Dave DePew at Grinder Gym

Operator · Coach · 19 years independent

I help operators build the systems they should have built years ago.

Strength culture. Business systems. AI-augmented operations. 34+ years in. Still in.


For the operator who…

…knows the bottleneck is them.

Operator deadlifting at Grinder Gym

Runs a real business

$500K–$10M operator who’s eaten the hard years and wants the operating stack that finally scales.

Operator carrying the load

Carries everything alone

Solo-shouldered the operation long enough. Ready to engineer themselves out of daily presence.

Operator lifting heavy

Lifts heavy in life and gym

Strength athlete by identity. Operator by trade. AI-augmented by 2026.

Dave DePew deadlift

I’M STILL IN.

19 years independent. Grinder Gym is San Diego’s home for serious lifters and serious operators.

National & World Strict Curl Champion. Navy Hospital Corpsman. Founder of DDE Inc.

I don’t sell motivation. I sell methodology, accountability, and the operating systems I built to engineer myself out of being the bottleneck.

Dave DePew portrait

The Operator’s Stack Newsletter

Sunday morning. One playbook.

Weekly. Short. Real. Useful. One operating principle, one tactical move, one personal note. Most issues 4 minutes or less.

Stop being the bottleneck.

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