You've Made It. So Why Does It Feel Like You're Breaking?

The revenue's climbing. The team's growing. On paper, you're winning.

But you're exhausted. Making decisions that don't feel right. Leading a company that's starting to feel like someone else's dream.

This isn't burnout from working too hard. It's misalignment from riding someone else's ride.

And no amount of hustle is going to fix it.

Let's Talk About What's Really Happening

Or read a free sample from Ride YOUR Ride

If Any of This Sounds Familiar...

✓ You're winning by every metric—except the one that actually matters to you
✓ Your calendar says you're productive. Your gut says you're drifting
✓ You've built what everyone told you to build—and now you're stuck inside it
✓ The spark that got you started? It's gone quiet
✓ You coach your team to set boundaries—but you haven't taken your own advice in months
✓ Monday mornings used to energize you. Now they just feel heavy

This isn't imposter syndrome. This isn't weakness.

This is misalignment. And the longer you ignore it, the more it costs you.
Not just in energy—in clarity, in vision, in the business you actually wanted to build.

Find Out If This Is You

Not ready? Read the book sample

What If the Problem Isn't Strategy—It's Clarity?

Most founders don't need another framework. Another course. Another "hustle harder" manifesto.

What they need is to stop riding someone else's ride—and reclaim their own.

That's what Ride YOUR Ride is about.

It's not a business book. It's a field guide for founders who've started asking bigger questions:

Why does success feel hollow?
Whose expectations am I living up to—and why?
What would I build if I stopped performing?

Inside the book, you'll discover:

The Founder's Fog — Why high-performers drift into burnout even when everything looks good on paper

The Terror Barrier — The invisible wall that keeps you playing small (and how to cross it)

From Doer to Visionary — How to lead without carrying everything on your back

Your Ride vs. Their Ride — The framework for building a business that reflects your values, not someone else's playbook

The Power of a Cohort — Why the best founders don't go it alone

This isn't theory. It's lived experience—from navigating Navy destroyers through fog to leading tech teams through transformation to coaching burned-out founders back to clarity.

Want More Than a Book?

If you know you're ready for more than insight—if you're ready for action—there's VSN-Net.

It's not a mastermind. It's not a course.

It's a curated cohort of 4-6 purpose-driven founders who are done with performance and ready to lead with alignment.

You'll get:

Quarterly in-person Brain-to-Brain Collaboratives — where you become the "focal node" and the group brings radical clarity to your biggest challenges
Monthly Virtual Reflective Accountability Meetings — peer-driven strategy sessions that keep you moving forward
1:1 Strategic Coaching — to dismantle resistance and integrate aligned strategy
Custom Tools & Frameworks — including the Ride Your Ride Tracker and Vision Builder

This is where transformation meets traction.

See If VSN-Net Is Right for You

Or start with the first two chapters here

About Darrell Bilbrey

I'm a Business-Tech Navigator who helps purpose-driven founders cut through the fog and reclaim their vision.

With 30+ years navigating complex systems—from leading Navy destroyers through fog to running IT divisions through transformation—I've learned one thing:

The best leaders don't follow someone else's map. They build their own.

But most founders never give themselves permission to do that. They inherit playbooks. They chase metrics that don't matter. They build businesses that look successful but feel misaligned.

That's where I come in.

Through VSN-Net and the principles in Ride YOUR Ride, I help founders:

Reconnect with their core values
Shift from doer to visionary
Build businesses that reflect who they actually are—not who they think they should be

This work isn't about tactics. It's about clarity. Alignment. And finally riding your own ride.

Ready to Get Back in the Driver's Seat?

If you made it this far, something in you knows it's time.

The clarity call is free. The conversation is real. And if it's not a fit, I'll tell you.

But if you're a purpose-driven founder who's ready to stop drifting and start leading with alignment again?

Let's talk.