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Mike Hagan is a workplace consultant who specialises in Human Resources; Health, Safety &amp; Wellbeing and Corporate Compliance with over twenty-five years' management experience in both the public and private sectors.      Mike is a passionate mental health advocate who has a track record of implementing holistic mental health and wellbeing strategies within organisations, designed to remove the prejudice and stigma associated with mental illness in the workplace and develop workplace cultures where 'It’s OK not to be OK'.     His career path has provided Mike with a comprehensive overview of the legal, economic and moral responsibilities that are prerequisites in enabling business leaders to meet their obligations to provide a duty of care to their employees in relation to psychological safety as well as physical safety, whilst not forgetting to look after their own health and wellbeing in the process.   ----  For more on Mike Hagan, head to his website: https://mikehaganconsulting.com.au/ Shownotes are available at Mike Hagan: Creating Better Workplaces ----    Join the Unstress Health Community &amp; Transform Your Life! https://bit.ly/3SRq0gg    Connect with Dr Ron at Unstress Health  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unstresshealth/  Facebook: https://fb.me/unstresshealth  Email: admin@unstresshealth.com DISCLAIMER: This podcast provides general information and discussion about medicine, health and related subjects. This content is not intended and should not be construed as medical advice or as a substitute for care by a qualified medical practitioner. If you or any other person has a medical concern, he or she should consult with an appropriately qualified medical practitioner. Guests who speak in this podcast express their own opinions, experiences and conclusions. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mike Hagan is a workplace consultant who specialises in Human Resources; Health, Safety &amp; Wellbeing and Corporate Compliance with over twenty-five years' management experience in both the public and private sectors.    Mike is a passionate mental health advocate who has a track record of implementing holistic mental health and wellbeing strategies within organisations, designed to remove the prejudice and stigma associated with mental illness in the workplace and develop workplace cultures where 'It’s OK not to be OK'.   His career path has provided Mike with a comprehensive overview of the legal, economic and moral responsibilities that are prerequisites in enabling business leaders to meet their obligations to provide a duty of care to their employees in relation to psychological safety as well as physical safety, whilst not forgetting to look after their own health and wellbeing in the process.   ----  For more on Mike Hagan, head to his website: <a href="https://mikehaganconsulting.com.au/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mikehaganconsulting.com.au/</a> Shownotes are available at <a href="https://drronehrlich.com/mike-hagan-creating-better-workplaces/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mike Hagan: Creating Better Workplaces</a> ----  Join the Unstress Health Community &amp; Transform Your Life! <a href="https://bit.ly/3SRq0gg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3SRq0gg</a> Connect with Dr Ron at Unstress Health  Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/unstresshealth/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/unstresshealth/</a> Facebook: <a href="https://fb.me/unstresshealth" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://fb.me/unstresshealth</a> Email: <a href="mailto:admin@unstresshealth.com">admin@unstresshealth.com</a> DISCLAIMER: This podcast provides general information and discussion about medicine, health and related subjects. This content is not intended and should not be construed as medical advice or as a substitute for care by a qualified medical practitioner. If you or any other person has a medical concern, he or she should consult with an appropriately qualified medical practitioner. Guests who speak in this podcast express their own opinions, experiences and conclusions. See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Mike Hagan: Creating Better Workplaces

Mike Hagan is a founder, operator and wildly successful investor in a variety of companies. He has repeatedly proven his ability to create or invest in a company, scale it and successfully exit. His venture was the B2B procurement WebHost VerticalNet, which hit a market capital peak of $11 billion. Unfortunately, Vertical Net ended in flames like many other dot.com companies at the turn of the millennium. Following that experience, Mike used his personal profits and lessons learned along the way to buy and build NutriSystem, with an eventual big exit to diet nutrition conglomerate Trivity for $1.4 billion. Mike's next venture was a similar controlling interest investment in the DIY home security company LifeShield which he and his team scaled rapidly, sold, eventually bought back, and sold again for a substantial profit. In 2014, Michael launched HawkCapital, his current passion project. A founder, operator and investor, Michael is a man who has taken on multiple roles and worn many hats. Tune in to find out what he has learned from his experiences. Key Takeaways: [1:18] Kevin introduces his guest for this episode — Mike Hagan. [3:00] Kevin asks Mike five speed questions. [5:37] What was WaterOnline and how did it start? Mike shares the story of how he got started with what eventually became VerticalNet. [8:38] Mike shares more about how the expansion of the internet led to establishing multiple VerticalNet communities. [15:25] How difficult was it to navigate the early stages of VerticalNet in an uncertain environment? [18:17] What was the business model like for VerticalNet? [20:16] VerticalNet eventually went public. Mikes shares more about that experience. [25:08] Beyond just the advertising component, what were some other pockets of revenue that Mike was able to grab? [28:29] VerticalNet's stock took a sudden plunge in 2000. [28:59] Mike talks about some of his experiences with the leaders of Microsoft. [30:06] What were some of the tough decisions that Mike had to make in the aftermath of the dot.com bubble bursting? [35:40] Mike learned a useful skill during his early days at VerticalNet — seeing opportunities. How did that play into his experience at Nutrisystem? [39:06] Mike regrets not taking Nutrisystem private. He explains why. [42:47] How did Mike raise capital? Mike shares the trajectory of Nutrisystem from 2005 to 2008, and briefly after he re-joined the company. [48:04] Mike talks about some of the numbers behind the business.  [51:19] Who were some of the celebrities that got behind Nutrisystem? [54:08] How did Mike get involved with LifeShield? [59:52] What is the business model for LifeShield? [1:02:11] As a consumer, ADT is the category killer, and LifeShield is considerably smaller. How does LifeShield compete? [1:04:21] What kind of technology was LifeShield holding on to at the time? [1:06:08] LifeShield was sold to DirectTV, and then eventually bought it back from them. Mike shares the process. [1:15:28] Who did Mike bring in as investors? [1:16:26] Hawk Capital lists a lot of requirements for potential investments. Mike explains some of the reasoning behind that. [1:20:00] Mike is competing with a lot of capital to get good investments. How does he manage that? [1:23:19] How important was the Philadelphia region to Mike's journey? What is Mike's hope for his alma mater? Links: Mike Hagan VerticalNet Nutrisystem Trivity LifeShield DirectTV SJU AT&amp;T Netscape Safeguard Scientifics Ira Lubert eBay Yahoo Lycos AltaVista AskJeeves Mark Walsh AOL Microsoft SoftBank British Telecom Satya Nadella WebMD NewSpring Capital Blackstone Lehman Brothers Dawn Zier, CEO of Nutrisystem Louis A. Stilp Steve Jobs Apple ADT Comcast Verizon  Amazon Ring

Mike Hagan is a founder, operator and wildly successful investor in a variety of companies. He has repeatedly proven his ability to create or invest in a company, scale it and successfully exit. His venture was the B2B procurement WebHost VerticalNet, which hit a market capital peak of $11 billion. Unfortunately, Vertical Net ended in flames like many other <a href="http://dot.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dot.com</a> companies at the turn of the millennium. Following that experience, Mike used his personal profits and lessons learned along the way to buy and build NutriSystem, with an eventual big exit to diet nutrition conglomerate Trivity for $1.4 billion. Mike's next venture was a similar controlling interest investment in the DIY home security company LifeShield which he and his team scaled rapidly, sold, eventually bought back, and sold again for a substantial profit. In 2014, Michael launched HawkCapital, his current passion project. A founder, operator and investor, Michael is a man who has taken on multiple roles and worn many hats. Tune in to find out what he has learned from his experiences. Key Takeaways: [1:18] Kevin introduces his guest for this episode — Mike Hagan. [3:00] Kevin asks Mike five speed questions. [5:37] What was WaterOnline and how did it start? Mike shares the story of how he got started with what eventually became VerticalNet. [8:38] Mike shares more about how the expansion of the internet led to establishing multiple VerticalNet communities. [15:25] How difficult was it to navigate the early stages of VerticalNet in an uncertain environment? [18:17] What was the business model like for VerticalNet? [20:16] VerticalNet eventually went public. Mikes shares more about that experience. [25:08] Beyond just the advertising component, what were some other pockets of revenue that Mike was able to grab? [28:29] VerticalNet's stock took a sudden plunge in 2000. [28:59] Mike talks about some of his experiences with the leaders of Microsoft. [30:06] What were some of the tough decisions that Mike had to make in the aftermath of the <a href="http://dot.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dot.com</a> bubble bursting? [35:40] Mike learned a useful skill during his early days at VerticalNet — seeing opportunities. How did that play into his experience at Nutrisystem? [39:06] Mike regrets not taking Nutrisystem private. He explains why. [42:47] How did Mike raise capital? Mike shares the trajectory of Nutrisystem from 2005 to 2008, and briefly after he re-joined the company. [48:04] Mike talks about some of the numbers behind the business.  [51:19] Who were some of the celebrities that got behind Nutrisystem? [54:08] How did Mike get involved with LifeShield? [59:52] What is the business model for LifeShield? [1:02:11] As a consumer, ADT is the category killer, and LifeShield is considerably smaller. How does LifeShield compete? [1:04:21] What kind of technology was LifeShield holding on to at the time? [1:06:08] LifeShield was sold to DirectTV, and then eventually bought it back from them. Mike shares the process. [1:15:28] Who did Mike bring in as investors? [1:16:26] Hawk Capital lists a lot of requirements for potential investments. Mike explains some of the reasoning behind that. [1:20:00] Mike is competing with a lot of capital to get good investments. How does he manage that? [1:23:19] How important was the Philadelphia region to Mike's journey? What is Mike's hope for his alma mater? Links: <a href="http://hawkcapital.com/ourteam.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mike Hagan</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VerticalNet" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">VerticalNet</a> <a href="https://www.nutrisystem.com/jsps_hmr/home/index.jsp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nutrisystem</a> <a href="http://www.tivityhealth.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trivity</a> <a href="https://www.lifeshield.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LifeShield</a> <a href="https://www.directv.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DirectTV</a> <a href="https://www.sju.edu/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SJU</a> <a href="http://att.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AT&amp;T</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Netscape</a> <a href="https://www.safeguard.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Safeguard Scientifics</a> <a href="https://www.llrpartners.com/team-member/ira-lubert/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ira Lubert</a> <a href="https://www.ebay.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">eBay</a> <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yahoo</a> <a href="http://www.lycos.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lycos</a> <a href="https://digital.com/about/altavista/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AltaVista</a> <a href="https://askjeeves.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AskJeeves</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Walsh_(businessman)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mark Walsh</a> <a href="https://www.aol.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AOL</a> <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft</a> <a href="https://www.softbank.jp/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SoftBank</a> <a href="https://www.bt.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">British Telecom</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satya_Nadella" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Satya Nadella</a> <a href="https://www.webmd.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WebMD</a> <a href="https://newspringcapital.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NewSpring Capital</a> <a href="https://www.blackstone.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blackstone</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehman_Brothers" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lehman Brothers</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawnzier" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dawn Zier, CEO of Nutrisystem</a> <a href="https://www.crunchbase.com/person/louis-stilp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Louis A. Stilp</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Steve Jobs</a> <a href="http://APPLE.COM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Apple</a> <a href="https://www.adt.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ADT</a> <a href="https://www.xfinity.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Comcast</a> <a href="https://www.verizonwireless.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Verizon</a> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/stores/Ring/Ring/page/77B53039-540E-4816-BABB-49AA21285FCF" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Amazon Ring</a>

Mike Hagan — Founder, Operator, Investor and CEO of Hawk Capital

The holidays are fast approaching, and we are here to solve all of your stationery related gift-giving issues. Tune in as Andy and Johnny are joined by Mike Hagan from Leadfast as we help you out during this stressful time of year, before which we share our own holiday dream wishlists.This episode is one again sponsored by In Defense of Paper, making high-quality notebooks sourced and manufactured in the US. Visit indefenseofpaper.com/erasable to check them out, and use coupon code erasable to save $5 off your purchase.

The holidays are fast approaching, and we are here to solve all of your stationery related gift-giving issues. Tune in as Andy and Johnny are joined by Mike Hagan from Leadfast as we help you out during this stressful time of year, before which we share our own holiday dream wishlists.This episode is one again sponsored by <a href="http://indefenseofpaper.com/erasable" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In Defense of Paper</a>, making high-quality notebooks sourced and manufactured in the US. Visit <a href="http://indefenseofpaper.com/erasable" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">indefenseofpaper.com/erasable</a> to check them out, and use coupon code erasable to save $5 off your purchase.

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