Aaron Keith is the founder of Buildify Systems (formerly Ascension Programs), offering entrepreneurs a full suite of resources including business coaching & consulting, seminars, growth-enablement software, and a podcast.
Aaron's journey began at 19 when he started his first business. After years of struggling, he connected with his first business coach — a turning point that changed the trajectory of his life. By 24, with the support of coaches and advisors, Aaron built one of the most successful businesses in his vertical, and that same year founded Ascension Programs to do for others what his coach had done for him.
At 26, Aaron sold his first business to focus fully on building Ascension Programs into a world-class business education and coaching company. In 2013, he expanded into health and wellness, founding the natural medicine clinic Spark Health. Then in 2018, Aaron set out to build something the market had never seen — Buildify Systems, a business development platform combining two decades of proven systems, structures, and coaching methodology into one web-based experience.
Today, Buildify Systems is the comprehensive home for business growth software, high-level coaching, seminars, and books for entrepreneurs at every stage. Aaron has directly coached over 10,000 business owners — from startups to celebrities to billion-dollar companies — through what's become known as "The Buildify Method": a rare ability to balance business systems with psychology.
In this episode, we dig into Aaron's path from broke 19-year-old founder to building an empire of resources for entrepreneurs — and what it really takes to scale a business without losing yourself in the process.