About RyLi

A boutique consultancy that actually does the work.

RyLi Business Group is a small, deliberately senior team operating a digital portfolio from Monroe, Washington. Every project is handled personally by the principals. Every client gets our full attention.

The Team

Three principals. Direct access.

Ryan Schlemmer, Principal Consultant at RyLi Business Group

Ryan Schlemmer

Principal Consultant & Founder

Ryan runs strategy, technology, and growth across the RyLi portfolio. Fifteen-plus years building, operating, and exiting digital businesses. Hands-on with every client engagement. You work directly with the person doing the work.

Lisa Schlemmer, CFO and Project Manager at RyLi Business Group

Lisa Schlemmer

CFO & Project Manager

Lisa keeps the entire operation honest. 30 years of accounting and finance experience across small businesses, multi-entity structures, and high-volume e-commerce. If a client engagement happens on time and on budget, it's because Lisa said so.

Cotton, Chief Morale Officer at RyLi Business Group

Cotton

Chief Morale Officer

Cotton is the office dog. She attends every Zoom call (uninvited), greets visitors, and has never missed a deadline. Available for treats and pets at the Monroe office.

Why RyLi

Why we started RyLi.

We started RyLi because we believe the best strategies come from people who run real businesses. We built our own portfolio first, proved what works, and now bring that same discipline to a short list of clients we have time to serve well.

That is the foundation. Operate your own businesses. Prove the strategies. Then bring that same discipline, and the same senior people, to clients who value that approach.

We are building the firm you keep on retainer for ten years.

Operating Principles

How we work, explicitly.

Senior people only

Every hour billed is an hour worked by someone with at least a decade of experience. Senior practitioners only, on every engagement.

Capped client load

We take on a small number of outside clients at a time. When we're full, we say so. When we're not, you get our actual attention.

We use it ourselves

Every service we sell, we run inside our own portfolio first. Every strategy we recommend, we have tested in our own portfolio first.

Selected Press & Credentials

Where we've shown up.

Shopify-Awarded Merchant

CastleMania Games — recognized for excellence in retro gaming e-commerce.

MOTU World Premiere

Press credentials at the Masters of the Universe world premiere via 8 Bit Breakfast.

Summer Game Fest & SDCC

Active press coverage with red-carpet access and editorial publication.

Let's build something together.

Just a conversation about where you are, where you want to go, and whether we are the right fit.