Season 9 | Ep14 Stuart Mitchell: How he built $3M in 3 years (then realised he hated his own job)

The RAG Podcast · 2026-01-21 · 1h 9m

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Stuart Mitchell: How he built $3M in 3 years (then realised he hated his own job) Stuart Mitchell launched Hampton North in September 2022. $1.6 million year one. $2.5 million year two. On track for $3 million plus in year three. Now 10 staff and projects $1m profit for next year. I interviewed him on the show in the middle of 2023, and things were flying. But over the following 18 months, he nearly broke. His dad died. His wife fell pregnant. And the VP he'd promised her-the guy who was supposed to take the pressure off-pulled out in January. "I had to go home to my newly pregnant wife and have a really hard conversation." For 6 months, Stuart ground it out alone. High expectations, low empathy. The worst version of himself. Then at a wedding, his old running mate Greg Anderson said: "I think we should do this again." Greg joined in June and immediately told Stuart the truth: "There is nothing here. No process. Nothing written down. You're making it impossible for anyone who joins to actually do well." This week on The RAG Podcast, Stuart tells the full story.

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