FollowErnie
Beltz Jr.
Builder. Entrepreneur. Runner.
Turning chaos into systems and systems into growth.
- Marine Veteran
- Austin, TX
- Girl Dad ×3
- Sub-4 Marathoner
The work
I'm a Marine veteran, a builder, and a dad of three girls. I build businesses, run marathons, and write about leadership and life along the way. Come follow along.
The road so far
Where I've been
Enlisted in the Marine Corps one month after 9/11. Led a national veterans program at Treasury. Ran for Congress at 29, came in last, no regrets. Then spent more than a decade building companies in healthcare, growing a model other owners bought into, and taking it as far as China.
What I talk about
Leadership, and what it takes to build a team people actually want to be part of. Building businesses, mistakes included. Being a husband and a dad to three girls, and figuring it out as I go. Running, training, and taking care of my health so I can show up for everyone else. And showing up on the days I don't feel like it.
What I'm building now
After more than a decade in healthcare, I'm building Axis, a platform to change how technology supports pediatric therapy practices. Built by operators, for operators. I'm also building Forged to Run, for anyone who's ready to stop drifting and start running their life on purpose.
Keep
moving
Didn't love running in the Marines.Twenty years later, I run because I want to.
Follow the runs
Follow along
Tag your runs, your wins, your hard days: #ForgedToRun
Forged to Run
Forged is intention. Drifting is following a path that was set there for you.
Run your life. Run a race. Run your work. Run your family.
Build.
Run. Repeat.
Say helloRun Hard. Live Fully. Let's go.