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.

Ricardo Gudino

In the beginning I was working in a specialty cupcake shop when cupcakes were a craze. I then had the opportunity to become the owner and this is when I had to learn how to build and maintain a team of employees. It was scary and I doubted myself. Read more>>

Susanna Herlitz-Ferguson

MV Salads is a seasonal business on Martha’s Vineyard, happily catering to the onslaught of summer vacationers and relying mostly on temporary help. Read more>>