Oct 16, 2026 · 43 min · 11 segments
Meet Will Deatherage, founder of Catholics for Hire, who launched his business while still in college and working other jobs -- and without formal business training. Learn how what began as an earnest…
Andreas WidmerHostRebecca TetiHostAnd the contractors are very grateful because obviously there's a lot of work that goes into looking for your own book of clients.
And another thing that I realized fairly early on when I started the company is there's a lot of talented folks in design and coding, but they might not always be the most... social folks or entrepreneurial minded folks.
So part of my personal mission is how can we find the unique talents of each person that works with Catholics for Hire and really help them to grow?
It's the classic issue and people who listen, who start companies, they know it or are about to find out.
And if you either sell or deliver, then eventually it's going to grab you like a noose and finish the business because of cash flow issues.
And so one of the things that always fascinated me is that you're the whaler and there's people behind you who process and they get to do what they're good at.
And that's why I was so astonished that you were, well, maybe because you're a politics major, that you actually are a sales guy, like you know how to bring the whale in and then other people deliver.
You created a business model that really gives freedom to everybody involved, but still doesn't, you know, ideally doesn't have droughts, not sickly.
We're following in the footsteps of St. Carlo Bakoudis, who himself was a digital genius, especially coming out of the 90s and all.
One of the challenges that I mentioned to you guys over email was definitely the idea of letting go.
And the contractors are very grateful because obviously there's a lot of work that goes into looking for your own book of clients.
And another thing that I realized fairly early on when I started the company is there's a lot of talented folks in design and coding, but they might not always be the most... social folks or entrepreneurial minded folks.
So part of my personal mission is how can we find the unique talents of each person that works with Catholics for Hire and really help them to grow?
It's the classic issue and people who listen, who start companies, they know it or are about to find out.
And if you either sell or deliver, then eventually it's going to grab you like a noose and finish the business because of cash flow issues.
And so one of the things that always fascinated me is that you're the whaler and there's people behind you who process and they get to do what they're good at.
And that's why I was so astonished that you were, well, maybe because you're a politics major, that you actually are a sales guy, like you know how to bring the whale in and then other people deliver.
You created a business model that really gives freedom to everybody involved, but still doesn't, you know, ideally doesn't have droughts, not sickly.
We're following in the footsteps of St. Carlo Bakoudis, who himself was a digital genius, especially coming out of the 90s and all.
One of the challenges that I mentioned to you guys over email was definitely the idea of letting go.
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