Season 9 | Ep6 Mick Donaghy: How he built $1.4M from $7K (after his partnership collapsed)

The RAG Podcast · 2025-11-12 · 1h 5m

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Mick Donaghy: How he built $1.4M from $7K (after his partnership collapsed) Mick Donaghy's mother died when he was in his twenties. Life's too short became his operating system. He left Ireland. Moved to New Zealand. Became a top-billing recruiter! A few years later, he got his shot at ownership. A partnership to launch an Australian business for the agency he worked. For many reasons, this partnership didn’t work, so Mick paid back his business partner and walked away with $7,000 in his bank account. No business. No plan B. This time, he was doing it alone. GEDON was born - named after his Mum. Ultra-niche: quantity surveying and cost management. One discipline. Total focus. 12 months later: $1.4M AUD in billings. 65 placements. One person every three days. But here's what makes Mick different. He's not building an empire.- he’s building freedom! Currently has 9 people, 5 offshore making 40%+ profit margins. Last week, he won 3 new clients from his personal brand. Zero cold calls. He just bought a 100-year-old house in Belfast. Cash. He drives an old Toyota Corolla, does 30 minutes in the sauna daily and is two and a half years into rebuilding his relationship with alcohol.

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