{"podcast":{"title":"The RAG Podcast - Recruitment Agency Growth Podcast","slug":"the-rag-podcast-recruitment-agency-growth-podcast-1158173","podcast_index_feed_id":1158173,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-rag-podcast/","website_url":"https://hoxomedia.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/f99d75a6-88d1-4e6b-95e0-ba9ddc8246b8/Platform-Image.png","author":"Sean Anderson","episode_count":200,"summary":"We’re having real and raw conversations with successful recruitment entrepreneurs about what is happening in their businesses right now and their plans to navigate market changes.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-15T10:19:58.289663+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rag-podcast-recruitment-agency-growth-podcast-1158173"},"episode":{"title":"Season 9 | Ep25 Christian Mather: The Wealth Planner Recruitment Founders Are Calling First","slug":"season-9-ep25-christian-mather-the-wealth-planner-recruitment-founders-are-calling-first","published_at":"2026-04-07T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rag-podcast-recruitment-agency-growth-podcast-1158173/season-9-ep25-christian-mather-the-wealth-planner-recruitment-founders-are-calling-first","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rag-podcast-recruitment-agency-growth-podcast-1158173","url":"https://hoxomedia.com","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/3a4616f3-c369-4be1-9c64-46aca202fb85.mp3","summary":"This is not a typical RAG episode. Christian Mather is not a recruiter. He has never filled a role, run a desk, or managed a team. He is a wealth planner. And since niching into recruitment founders about two and a half years ago, he has become one of the most in-demand advisors in the industry. Since January alone, he has had over 100 enquiries and spoken to 60 founders about the same thing: how to turn business success into personal financial freedom. Not through selling the business. Not through scaling to 50 heads. Through understanding one number. He calls it your freedom number. The amount you need in assets to cover your lifestyle for the rest of your life. And most founders massively overestimate what that number is. His simple formula gives you your starting point. In this episode Christian walked through real examples of his clients goals and challenges. A founder who thought he needed £5 million but actually needed £1.2 million. A 29-year-old woman billing half a million on her own, working 20 hours a week, about to hire staff she didn't need. A business doing 1.6 million net fee income with 16 staff but only £150K EBITDA because the founders were doing 80% of the work. Only 0.3% of recruitment agencies ever successfully sell. That number comes from the REC, and Christian has built his entire practice around the other 99.7%. His argument is simple: your business should fund your wealth, not be your wealth. We cover: Why 0.3% of recruitment agencies sell and what that means for your retirement plan How to calculate your freedom number using the monthly spend x 300 rule The real cost of treating your business as your pension Why founders between 40 and 45 are the ones making the call The financial mistakes costing recruitment founders the most money How co-fou…","meta_description":"This is not a typical RAG episode. Christian Mather is not a recruiter. He has never filled a role, run a desk, or managed a team. He is a wealth planner.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3807,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-rag-podcast-recruitment-agency-growth-podcast-1158173/episodes/season-9-ep25-christian-mather-the-wealth-planner-recruitment-founders-are-calling-first/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rag-podcast-recruitment-agency-growth-podcast-1158173/season-9-ep25-christian-mather-the-wealth-planner-recruitment-founders-are-calling-first.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}