Rick Yost — U.S. Army Veteran, Certified Financial Coach, PMP

SBA Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Certified

Founder · Yost Group LLC · Est. 2009

Rick Yost —
Veteran. Coach.
Straight Shooter.

U.S. Army veteran and Ramsey Preferred Financial Coach — two decades of disciplined execution applied to consulting and helping couples build real wealth together.

RLTW! Rangers Lead The Way — the standard I strive to live up to.

🎖️ U.S. Army Veteran — Service Disabled

📜 PMP Certified — Project Management Professional

💰 Ramsey Preferred Financial Coach

🎓 Masters of Business Administration

⚖️ Juris Doctor

🏢 SBA SDVOSB Certified — Yost Group LLC, Est. 2009

The Story

Built on Service. Driven by Accountability.

Rick Yost started in the U.S. Army, where you learn fast that unclear plans cost people dearly — and that accountability isn't optional. That discipline carried into over two decades managing complex programs, advising organizations, and cutting through noise to build real plans.

The financial coaching side came from a pattern he kept seeing — smart couples with good incomes, still fighting about money or avoiding the conversation entirely. Not because they lacked income. Because they lacked a shared system.

Rick built Yost Group to fix both problems — a consulting firm that operates with military-grade precision, and a financial coaching practice built specifically for couples ready to stop the pattern and start building together.

Career Timeline

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U.S. Army

Military Service — Rangers Lead The Way

Served in the U.S. Army, earning the standard of discipline, mission clarity, and accountability that carries through every engagement at Yost Group to this day. Service-disabled veteran.

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1999

MBA — Master of Business Administration

Graduate-level business training in strategy, finance, and organizational leadership.

2001

PMP Certified — Project Management Professional

Earned the Project Management Professional (PMP) credential — the globally recognized standard for program and project management excellence.

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2008

JD — Juris Doctor

Legal training sharpening analytical rigor, contract expertise, and structured problem-solving.

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2012

Founded Yost Group LLC

Established Yost Group LLC as a program management and consulting firm — SBA-certified SDVOSB, eligible for sole-source and set-aside federal contracts.

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2018

Coding Dojo — Full Stack Web Development Bootcamp

Intensive bootcamp covering Python 2.7 & 3, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, MongoDB, Express, Angular, Node.js (MEAN Stack), SQL, iOS, Swift 4, and Xcode.

2024

Ramsey Preferred Financial Coach

Completed formal financial coaching certification, adding a structured, evidence-based coaching methodology to two decades of practical financial experience.

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Today

Coaching Couples Nationwide

Serving couples across the country through private 1-on-1 coaching — helping them get aligned on money, eliminate debt, and build real wealth as a team.

How Rick Works

The Standard Behind Every Engagement

Whether it's a consulting project or a couples coaching session, the approach doesn't change.

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Clarity First

No vague advice. No generic frameworks. Every engagement starts with a clear picture of where you are and a concrete plan for where you're going.

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Disciplined Execution

Plans mean nothing without follow-through. Rick holds clients — and himself — to the same standard of disciplined execution he learned in the Army.

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Straight Talk

You'll get an honest assessment, not what you want to hear. Rick's value to clients isn't agreement — it's accurate diagnosis and a real path forward.

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Empathy

Rick has been there. The money stress, the hard conversations, the feeling that you're behind where you should be. He's not coaching from theory — he's coaching from experience. That changes the dynamic entirely.

Rick Yost —Veteran. Coach.Straight Shooter.