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The CEOs and Founders
building the Pacific Northwest.

Honest conversations with the people running the region's most interesting companies — the decisions, the lessons, and the stories you won't hear anywhere else.

CEOs & Founders only
PNW Based in Portland, OR
1:1 Long-form, unscripted

A seat at the table with the region's top operators

Every guest is a sitting CEO or Founder. No second-hand commentary, no business pundits — just the people actually running the companies, in their own words.

CEOs & Founders only

Every guest is the person at the top of the org chart. The decisions they make, the bets they place, the lessons they learned the hard way.

Built for the Pacific Northwest

From Portland to Seattle to Boise — the region's most interesting companies, the people building them, and the playbooks that work here.

Long-form, unscripted

No 20-minute soundbite interviews. Real conversations where guests can actually finish a thought — released weekly on YouTube.

Ryan Olson, host of the Pacific Northwest Business Podcast

Ryan Olson

Two decades in the rooms where decisions get made. Ryan has spent his career building partnerships, leading global teams across seven countries, and helping companies grow — from scaling programs at Intel and MarketStar to advising executives on the bets that shape their next chapter.

Now, from his home base in Portland, Oregon, he's turning that experience outward — sitting across the table from the CEOs and Founders building the Pacific Northwest's most interesting companies, and asking the questions other interviewers don't.

Portland, Oregon 20+ years in business Bilingual EN / ES Global teams across 7 countries

Recent conversations

Every episode is a long-form sit-down with a sitting CEO or Founder building a company in the Pacific Northwest.

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Episode 01 Coming soon

Welcome to the Pacific Northwest Business Podcast

Host Ryan Olson introduces the show, the mission, and what makes this conversation different from every other business podcast in your feed.

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Episode 02 Coming soon

A founder's story — coming soon

An in-depth conversation with a Pacific Northwest CEO about the early days, the hard pivots, and what they'd tell their younger self.

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Episode 03 Coming soon

A CEO's playbook — coming soon

How one PNW Founder thinks about hiring, capital, and scale — and the unconventional decisions that have defined the company's growth.

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Each episode is a long-form conversation with a sitting CEO or Founder running a Pacific Northwest company. If that's you — or someone you know who'd be a great fit — tell us a little about the company below.