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.

Clayton Savage

Spiritual Therapy is comprised of three original members to date from day one, June 2013 Jeanetta Carr, my wife D’Anna Savage and yours truly Clayton Savage. Of course there were others however, things happen, circumstances arise, situations occur causing a shift in the plans of evolving. Nonetheless Jeanetta Carr and my wife have always been there. Read more>>

Katie Helms

What I’ve seen after being in the back ends of dozens of businesses across the globe, is that most small businesses waste $10-140k each year on bad hiring decisions. It was just me at the beginning, me and the accountant. Then I had a board and co-teachers for a while, which is like having a team except they were paying me! My first few hires inside my own business were messy, personal hires for barter that ended in disappointment (and no results). As business owners, we want to wait to hire until we have more stable income, but what’s true is that we need to hire BEFORE we feel ready, most of the time. We know we’re doing too much, and after a few bad experiences, we hire someone to take some things off our plate for project A, but then we either don’t know how to manage other people, don’t give enough information for the hire to give good results, or we get bored waiting and are on to projects B & C before we get receivables for the first idea. Often, we learn and hone skills and professional expertise and then lack the management or interviewing skills to get or keep the team we need. Read more>>