Business Lessons with Israel Whitley... How I Built Aotearoa Labour Hire Into a $30 Million Business at 28

This week on Business in Between we're revisiting our chat with Izzy Whitley from 2023. Izzy is one of New Zealand’s most successful, self-made men under 30. At 29 he has founded two businesses that do over $30 million a year in revenue and has the world at his feet. But things weren’t always so smooth.  In the full episode of this podcast, on the Between Two Beers feed, you can hear about his incredible rise; from his humble beginnings in Gisborne to leaving home at 16 and dropping out of uni. At the age of 21 he had lost his father to suicide, suffered two heart attacks himself, and was dealing with his trauma, alone, with nothing, in an Auckland hospital. That’s when he had the idea to start Auckland labour hire, by contracting himself out to construction sites.  And that's where we pick up this conversation from, the building of his business.Auckland Labour Hire is now Aotearoa Labour Hire, with 11 branches around the country and a short-term goal of $100 million in annual revenue.  Izzy’s story is captivating and his mindset is inspirational. We both left this recording quite blown away. His approach to life, adversity and using his time – is just different... and is probably the most dialled in under 30 we’ve ever spoken too.  Enjoy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.