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.

Sierra Rainge-Jones

When I first embarked on my entrepreneurial journey, I wore every hat imaginable from lead sales manager, director of marketing, project manager, accountant, resolution specialist, copywriter, editor, distribution specialist, and brand strategist. Read more>>

Alyssia Maluda

Coming out of a successful wealthtech exit in 2021, my co-founders and I launched fraction.work in 2022, ready to reveal one of the keys to our success: fractional hiring. Read more>>

Kyle Hurst

When I started my business, I knew from the beginning that I would need a team to run the day-to-day operations. I still have my full-time job, so balancing my personal, professional, and small business priorities is a constant challenge. Read more>>

Loners Club

Being an artists can be very tideous. There’s so many things you can do as well as so many things you have to do to make every single part work. Read more>>

Kim Bagramian

No our business was just the four of us when we started in 2016, myself, my husband and our 2 kids. We have organically grown to hundreds of amazing volunteers and a strong team of devoted individuals whom which we are so thankful for. Read more>>

Monique Dias

I am a Production Designer for film and television, which means I oversee the look of the environment of a story. I read about a character on the page and then ideate what their surroundings would be, both from a practical standpoint and from a symbolic standpoint. Read more>>