Building a business is scary, challenging, frustrating, but above all, ultimately fun. It's a rush to know your company is getting bigger.
And because it is, and because the work tends to pile up so far so fast, you might be in a hurry to add people to your team. That's understandable.
But whether this is your first hire or your 40th, it's a good idea to ask these two questions before you start issuing anyone a W-2.
1. What are we missing?
You always want complementary skills. Some people only think this is required at the beginning, when you look to find a Ms. Outside to your Mr. Inside. But they are not thinking big enough.
Yes, of course, when you are first getting under way, you want someone who offsets your weaknesses with his or her strengths.
But even when you are growing, you want to keep that concept in mind. Companies, departments, and teams take on characteristics of their own and they can become over-indexed in an area. You can end up with too many number crunchers or too many people who are great at strategy but not enough who are implementers. Balance is important at every stage of a company's growth. When things get out of whack, problems usually follow.
And that brings us to point 2...
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Source: Paul B. Brown (www.inc.com)
