How can I scale my recruitment business?
How do I exit my business?
Two of the most asked questions I get as a NED.
I started my recruitment career at SThree and it wasn't long before I was the Top Biller globally.
Then in 2003 I co-founded and scaled my own business to:
⭐️ 3 offices
⭐️ 14 awards
⭐️ 100 people
⭐️ £1.8 million EBIT
⭐️ £8m Gross Profit per year
⭐️ £25 million in revenue per year
I then eventually exited in 2014 to become a NED.
In this podcast, I walk through HOW we did that and what steps I now advise my clients to take when scaling and preparing for an exit.
Find Vincere here: www.vincere.io/chrisoconnell
00:00 - Start
01:01 - Chris' background in recruitment
05:50 - Playing to your strengths
10:08 - The business was becoming very valuable
12:38 - Offers to sell the business
15:48 - Signing the deal to sell the business
17:45 - Having to grow up as a business
19:04 - Where it started to go wrong
23:53 - Chris' work after selling the business
26:28 - Chris' advice to recruitment leaders
29:36 - Chris' plans to scale more businesses