Logan Merrick is the co-founder of Willbound, a company helping founder-led businesses hire elite talent from the Philippines. In this episode, we talk about why most offshore hiring fails, what founders get wrong about delegation, and how Logan rebuilt after burning out and publicly crashing his first company.He shares the lessons from running a lean 7-figure e-commerce brand, how that led to building Willbound, and why the quality of your hires determines how fast, or how painfully, you scale.Whether you're hiring your first operator or trying to build a remote team that actually works, this episode will help you rethink how you approach talent.Topics We Cover:• Why most founders approach hiring the wrong way• The myth of cheap offshore labor• How Logan accidentally started a recruiting company• His public business failure and how he rebuilt• What “buying back time” actually looks like• How to identify and attract top 1% global talent• Common mistakes founders make when building remote teams• The mindset shift from chasing growth to building leverageLogan: LinkedInWillbound:WebsiteFollow Me: YouTubeNewsletter LinkedIn InstagramTwitterTikTokChapters:00:00 – Intro01:00 – How Logan built Willbound from solving his own hiring pain05:00 – Why most offshore hiring fails08:00 – What top talent in the Philippines actually looks like12:00 – The recruiting system Logan built from scratch16:00 – The biggest hiring mistake founders make20:00 – Why Logan doesn’t chase hypergrowth anymore24:00 – Lessons from scaling a 7-figure brand with a 10-hour workweek28:00 – Burnout, ego, and rebuilding after public failure33:00 – What motivates Logan now37:00 – Building a personal brand after disappearing from the spotlight41:00 – Tips for building a lean, high-performance remote team47:00 – Why systems and great people matter more than hustle52:00 – Advice for early-stage founders on hiring and delegation58:00 – Byron and Logan reflect on audience-building and motivation01:05:00 – Logan’s closing question for Byron Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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