Rebuilding How We Hire | The Entrepreneurial Journey

This week, I sit down with Ryan Hogan, a Navy Reservist, serial entrepreneur, and Co-Founder and CEO of Talent Harbor. Ryan knows what it means to scale a business, challenge an industry, and lead with clarity. Before founding Talent Harbor, Ryan helped turn Hunt A Killer from a small idea into a $205 million global brand. Along the way, he saw firsthand how broken the recruiting world had become. Too many commissions, too many middlemen, and too few people focused on what really matters — finding the right fit for the right team. That realization sparked his next venture. With Talent Harbor, Ryan is on a mission to rebuild how companies hire. His flat-fee, embedded recruiting model strips out the noise and focuses on what drives long-term success: alignment, accountability, and trust. In our conversation, Ryan and I talk about: • The lessons he brought from his time in the Navy into entrepreneurship • What building Hunt A Killer taught him about systems, leadership, and decision-making • Why so many founders make the same hiring mistakes again and again • How to make recruiting a core part of your business, not an afterthought • Why the old hiring model still dominates today — and what to do about it Ryan’s story is about more than fixing recruiting. It’s about leadership, discipline, and the willingness to question how things have always been done. Whether you’re hiring your first team member or scaling a national company, this episode will challenge how you think about people, process, and growth. It’s a conversation about building smarter, leading better, and creating a business that lasts.