Speaker · Author of Outta the Weeds · Podcast Host
Help Your Audience Get Outta the Weeds
Ryan Deemer speaks to business owners across the skilled trades who are stretched thin by the day-to-day. Crew problems, customer issues, missed details, bad habits, and too much running through one person.
He helps owners see where the business is wearing them down, fix the problems that keep coming back, and make better decisions with less stress. His style is practical, calm, and easy to follow, with familiar problems and advice people can understand, remember, and use when they get back to work.
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As seen with owners across the trades
Speaking Topics
Ryan speaks about the problems that follow trades business owners as the company grows.
Getting Time Back From the Day-to-Day
Why routine questions, small decisions, and constant check-ins keep pulling owners back into daily operations.
- ✓Where owner interruptions usually come from
- ✓How clearer responsibilities reduce unnecessary check-ins
- ✓Which decisions still need the owner’s attention
Teaching Crews to Think Without the Owner
How crews learn to handle routine problems, make sound decisions, and recognize when the owner actually needs to be involved.
- ✓Why the same questions keep coming back
- ✓Where crews need clearer decision boundaries
- ✓How judgment can be taught alongside job skills
When the Work Is There and the Money Isn’t
How pricing, overhead, slow payments, and weak margins can leave a busy trades business short on cash.
- ✓What jobs actually cost to complete
- ✓Where profit disappears
- ✓How cash pressure changes growth decisions
Knowing Which Jobs Are Worth Taking
How job costs, crew capacity, equipment demands, cash flow, and scheduling pressure shape whether a job makes sense.
- ✓What actual job costs reveal
- ✓How capacity affects the decision
- ✓When a good-looking job creates problems elsewhere
Why Good Leads Still Get Lost
How lead quality, slow follow-up, weak sales habits, and poor-fit customers affect the work a trades business actually wins.
- ✓Where good opportunities fall through
- ✓What stronger follow-up looks like
- ✓How better-fit customers affect profitability
What to Automate, Delegate, or Keep
How owners decide which repetitive tasks need their attention, which can move to someone else, and where automation can reduce unnecessary work.
- ✓Which admin work can leave the owner’s desk
- ✓Where VAs and automation make sense
- ✓Which responsibilities should stay with the owner
See Ryan in Conversation
See how Ryan talks about business, people, and the problems owners deal with every day.
▶Saving a $23M House From a Landslide
With John Seaman
A conversation about rebuilding a crew, fixing culture, knowing your numbers, and avoiding the mistakes that come with growth.
▶When the Business Was Never the End Goal
With Jesse McGrath
A conversation about building an excavation company, the expensive lessons that shaped it, and keeping time with family at the center of the work.
▶Building a Business That Runs Without Him
With Mitchell Roberts
A conversation about the systems that got him off the jobsite, hiring for ownership, and chasing freedom instead of just more revenue.
Who Ryan Speaks To
His audiences include business owners and industry groups across excavation, construction, landscaping, heavy equipment, and the skilled trades.
Contractor & Trade Associations
Conventions, member meetings, and industry education events.
Industry Conferences & Trade Shows
Main-stage talks, business sessions, workshops, and panels.
Equipment Dealer & Customer Events
Open houses, customer appreciation events, dealer meetings, and contractor education.
Company & Leadership Events
Team meetings, owner groups, leadership days, and private company events.
A Talk That Fits Your Event
Ryan can adapt each talk to the audience, room, and time available.
| Format | Length | Best For |
|---|---|---|
| Keynote | 45–60 min | Main stage, opening or closing sessions |
| Workshop / Breakout | 60–90 min | Smaller groups and working sessions |
| Panel | 30–60 min | Industry discussions and Q&A |
| Fireside Chat | 30–45 min | Interview-style conversations |
| Virtual | 30–60 min | Webinars and online events |
- Travel
- Nationwide
- A/V
- Microphone, screen, clicker
- Custom Content
- Talks can be adapted to your audience and event theme
- Book Signing
- Outta the Weeds available
- Lead Time
- 4–6 weeks preferred (rush dates when available)
More Ways to Work With Ryan
Speaking is one part of Ryan’s work with trades business owners. He also joins industry conversations and works more closely with owners who want help inside the business.
Bring Ryan on Your Podcast
Ryan is available for podcasts, interviews, and industry conversations around business ownership, crews, cash flow, leadership, growth, and getting out of the day-to-day.
Work With Ryan
For owners who want more direct help, Ryan works with trades businesses on the problems keeping the owner stuck in the middle of everything.
Bring Ryan to Your Event
Planning a conference, association meeting, dealer event, or company gathering? Provide the event details below, including audience, format, and timing. Ryan’s team will follow up with availability and next steps.