
Why Most Agency Owners Hire the Wrong People ft. David Ragno
The best investment you can ever make? Yourself.
"I took a 70% pay cut at 25 just to get my foot in the door. Whether I made money at it or not, it was going to provide me tremendous value long term."
David Ragno started at Travelers crunching big data and analytics—making good money, safe career path, comfortable future. Then he walked away from it all to work an entry-level role at Keys Coverage in South Florida.
70% pay cut. Zero title.
He just wanted to understand insurance at a micro level, not from a spreadsheet.
Nine years later, he's the CEO. Fifteen acquisitions. Expanding across…
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