In this episode, I sit down with Patrick Reynolds, founder of Nord Search, who walked away from leading a nine-person team to build a half-million-pound recruitment business entirely on his own terms.

Two young kids, a pregnant wife, and a deliberate decision to stop optimising for someone else's version of success.

We cover the niche strategy that shrunk his entire target market to 300-400 companies, the podcast he launched in month two that now generates fully inbound business, and why 65% profit margins beat a big headcount every time.

Connect with Patrick here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patnordsearch/

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In this episode, I sit down with Jack Hayes, founder of H&P, one of the fastest-growing legal executive search firms in the world.

Jack launched the business after just two years in recruitment, with no management experience and no existing database, and has spent six and a half years figuring out how to build something truly world-class.

We cover the hybrid exec model that sets H&P apart, the six-vertical mistake that nearly diluted everything, and the structural shift that saw them do £5M in revenue in their last six months alone.

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In this episode, I sit down with Stew Wallace, founder of Construct, a specialist contract recruitment business operating across Europe.

Stew takes us through the full founder journey, from launching with £10K and a lifestyle-business mindset to navigating three years of hiring mistakes, a back-office crisis, and £250K in uncollected invoices, before building the infrastructure to scale to £45K in weekly GP across four billers.

You can connect with Stew here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/constructiontrecruiter/

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In this episode, I sit down with Dean Kelly, a 30-year recruitment veteran, serial business builder, and mentor to some of the most ambitious founders in the industry.

Dean has built and sold multiple businesses, scaled teams to 100+ people, and now works with a select group of founders through Kellstar, helping them build recruitment firms that are resilient, repeatable, and built to last.

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