312. Q&A: Hiring & Where To Begin
Powerhouse Women
Lindsey Schwartz
4.9 • 912 Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
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In this episode we talk about:
- The top traits we consider when we're looking to hire
- A super helpful exercise to calculate the value of your time
- What to do if you can't afford help
- Hannah's journey from working in real estate startups to eventually becoming the COO of Powerhouse Women
- What to do if you have the entrepreneurial skills and mindset, but don't have a business idea
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EPISODE TIMELINE & DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
( 0:50 ) Welcome back to another episode of Powerhouse Women! Hannah, my business partner, has joined me for another Q&A episode.
( 3:04 ) Hannah shares some background on her hiring experience.
( 4:03 ) Lindsey asks Hannah, "What would you say is most people's very first hire?
( 5:19 ) Lindsey reads a question submitted by Adrian. "What are some of the key things to look for when hiring a personal or executive assistant?"
( 7:44 ) Hannah asks Linsdey what she looks for when hiring.
( 9:50 ) Hannah reads a second question from Lisa. "What if you cannot afford help?"
( 11:01 ) Lindsey shares a tool for figuring out the value of your time.
( 16:22 ) Lindsey reads a question from Natalie. "Where do entrepreneurs go to find people to work with them?"
( 17:04 ) Hannah explains how she worked in startups instead of creating her own business.
( 18:53 ) Lindsey asks Hannah, "How would someone go about finding startups? Where did you look or what did you look for?"
( 21:38 ) Lindsey says, "You have to then act like that is your business and show up as an entrepreneur in that business."
( 24:45 ) Hannah shares her lightbulb moment when she realized she wanted to invest her time and passion into startups.
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| 0:00.0 | Just realize that if you really go to the heart of what's generating the impact that then |
| 0:04.4 | turns into revenue and the income side of things, you can probably save money in certain areas |
| 0:10.1 | and make more than you can use to invest in people who buy back your time. |
| 0:15.5 | And I think that's the place to look. |
| 0:18.8 | Welcome to Powerhouse Women, the podcast for women who know they are ready for more. |
| 0:25.6 | I'm Lindsay Schwartz, your host and the founder of Powerhouse Women, and together we'll |
| 0:30.8 | unlock the confidence and clarity you are looking for to help you get out of your own way |
| 0:36.5 | and into action around your next big idea. |
| 0:40.3 | Hey everyone, welcome back to another Q&A episode. These are really my favorite, number one, because I love to answer questions directly from you, |
| 0:58.9 | but also because I get to hang out and talk with one of my favorite people who I talk to all the time. |
| 1:04.9 | So if you don't already know, Hannah, the CEO of Powerhouse Women, and I'm just excited for this episode today because we're going to talk |
| 1:12.0 | about one of your favorite topics, which is hiring. Hello, hello. Yes, I am so excited. This is |
| 1:18.2 | something I just love talking about. I feel like in my past life, I might have worked in HR or something |
| 1:23.3 | because hiring, just hiring and finding the right people in roles really just gets me going. |
| 1:31.8 | It's the best feeling in the world to do that. |
| 1:34.1 | So I'm excited to answer some awesome questions today. |
| 1:36.8 | So these questions really are going to be speaking to those of you who are going to be at the point where you know you need |
| 1:45.5 | help, but you just kind of don't know the right approach or who you need or how to find the right |
| 1:52.1 | person. So if you already have a big team, we're going to be talking about more of like those |
| 1:56.5 | first few key hires, maybe just getting your first support person. And the last question I was |
| 2:03.2 | actually really excited about, because this is something we love to chat about. We'll get to that |
| 2:07.2 | in a few minutes. But it's something that we do talk a lot about in the mastermind and other |
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