Brett Ridenour
I write code that scales businesses. Marketing, automation, and products — from scratch.
CS Student
Started in computer science. Learned to build things. Dropped out to go build things.
40 Countries
This is the cool part. I co-founded Ten Second Promotions, an Instagram growth SaaS, and ran it remotely while traveling through 40 countries. Running software from Amsterdam. Reading Roman history on a hotspot on the train to Pompeii. Learning to drive manual in a rental car from the Santiago airport to the Andes Mountains (sorry to the owner of that car). Forty countries, a lot of lessons, and a completely different perspective on everything.
Code Meets Marketing
Wrote software that bought ads. Turns out knowing how the machine works gives you an unfair advantage running it.
Trolley Pub → Franchise Empire
Joined a small pedal-tour company as the marketing and tech guy. Worked directly with genius co-founders who mentored me. Scaled media buying, built automations, and helped turn a local operation into a real business. Then helped create and launch Paddle Pub, Tiki Pub, and Cruisin' Tikis — built the marketing playbook, scaled it across locations, and turned one brand into a franchise portfolio. I laid the foundation that took the company from 4 locations to 41 before I left.
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Open business operations
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Cities & markets served
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States coast to coast
62K+
Five-star reviews
BookJack
Wanted to see if I could build something people would actually use. Built a native iOS audiobook player from scratch. 500+ active users and a 4.8-star rating later — turns out I could.
bookjack.app →Freebo
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