Ep 149 – David Wain-Heapy, Prodigi – Remote-Ready Agencies Win: Systems Before Scale

About this episode

David Wain-Heapy discusses the importance of building systems for remote agencies and the shift from outsourcing to offshore hiring.

Featuring: David Wain-Heapy, Prodigi In episode 149, I sit down with David Wain-Heapy, founder of Prodigy, a company that helps agencies and digital businesses build flexible, scalable remote teams through global talent sourcing. David spent 14 years building and running a Magento-focused e-commerce agency out of central London before selling it to Brave Bison PLC. We talk through what that exit process actually looked like, why the right acquirer matters as much as the right offer, and how building systems independent of the founders made the transition possible. From there, we get into the real substance of what David does now: helping agencies shift from an outsourcing mindset to an offshore hiring mindset. There's a difference, and it matters. Agency owners will come away with a clearer framework for when and how to integrate global talent, how to think about time zones, which roles translate well offshore, and what AI is actually doing — and not yet doing — to development teams in agencies right now. Key Bytes • Outsourcing and offshore hiring are not the same thing — one is a handoff, the other is a hire.• The fix for a failed first attempt wasn't better talent, it was…

People in this episode

Host: Agency Outsight

Guest: David Wain-Heapy

Topics covered

• remote work
• agency management
• global talent sourcing
• offshore hiring
• business systems

Keywords

• remote teams
• agency owners
• global talent
• e-commerce
• business acquisition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Prodigi, Brave Bison PLC

Places: London, East Coast

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