Season 8 | Ep30 James Waissel on hitting £300K within 7 months as a rec agency founder

Episode notes

James Waissel set a modest goal of £125K in year 1 of launching his own agency. Instead, he ended up billing over £300K in revenue in just seven months. On this week’s episode of The RAG Podcast, I’m joined by James Waissel, founder and CEO of Huntsman Consult, a construction and real estate recruitment business based in London. James started the business in June 2024, backed by a couple of key clients, and has built a small but growing team of three. In this conversation, he shares what it’s really like in the first nine months of running a recruitment agency: the wins, the lessons, and the pressure of getting it right. In this episode, we discuss: What helped him smash his first-year revenue goal in just seven months The financial, emotional, and operational challenges of early-stage growth How he’s building the foundation for long-term success If you're in the early stages of launching a recruitment business (or thinking about it), this is a must-listen.

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