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.
Gavin Peterson
A reality of digital photography that I was unprepared for was the amount of time it takes after the shoot to edit the final images. Products like Lightroom and Photoshop are great tools that can sometimes save a bad photo or make a good photo great. However, I found that especially with large shoots, I was spending an inordinate amount of time trying to select the best photos and edit them to the quality I envisioned. To grow the business effectively, I would either need to hire more people or figure out a more efficient process. Read more>>
Isiah Davis
As our company continue to grow we must continue to be innovative and adaptable. Our eagerness for high performance along with setting internal goals create those opportunities for advancing. We work hard to be a better company and and acquire better people for our company every day. Our organization of systems and methodologies gives us a complete image and reputation which allow us to grow steadily. I tell myself when I first get out of bed as a agent of change, “Don’t let fear triumphing over rationality.” Read more>>
Jason Drumwright
Well for us, there isn’t anything more important to our brand than quality. We didn’t set out to create a successful RTD company. We set out to bottle the absolute best cocktails we could manage. There are plenty of companies sacrificing quality for profit, and that just isn’t interesting to us. We constantly hit dead ends in production/expansion because of potential loss of quality. One of the greatest compliments we have been honored to receive came from Chef Gillespie who recently told a room full of foodies that our cocktails were truly craft and high quality. That is the bar for us. Now we just need to focus on growing ;) Read more>>
A.R. Mauriella
Having the right team around your vision and business is essential. Realistically, there’s only so much we can do by ourselves as business owners. Bringing in the right people who are proficient in their roles can make a big difference as a company grows. This is something I have experienced personally with expanding Arturo Rose as a company because I am now obligated to meet certain deadlines with collections due to partnerships and contracts we may have with retail stores , distributors , etc. it also plays a big influence on the overall quality of your product or service that your business offers , and doing that on a consistent basis. Read more>>