Ryan Porter
Founder, CEO, and Author in Toronto, Ontario Canada
Ryan Porter
Founder, CEO, and Author in Toronto, Ontario Canada
In 2004 I embarked on a quest to answer the question "what do I want to be when I grow up?"
The search for an answer prompted me to drop-out of college and head to Japan. I lived and worked in Japan for a year and realized that one question sucks. There's more than one question and there is a bunch of answers.
I returned to Canada and decided that I need to let young people know that they don't have to have all of the answers by the time they leave high school. I began traveling coast-to-coast in North America speaking to teens. My program Make Your Own Lunch™ has been seen by over 500,000 high school students.
My work with teens inspired me to write the book, "Make Your Own Lunch: How to Live an Epically Epic Life through Work, Travel, Wonder, and (maybe) College" and more importantly start a media company dedicated to making products that change the way young people view their future.
Most recently, I founded RaiseYourFlag.com, a website dedicated to helping young people who don't go to college find a career they love.
Reach out if there's something you think I can help with.