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Karin here from the Being Boss team and in this series, we're bringing back some of our

favorite conversations from the episode archives. In this clip, Emily and Cory discuss why making

the first hire in your business can feel overwhelming. They cover the resources you should review

prior to making a hire as well as the different ways you can bring help into your business.

If you want to hear more of this conversation, check out episode 290, what to do before hiring

employees for your small business. I have likened especially making your first hire to like

to the decision of making the leap and to going full-time into your business. It is that big of a

decision for creatives who are solopreneurs. You're opening up your container and the universe

just fills it every single time. Granted, I've definitely seen people hire and it be wrong

hires. Some mistakes can be made along the way, but in general, if you are hiring, if you're

making that move in your business, usually the support is there to absolutely support you in that

decision. Okay, so I'm actually glad you said mistakes because we're actually going to cover a

little bit about how to avoid those mistakes. So it's actually kind of segue into the next question.

What if you've identified that you need help, but maybe you can't afford it because it can be

an expensive thing depending on what your business is. It is absolutely expensive. I mean, hiring,

and again, so many bosses that I've coached and worked with, they will tell you the most,

like the biggest expense in their business is people. And it should be. Honestly, it really,

really should be. So it's not a bad thing, but it is also true. It's very expensive to have a team,

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