If you aren’t growing, you are dying, but the hardest part about growing is maintaining quality. As you hire more folks, expand to new locations, industries, etc. it becomes increasingly challenging to maintain the high quality you provided to your clients when you first started. It’s an incredibly difficult problem and so we reached out to some phenomenal entrepreneurs and asked them to share their stories, experiences and insights on the topic with us below.

Jannie Teitelbaum

I started as a one-person show in my kitchen. I was personally making every pie filling and every batch of dough by myself. I was in control of all the ingredients and how each pie was prepared. As I grew I had to “let go” and have others do some cooking and pie assembly. It was hard at first but as long as I kept tasting and overseeing the final product, it got easier to let others help with the process. When the business was growing faster than I could keep up with, I had to continue that same process. Read more>>

Kaidy J. Solesky

Our mission at Nina Nieves has always been to create a beautifully crafted product that inspires the person wearing it. Inspiration can come from many places, but when you put on a cape – the ultimate statement piece – it’s just an instant confidence booster. We believe in quality over quantity when it comes to garments and that’s what we want to deliver to our customers. We focus on using quality fabrics, production is made in America and our capes have handmade elements, truly making it a luxury product – one of a kind. Read more>>

Ben Jinkins

Agencies live in a fantasy world where quality creative work is pumped out fast and cheap. The reality is that you always get what you pay for. So how do you deliver quality work in a timely manner, please your clients and still make a profit? Here are a few things I’ve learned in my more than ten years of experience in the creative industry. Read more>>