﻿Day 6

Subject: You can't do everything, [firstname]

Hi [firstname],

When you first start out turning your idea into a business, it's likely that you (and your business partner if you have one) will be the only employee on the books, but the time will come when there will be more work than you can handle alone, and you'll need to get some help on board.

This makes sense.  After all, you're going it alone, but you don't need to do everything yourself.  Of course, to start out with you might not be able to hire full or part-time employees or have enough work for them to do.  In which case you should consider outsourcing some of the tasks.  If you're making a product, you might have to consider this from the get-go as outsourcing to a manufacturer is likely to be more cost effective that sinking big bucks into machinery for just a small manufacturing run.

For most clerical and office-based tasks you can hire freelancers as and when necessary.  Sites like guru.com have a comprehensive list of freelancers offering all sorts of skills you can hire by the job or by the hour.  You can also hire temporary clerical and admin personnel from agencies.  You'll find plenty of them in just about every city.

Eventually, though, you're going to need to take on regular employees and build a payroll.  This can be daunting at first as you're taking responsibility for somebody else's livelihood.  Start by taking on one or two part-timers, and then build up to hiring full time people.

By this point, of course, you'll probably be looking at dedicated business premises rather than working from your home office.  You can't do everything there, either, so look for managed offices or units where things like cleaning and maintenance are included in the monthly rental.  It gives you more peace of mind and less to worry about.

Warmly,

[Your Name]

PS. There's still time to grab a copy of my guide to turning your idea into a business.  Get it here: [link to sales page].


