Joshua NelsonSeven Figure Agency · Mentor / Coach at Seven Figure Agency

The Hire I Wish I Made Sooner in My Agency

Name: The Hire I Wish I Made Sooner in My Agency
Uploaded: 2026-05-13T15:33:25+00:00
Duration: 20 s
Channel: Joshua Nelson
Description: In this brief excerpt, the speaker reflects on hiring priorities within an agency. They stress the need to bring on operations staff and account managers…

13 May 2026 · 0 min

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In this brief excerpt, the speaker reflects on hiring priorities within an agency. They stress the need to bring on operations staff and account managers as quickly as possible to support day‑to‑day functions and client relationships. The speaker then admits that, in hindsight, they should have hired a dedicated sales person earlier. By handling sales themselves for an extended period, they limited their ability to think strategically and pursue larger, higher‑level opportunities. The overall message is a cautionary lesson about the opportunity cost of delaying key hires, especially sales, in a growing agency.

You have to hire operations as quickly as possible. You have to hire account management as quickly as possible. The one hire I probably would have hired sooner would have been sales because that was something I was doing and something I had capacity in. But I was like, okay, why I need to be sales? I sat in that seat for a very long time, which prevented me from being more strategic and looking for bigger opportunities at the higher level. So I probably would have hired that.