You're working 60 hours a week, making good money, clients love you—but you're exhausted. If that sounds familiar, this episode is for you.

In "From Solo to Team: Making Your First Hire Without Losing Your Mind," we're talking about that terrifying, exhilarating leap from doing everything yourself to actually trusting someone else with your business.
Here's what we cover:
→Why hiring for your weaknesses (not just your overflow) changes everything
→The real cost of "no one will do it as well as I do"—and why it's the grandest illusion in entrepreneurship
→How to start small without hiring from desperation (spoiler: contractors and project-based help count as "team")
→The emotional transition of stepping into the CEO seat—and why you might grieve the doer role
→What it actually means to be a boss when you've had terrible bosses yourself

The big permission piece: Team doesn't mean 30 employees. It can mean one person for five hours a week. And before you can delegate anything, you need to document it first. Because 80% done by someone else beats 100% done by you at 2 a.m. every single time.

00:00 From Solopreneur to Team Player
02:48 The Importance of Hiring for Strengths
08:44 Trust and Communication in Hiring
12:55 Establishing Processes for Team Success
17:16 Hiring at the Right Time
19:04 Navigating Difficult Conversations
19:36 Setting New Hires Up for Success
22:15 The Importance of Feedback and Growth
23:00 Embracing the CEO Identity
26:03 Preparing for Growth and Change
27:43 Establishing Processes for Team Expansion
30:20 Letting Go and Embracing New Roles
32:03 Redefining Leadership and Responsibility
34:32 Intentions Behind Hiring
36:25 The Emotional Journey of Transitioning
38:26 Honest Brew - BG_3.mp4
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A candid conversation between three seasoned business women who've been in the trenches of entrepreneurship. We bridge the gap between the glamorous just market and sell advice and the reality of what it takes to build a sustainable business. While most business content focuses on marketing, branding, OR operations in isolation, we bring all three worlds together. Because your brand culture needs to live in every system you create, your operations need to support your brand promise, and your marketing needs the infrastructure to deliver on what it sells.

We're here for the solopreneurs ready to grow beyond themselves, the partnership survivors rebuilding stronger, and anyone tired of business advice that treats branding, marketing, and operations as separate planets when they're part of one ecosystem.

HOSTS

Cheale Villa, Visual Caffeine, visualcaffeine.com / Monique Johnson, MoJo Design, ...