Lauren Bateman advises early-stage entrepreneurs that they typically do not need full-time employees. Instead, she recommends hiring a part-time virtual assistant or admin to handle tasks like email and customer service so the owner can focus on income-producing activities (sales and marketing) to maximize return on time.
In the beginning, do you need an employee? Probably not. A lot of people can get a lot done by just hiring a part time virtual assistant or even an admin. Just someone to help you out with emails. Customer service. Because as the business owner, you're wearing all the hats. In the beginning, you got to do everything. You're the salesperson, you're the marketing, and you need to free up your space again to put as much time towards those income producing items. You need to spend as much time on that as possible because that's where you're going to get the most bang for your buck.
