{"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 | Ep30 Emily Angeloni: Why She Nearly Walked Away From WOW After 9 Years of growth","slug":"season-9-ep30-emily-angeloni-why-she-nearly-walked-away-from-wow-after-9-years-of-growth","published_at":"2026-05-19T23:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rag-podcast-recruitment-agency-growth-podcast-1158173/season-9-ep30-emily-angeloni-why-she-nearly-walked-away-from-wow-after-9-years-of-growth","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/9f4769f1-6c32-4eec-ae8e-c80e97cee45a.mp3","summary":"Emily Angeloni co-founded WOW Recruitment in Sydney at 22. No salary for six months. Just her laptop, working from a building set for demolition. Nine years later: a team of 18 across every major Australian state, New Zealand, and the United States. One of the most respected boutique sales and marketing agencies in the country. The year she became a mother, her co-founder told her he was leaving. She came back from maternity leave to a business that had saved every problem for her return, hit a serious road block, and stood in a strategy offsite thinking she could not do it anymore. She needed to rediscover her why. She did. WOW has since had its strongest period in nine years. But then she had a valuation done. And as she says herself: valuations can be a pretty uncomfortable truth. This week on The RAG Podcast, Emily breaks down what it actually looks like to lose a business partner, build something you are not sure you even want to continue, find the clarity, and watch everything change. We cover: - How a co-founder exit right before maternity leave forced Emily into the driver's seat for the first time - Why she seriously considered walking away from nine years of work, and what made her stay - The rookie hiring model that cost WOW its billing average, its culture, and its margins - How she redesigned her role entirely around what she loves: external focus, 18 people, zero internal ops - The five-year plan to build an asset with freedom of choice, not a job she cannot leave - Why a recent valuation was an uncomfortable truth and what it sharpened her focus on - What AI is actually changing for WOW's delivery model right now -Why personal brand has been her competitive advantage since 2017 and how it converts to real revenue Losing a co-founder. Building something y…","meta_description":"Emily Angeloni co-founded WOW Recruitment in Sydney at 22. No salary for six months. Just her laptop, working from a building set for demolition. Nine yea…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4214,"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-ep30-emily-angeloni-why-she-nearly-walked-away-from-wow-after-9-years-of-growth/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-ep30-emily-angeloni-why-she-nearly-walked-away-from-wow-after-9-years-of-growth.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}