Meet Ken

Builder.
Writer.
Perpetual learner.

20+ years in performance — coaching athletes, consulting organizations, building tech, and writing books. The through-line in all of it is growth.

Ken King
founder · author · coach · builder
BasedCanada
Ventures6 active
Books3 published
Partners10+ orgs
The Story

How I got here.

Not a linear path. More like a series of lessons that eventually started connecting.

I worked very hard to get degrees. Multiple of them. And they were worth it — not because of the credential, but because of the people I met and the thinking they forced me to do. Then I realized the credential itself didn't actually determine what I could contribute.

Then I worked very hard to get job titles. Director of this. Manager of that. Again — worth it for the learning. But the title wasn't the thing. The work was the thing. The moment you realize your title is mostly for other people's benefit, something shifts.

I coached teams. Cared deeply about winning. Then slowly started caring less about wins and more about what the athletes were getting out of the experience. That was the real shift.

"I stopped trying to optimize for the outcomes and started optimizing for the conditions. The outcomes took care of themselves."

Once growth became the north star, everything reorganized. The consulting made more sense. The books wrote themselves more easily. The tech products felt urgent rather than optional.

The range isn't accidental. It's the point. Performance is a big tent. Growth doesn't care what industry you're in.

What I Bring

The full picture.

Rare combination. Most people pick one lane.

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Published Author × 3
Leadership, youth sport culture, Canadian values. All on Amazon.
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AI Product Builder
Boost Intelligence built end-to-end: Flask, FastAPI, Anthropic API, Supabase, Stripe, Vercel.
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iOS Developer
Native Swift/SwiftUI apps. Homesteady and Boost Intelligence companion app.
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Curriculum Designer
Post-secondary and private sector across oil & gas, sport, education, healthcare.
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Performance Coach
20+ years with athletes, executives, and organizations.
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Global Consultant
Canada Basketball, Hyatt, Laurentian, Red Deer Polytechnic + more.
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