Nerdy Business: Building the Right Team

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast

NerdWallet Personal Finance

Business, Education, Investing, How To

4.2 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2022

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Starting a successful business means building the right team — and knowing when not to cut corners when hiring employees and partners. This episode, Sean and small-business Nerd Rosalie Murphy talk with Mariyah Saifuddin, co-owner of IT consulting firm Innovative Solution Partners. She shares what she’s learned over 20 years in business, from choosing the right vendors to continually diversifying your customer base. To send the Nerds your money questions, call or text the Nerd hotline at 901-730-6373 or email [email protected]. Like what you hear? Please leave us a review and tell a friend. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.2	Welcome to the NerdWallet Smart Money Podcast, where we typically answer your personal finance questions and help you feel a little smarter about what you do with your money. I'm Sean Piles.
0:44.3	And I'm Rosalie Murphy, a nerd wallet writer focused on small business. Today we have another installment in our nerdy business series in which we interview entrepreneurs about starting and growing their companies.
0:54.8	So Rosalie, who is our guest this episode?
0:57.0	Today we are talking with Maria Sefoudin. She is the co-owner of Innovative Solution Partners,
1:02.6	which is an IT consulting firm based in the Detroit area. And she has been running this family-owned
1:08.0	company for about 20 years. Great. Maria, welcome to Smart Money.
1:12.7	Thank you.
1:13.2	Thanks for having me.
1:14.6	Maria, I would love to start at the beginning.
1:17.2	What has your career path looked like?
1:19.1	Where did you start?
1:19.9	And how did you come to launch a company?
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