Overwhelmingly, media coverage of team building, hiring, training, etc. is often geared towards the issues faced by HR at Fortune 500 sized companies. Even when it’s positioned as advice for small business owners it is often coming from an executive or consultant working primarily with giant corporations. We think it’s far more relevant to hear from small and medium business owners who have successfully grown their businesses – and so we asked some very talented folks to tell us the stories of their initial hires and the struggles and lessons they can share.

D’Angelo Lowe

When I first started, there were no employees it was just me. It was a daily grind. I worked long hours and went hard every single day. I would even shadow other attorneys in court, almost as if I wasn’t a practicing attorney myself, because I wanted to truly learn the ropes and make sure I understood the law at a deep level. Read More>>

Jesse Jones

At the beginning it was just me. I grew up in a family of business owners and always knew I wanted to run my own company. For the first 7-8 years out of law school, I felt stuck – I could only consistently do two of the three things I cared most about: be present with my wife and kids, build meaningful relationships with potential clients, and do interesting legal work. I thought starting my own firm would solve that tension. Surprisingly, it didn’t magically solve it. Haha. But it did give me ownership over how to build something better. Read More>>

Gerardo Escudero Samara

I have never built a company completely alone. I believe in building with collaborators and strategic allies. Even when a company is small, the vision is bigger than one person. And as we grow, that belief only becomes stronger. Read More>>