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.
Diana Skellenger
About 6 years ago when I started Skelly Build I did EVERYTHING on my own, and when I say everything I mean it. :) I had full emotional support from my husband until he joined the business a couple years later but for the first year or two I cleaned toilets when necessary, did payroll, sales, project management on site, procurement of materials, monitoring and hiring sub contractors, etc. Read more>>
Glen Stilson
We have never used a ‘Help Wanted’ ad, so to speak, to build our team. Everyone that works with us now came to us organically, and that is what has helped us to build such a strong team. Some of them approached us with a cold call, some were people working in similar industries who wanted a new challenge, some are from personal recommendations from our team, and a few of our people even started as clients. Read more>>
Marcel Nuby
Building my team has been the best experience. All the people that are with me now I’ve built relationships with. I consider them as family more than friends or employees.I definitely don’t think my team is conventional. I wouldn’t change a thing. Read more>>
Drew + Ricky Greenwood + Reina
Yes! We know how important a good staff is to any business and our thrives on it! We have carefully curated a team of gentlemen with years of service industry experience. A good attitude and fun energy aren’t the only qualifiers to our men – professionalism is one of our key attributes when finding employees because we know every party is different. The vibe of every crowd beats to the tune of their own drum. Our gentlemen match the energy and appropriately cater to it to create memories and a fun weekend – we even take out the trash! Read more>>
Dorian Morgan
WeekendDrift my Media Company I established in 2012 in Kennesaw Georgia when I was 14 years old. I started off doing Artists Management December 2015-December 2018, I worked with 3 different artists. 4estBlue , KREEPXX , FastAti. The process I would go through in my mind to pick a artist is the same process an Occult leader would go through. I have a charismatic leader personality so there’s things an artist needs to be successful in my eyes this isn’t every situation just how WeekendDrift would be represented if there was a artist roster. Read more>>