Lesson 9

This week’s lesson was a reiteration of who to hire and base it upon the person and not their qualifications.  Throughout the week we have been beating a dead horse on who to hire, now this is usually used in a negative connotation, but this week it is very important because it is probably one of the biggest mistakes that new entrepreneurs makes and old entrepreneurs need to be reminded of.  When hiring a person it is important to “get to know them,” and having a hour interview isn’t really a good sample test for a person.  Doing at least two interview will allow you to see the candidate twice in two different settings and allow you to see who they truly are.

Remembering that the most important aspect of an employee it their capability to mold, conform and embrace the culture of the business.  Yes you might have Joe that has done programing for IBM since 1980 but if he can’t mold and support the differences of your company, then he will be a hindrance and someone that you are fighting the entire time to become the most productive. Make sure they fit correctly and if they don’t, fire them asap because it will be better for them as well as your company.

For my $100 Challenge, I am having personal challenges, mainly not selling any stationaries as well as planned.  It seems that it was going to be easy to sell these “thank you” cards but it really hasn’t been.  I am afraid that I will either fail at this assignment or end up being my own customer and buying all of them, which of course is counterproductive. To ensure that I sell more I am thinking about increasing the price, having to low of a price might be indicating that they are not up to quality that my customer would like, as well I can sell less to achieve the $100 challenge.