazon business. Then he handed his career to an AI. Out of Office is the show, the book and the keynote about what to let go of, and what to never hand off.
90% of Ryan's LinkedIn is satire. 36,000 followers read it anyway. A few posts made it to LinkedIn Lunatics, which he counts as a keynote.
I'm in the exit row again. Flight attendant asked if I'd assist in an emergency. I said exits are kind of my thing. She said she just needs a verbal yes. I said I built a company just to exit it. She moved me to 31B.
I gave my Uber driver one star yesterday. He was perfect. Five stars tells a man he's arrived. And a man who thinks he's arrived stops driving. So I left one star and a note. "Great ride. Don't get comfortable." This morning my rider rating dropped to 3.2. I've been outside the Marriott for 40 minutes. Culture spreads.
The parking attendant asked what I do. I said disrupt. He said, "You can't park like that." I said I know. He said then move your car. I said we all have to move something. He said sir, move the car. I said I don't have time. My Uber's here.
My barber asked what I do. I said I'm in growth. He said what kind. I said every kind. Revenue. Headcount. Margin. He said anything you can't grow? I said name it. He said try growing up.
Every day, an AI builds a slide deck. Ryan has never seen it. He hits record and presents it cold. Sometimes it is a roast of a company. Sometimes it is three Amazon deals he has to sell on the spot. Sometimes it is a keynote he did not write.
Want your company roasted on the show? Rai books the slot. You bring the audience.
The flagship. Letting go of a company, then letting go to AI, with the real scoreboard. Plus five minutes about your company, written by AI that morning and delivered cold.
On Amazon, one seller gets the sale and everyone else is invisible. Price, speed, in stock, rating. Teams score themselves on the four levers that decide every deal.
Search is turning into agents. Amazon already decided who wins when the buyer never sees a page. What that means for every brand that still lives on clicks.
Building something worth buying, and getting through the exit with your head intact. The real story of scaling Quiverr and selling it.
The book version of the keynote. What a founder keeps, what he hands to the machine, and the scoreboard from a year of doing it in public. Written while out of office.
Funny poems for kids. Twist endings, read-out-loud rhythm, ink line art. Written by Ryan, designed and illustrated by his AI, sold on Amazon.
One issue a week. What the AI booked, what Ryan said yes to, and the one thing he refused to give up.
Same issue, reposted, plus the week's deals from the show.
“His optimistic leadership approach is contagious. You could see it on the smiling faces of his team, and mine after our session.”
“Ryan exemplifies this through his light-hearted communication style and illuminates a path guiding individuals to higher levels of clarity and human connection.”
Keynotes from $10K plus travel. Drivable from San Diego, free. Rai answers within a day and books straight onto the calendar.