Logan Merrick — Headhunting elite Philippine talent for growing businesses 🥇 Hard-to-reach strategic hires ♟️ No ongoing fees 🤝 Building 7-figure biz w my wife on 4hrs/day ⏱️ Sharing the failures that cost me $3.5M 💀
Headhunting elite Philippine talent for growing businesses 🥇 Hard-to-reach strategic hires ♟️ No ongoing fees 🤝 Building 7-figure biz w my wife on 4hrs/day ⏱️ Sharing the failures that cost me $3.5M 💀
Logan Merrick ranks #90 of 18,566 LinkedIn creators in Staffing & Recruiting, and is a standout voice in New Zealand. They have 21.3K followers and published 19 posts in the last 60 days at a 2.4% average engagement rate.
- 21.3K followers
- 19 posts / 60d
- 2.4% avg engagement
- 1.9K follower growth / 30d
The roast
Logan claims he scaled his business to $500k a month while working four hours a week, which explains why his LinkedIn content is the literary equivalent of a Craigslist ad for a bridge in Brooklyn. It’s comforting to know the only thing he’s actually headhunting is the gullible.
About Logan
At 23, I built a $3.5M ARR dev agency.But I made a fatal mistake, and lost it all.I was working 96 hr weeks. 7 days straight.I had no life. And burnout became my bi-weekly rest-day.I was completely miserable.Depressed even.But I wanted to win so badly. So I kept pushing. Squeezed every ounce of blood I had into it.Until it collapsed... and I lost everything.My $3.5M business, my income, my reputation: gone.(*flush* down the toilet)The big mistake?I'd spent 5 years optimising for cost.Not outcomes.I hired cheap. And it cost me my time. My health. And ultimately, my business.I was completely broke. And in massive debt.But also, wiser.—With bills to pay, I started a new business.But this time, I did it differently.I focused on building strong systems. To free my time. And to never be the bottleneck again.So I headhunted elite talent (in the Philippines).Documented processes for everything.Automated what I could.Within 10 months it scaled to $165k MRR.(While I only worked 5hrs /week)And in 3 years, we:> hit $500K/month. Still... 5 hrs/week> had warehouses in 4 countries> hired a General Manager (in PH)—In 2024, I sold my brand to a larger US company.And started Wilbound with my wife.Headhunting elite Philippines talent for growing businesses.Our talent has worked for companies like Google, Vayner Media, IBM, Accenture and more.Here's what you'll find on my feed:→ Lessons from 150+ hires for founders→ The founder mistake that cost me $3.5M→ How we're building a 7-figure income on 4hrs a dayIf that sounds useful, hit follow.
Highlights
- Top 5% Impact — 517 avg engagements per post
- Top 5% in New Zealand — Ranked #1 of 56 creators
- Top 5% in Staffing & Recruiting — Ranked #2 of 86 creators
- Top 5% Creator — 19 posts in 30 days
Recent posts
I made an exciting new hire. "I'll kill you" Off to a rocky start: → Zero sales in 4 months. "Relationship building" → Took a job elsewhere. "Growth minded" → Quit with zero notice. "Took decisive action" → Demanded payment for unclosed deals. "Confident" → Threatened to kill me if I didn't pay. "Passionate" → Got a criminal record for it. "Life experience" → New job fell through. "Character building" → Asked for his job back. "Hard pivot" Some minor teething issues. Unfortunately, we had to pass. ——— Honoured he still uses me as a professional reference.
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I made an exciting new hire. "I'll kill you" Off to a rocky start: → Zero sales in 4 months. "Relationship building" → Took a job elsewhere. "Growth minded" → Quit with zero notice. "Took decisive action" → Demanded payment for unclosed deals. "Confident" → Threatened to kill me if I didn't pay. "Passionate" → Got a criminal record for it. "Life experience" → New job fell through. "Character building" → Asked for his job back. "Hard pivot" Some minor teething issues. Unfortunately, we had to pass. ——— Honoured he still uses me as a professional reference.
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"This isn't top talent" My jaw tightened. But she was right. The founder of a DTC wellness brand wanted a Senior DTC Designer for ads and emails. "We'll get you a Philippine designer for US$1800 a month. No worries" My arrogance was dripping off that last line. We went to market. Came back, and presented our candidates. "I need a DTC expert. These aren't experts." F—k! My face went hot with embarrassment. Then: "My friend told me $1800 a month is cheap. And $2700+ is expert-level." Right again! I felt like such a turd-burger. I'm the "top-talent expert" and here I am quoting bargain
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Last updated 2026-08-01