How A Highly-Ranked Amazon Store Transitioned From A Two-Man Business To Hiring Its First Employees

Sometimes as a one- or two-person business grows and has the opportunity to serve more customers, it makes sense to add traditional employees. In some cases, it’s more cost-effective than working with contractors. It might make sense to pay a talented graphic designer $150 an hour for a ten-hour project but if you need the same designer for forty hours a week for an indefinite period, you’ll probably be able to negotiate a discount in exchange for giving the designer the certainty of a steady income. 

More important, if you’re going after big projects or orders or expanding your business, you need to know that you can deliver what you promised. Having staff can ensure that you do. “Going from solo entrepreneur to building a team around you and scaling is heavily dependent on the ability to hire more people and build out a sufficient team,” says Tal Masica, 32,

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