About ARDENT World Services

We exist to help growth minded Founders reach their vision; by removing the right constraints at the right time.

Why Founders Trust Us

We Aren’t Smarter Than You, We Are You!

We aren’t Advisors by degree. We are operators who built real businesses with real teams, under real pressure. We have lived the stress, the doubt, the debt, the late nights, and the strange responsibility of trying to build something bigger than you while still figuring it out in real time.

ARDENT World Services exists because we love this work. Not the hype part, the real part. The part where a founder is carrying a vision, the team is doing a lot, and progress still feels stuck. We built our system to turn chaos into clarity and clarity into execution, so you can move toward the vision you actually meant when you started.

We Build Businesses, not theories.

5 Year CAGR

1 %

Compound Annual Growth Rate of businesses we own & operate.

T5Y Revenue

$ 0 m

Last 5 year revenue earned from businesses we own & operate.

Our Purpose

We love building real businesses, and we love Visionary Founders crazy enough to pursue something truly meaningful. We know how heavy it gets when growth is real, stakes are high, and you have to lead while still learning.

We exist to:

Help Visionary Founders reach massive visions.
Build People 1st businesses that serve both employees and clients.
Be the partner Founders need during the toughest times.

Everything we do is our selfish attempt at achieving the above.

15+

Yrs of Business Leadership

What Makes Us Different

More Than Advise by the Hour

Hands-On Partnership

We stay close to the work

We cap at five clients per month and only run two Deep Work Days per week, on purpose. That limit protects focus, speed, and quality. When you work with us, you’re not “one of many,” you’re a priority.

Founders Like You

We're Operators, not theorists

We’ve built and led real businesses with real teams, and we still operate in the real world. That means we don’t confuse activity with progress, and we don’t recommend plans that fall apart in execution.

Adaptive Strategy

We adapt with your reality

Business changes mid-quarter, people leave, margins slip, priorities collide. We don’t charge you to “start over,” and we don’t hand you a dead plan. We adjust the strategy with you so momentum stays protected.

Proven Framework

We measure, then we move

VDF was built while scaling through real constraints. It’s how we learned to stopped guessing, and started identifying the constraint with the most leverage, and sequencing so progress compounded.

Long Term Focus

We are here for the real vision

Our goal isn’t to impress you with a workshop or a playbook. It’s to help you move toward the vision you started for; quarter after quarter, even when it gets hard, and especially when it gets messy.

Darryl M. Johnson

Founding Partner & Strategic Advisor

Darryl created the Vision Driver Framework™ and has spent years designing strategy inside a real, scaling service business. He enjoys turning a messy reality into an action plan the current team can execute: defining the finish line, surfacing the constraints, building the strategy to move it, accounting for downstream constraints and creating the rhythm that keeps execution real.

His strength is practical strategy design that can be executed by real teams, facing real constraints.

Darryl's Delivery Methods

Advising

Consulting

Coaching

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Training

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Jamie Quiles

Managing Partner & Strategic Advisor

Jamie is the operator who makes strategy hold under pressure. She has grown multiple seven figure businesses as both an owner and an executive operator; she enjoys leading leadership teams, building the systems that drive delivery, and creating the clarity that turns good intentions into consistent outcomes.

Her strength is execution architecture: roles, standards, cadence, accountability, and the operational structure that makes progress repeatable.

Jamie's Delivery Methods

Advising

Consulting

Coaching

Facilitating

Training

Speaking

Our Team & Partners

Rich Castello

Brand & Demand Advisor

Richard builds demand with healthy economics, messaging, channels, conversion, and pipeline quality.

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VDF™ Coordinator

Keeps the cadence tight, materials, tracking, follow-ups, and execution support between sessions.

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Interning Assistant

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