Direct Hire Builds a Job. Recurring Revenue Built a $28M Exit.
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Diane Prince shares her journey of building a scalable staffing agency and the recurring revenue model that led to a $28 million exit.
Diane Prince walked into staffing with zero recruiting experience and one specific intention: build a business she could scale and sell. Six years later, she sold her staffing agency for $28 million. 🚀 Diane is speaking again at the This Is Your Year Recruiter Summit 2026 — which is exactly why this episode is back in rotation. Don't miss her live session. Register free: https://this-is-your-year-recruiter-summit.heysummit.com/ Most recruiting agency owners will never have an exit like Diane's. Not because they aren't good at the work — because they built the wrong kind of business. Only 27% of recruiting agencies have predictable monthly recurring revenue. 63% deal with cash flow interruptions every year. And the agency owners grinding pure direct hire — even the influencers, even the people doing seven figures — are quietly admitting behind closed doors that they don't have a sellable asset. Diane talks to recruiters in their 60s and 70s every week who've finally realized it. They built a job. They never built an equity story. In this episode, Diane breaks down the recurring revenue model that flipped her business from a roller coaster of direct hire goose eggs into a stable…
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