Ryan Babbage.
Ryan Babbage is a founder and commercial strategist. He writes about the decisions that shape businesses, families and long-term ownership. His essays explore strategic direction, enterprise capability and the practical work of preparing for what comes next.
How value is created, protected and passed on, and why so much of it is lost in the passing.
The story
I have watched families and founders build remarkable things, and I have watched how much of it is lost in the passing.
Rarely through one bad decision. More often through the decisions nobody made: the succession that was assumed, the structure that was never written down, the name that lived in one person’s relationships.
Money Has a Family Name is my attempt to put that into a book, and the five capitals are my attempt to make it practical. Everything on this site, from the free assessment to Strategic Counsel, uses the same language, so that a family, a founder and a board can finally have the same conversation.
Client names and deal details stay private. The thinking does not have to, so this site gives it away: frameworks you can use, essays you can argue with and diagnostics you can run tonight.
Where I work.
- Founder & CEOOceanMerge® and OceanBlocks® (headquartered in ADGM, Abu Dhabi)
- Co-founder & CEOMindGo®
- Investor & StrategistStacked Up
- Harvard Business School Online, 2022Certificate, Sustainable Business Strategy
This site is about ideas, books and learning. For my business ventures, professional background and advisory work, visit ryanbabbage.ai.