How did you personally decide when it was time to hire your first employee or contractor instead of doing everything yourself? I’m constantly torn between “I can’t afford help” and “I can’t grow without help".

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can you do it with a VA (virtual assistant ) or temp? to see if you really need to have a person full time

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I'm at that crossroads right now. I'm putting in 70 hours or so each week and there's still so much to get done. I'm realizing that there's no chance of me making this work without an extra hand or two, so I'm spending the weekend doing some research and then going to start writing up job descriptions and reaching out to freelancers. Kind of exciting, kind of terrifying.

So much to do, too few hours, overburdened, progress frustratingly slow. A common challenge I hear often. Perhaps it’s not a contractor or employee you require, but a cofounder, someone with complimentary expertise to shorten your time to market. It’s a given that if your building a growth venture you won’t do it alone, your eventually going to find yourself looking for a CTO, CMO, COO, CFO. Hire On an earned equity basis.

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