Risk & Business Magazine CMW Spring 2017 | Page 14

ONE DAY A WEEK
One Day A Week
This Entrepreneur More Than Doubled His
M
Revenue By Cutting His Hours
urray Seward cut his
hours to 10 hours a week,
yet he has grown his
Survivor-style adventure
outing business from $3
million to $8 million in revenue in just
three years. Here’s how.
In 2013, Murray Seward’s firm, the
Outback Group of companies, was stuck
at around $3 million in annual revenue.
Since then, revenues in its core business
— consisting of team-building operations
Canadian Outback Adventures & Events
and American Outback Adventures &
Events — have grown 166% and profits
have ticked up by 333%. Meanwhile,
Seward has reduced his hou