Do you remember your first hire? There is so much that goes into building a company, but few things matter as much the quality of the team you assemble. Given the immense importance of team building, we wanted to create a series where we ask entrepreneurs who have been there and done that, to share their stories and lessons with the community.

Amy Fredericksen

I worked alone for the first 3 years in business until I decided to take the plunge into hiring a team. I was honestly going back and forth about the decision. On one hand, I felt like I was drowning and that there was not enough time in the day. Read more>>

Shannon Vincelette

I started with two employees, and worked for the better part of the first 5 years with only 2-3 employees. Both employees approached me for the job, one by applying after she saw a sign in the window that I was opening soon, and the other one by walking in the door a few weeks after opening and in her own terms “begging me for the job”. Read more>>

Maxwell Buskey & Gretta Stack

At the beginning, The Ugly Onion was a two-person team in Orono, Maine. Max & Sam (friends from Vermont) bought a wood-fired oven while studying at The University of Maine. Read more>>

Cam Kirk

When I first started my career as an entrepreneur I was my companies only employee. I worked as a videographer and photographer so I did not at the beginning see the need for a team or employees. Read more>>

Zach Sean

When we started Avengr, it was truly just the two of us – my partner Drew & I. We handled everything, from the admin work (setting up the business, taxes, etc) to the sales process (networking events, cold emails & DMs), to the nose-to-the-grindstone of actually doing the work. Read more>>