I’ve run three startups, and each time, the most difficult part of the early stages was that I had to do everything. I did everything I could to not have to pay people. When I did pay people to do things I’m not good at, like accounting, it was such a big relief to wake up in the morning and know that work was going to get done without me actually doing it.
Here’s the problem with that outlook, though: You are dead if you hire someone for something you should be doing yourself. And in my experience, the No. 1 thing that entrepreneurs think they can hire for but shouldn’t is social media.
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Author:Penelope Trunk
