•   CHAPTER 11   •

Your First Hire

Bringing Entrepreneurial Energy and Agility to a New Skill Set

Many entrepreneurs, no matter how savvy they are about business, have relatively little recruiting experience. If this describes you, join the club. It may be that you were always too busy with other business issues to get deeply involved in the hiring process. It may be that until your recent growth spurt, your company didn’t have many hiring needs. It may be that you’ve emigrated recently from the corporate world and always had human resources professionals to help with your people requirements. And of course, it’s possible that you’ve recently opened your first business and have never needed to hire anyone before.

Whatever your situation, it’s ...

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