Andy Buyting
Carle Ventures Inc.
Fredericton, Canada
About
Andy Buyting is a serial entrepreneur who started working in the family business at the age of six. Andy has owned and scaled several businesses over the years including companies in the farming, retail, marketing media, and real estate development industries.
As a Certified Scaling Up Coach, Andy brings over 20 years of sales, marketing, operations, business development, and entrepreneurship experience to his clients. He currently coaches the executives of various national and international growth companies as they expand and develop their businesses to the next level. His personal track record speaks for itself. 92% of his “for-profit” clients have top-line growth of at least 2x industry average and exponential bottom-line growth. Also, 71% of the “for-profit” companies that Andy has coached over the past 10 years have gone on to sell for 2x – 8x industry multiple and often 5-10x founder’s expectations!
Andy’s passion is business, reading an average of 28 books annually. He is also a published author of two books; The Retailer’s Roadmap to Success (2007) and How to Win Clients and Influence People (2nd edition 2019 – an international bestseller on Amazon). Andy has delivered countless keynote presentations and workshops to entrepreneurs, business leaders, and marketers all over the world, and is also a TEDx speaker.
Professional Highlights
Andy Buyting is a business graduate of the University of New Brunswick as well as the Birthing Of Giants Entrepreneurial program at MIT in Boston. He is currently enrolled in the prestigious Gathering Of Titans program at MIT, a continuation of Birthing Of Giants limited to only a select group of graduates. Andy is the recipient of several awards including the Business Development Bank of Canada's Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award for New Brunswick, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, among many others.
Personal Highlights
Andy lives in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada with his wife Paula, two kids, Leah (15) and Carter (11) and three dogs. Andy spends his free time heavily involved in his kids’ sports – Leah’s competitive basketball and Carter’s competitive hockey.
Coaching Regions
US - Northeast
Canada - Atlantic Region
Canada - Central Canada
Industry of Expertise
Building/Construction
Computer/IT/Software Development
Creative/Design
Customer Support
Editorial/Writing
Engineering
Insurance
Marketing
Retail
Other
“Five years ago, S.i. System brought on Andy Buyting as a Scaling Up Coach to run his process for me inside my organization. The results were transformational and allowed me to go to market last year and find a PE firm that bought the majority of Si. at 8x multiple. Scaling Up is an accelerator for operational process improvement.”
— Derek Bullen, CEO | S.i. Systems
“The Learning Bar has been working with Andy Buyting since February 2018, installing the Scaling Up process inside our company. Andy’s work has really helped to transform our business. His guidance and gentle way of challenging our executive into doing things differently has helped us transform our business in many ways, from the management structure to the way we establish goals, set strategies, and complete our goals. He also helped us navigate us through some difficult times and continues to do so through the current challenges presented by Covid-19.”
— Doug Wilms, Founder | The Learning Bar
“We hired Andy Buyting as a coach in 2018 to help us grow our mobile game company, Blue Ox Family Games. He’s helped us to improve alignment, accountability, and focus throughout our organization, preparing us for the future and increasing our profitability. Having an outside coach has been invaluable to me personally as well. I highly recommend Andy’s services.”
— Chris York, CEO | Blue Ox Family Games Inc
“I worked with Andy Buyting for about five years as my Scaling Up Coach for Source Security. When we started, we had just come off the worst year in our company’s history. We lacked A strong business foundation. With Andy’s help at our quarterly leadership planning sessions, he brought in a level of focus and accountability that transformed our business.”
— Ron Lovett, President | RFL Group of Companies
“Andy was our Scaling Up Coach at UV Pure for about 4 years before I exited the company. When we started the Scaling Up process, I was a bit apprehensive about it. However, Andy quickly gained the trust and respect of our entire leadership team, including me. While working with him, we were able to transform the culture of our company to one of strong alignment and accountability. His process was instrumental in our growth and success, and his personal coaching was extremely valuable to me personally. I would readily recommend Andy to leaders who are looking to strengthen and grow their organizations.
— Rick Vansant, Former CEO | UV Pure