Hiring your first employee often kills more businesses than it saves.
Every dollar spent on salary is a dollar that could have funded growth. The solo founder realizes this too late. This book presents the contractor-first framework: a systematic approach to building a $500K+ revenue business using only freelancers, agencies, and automation. You will learn how to identify which tasks to keep internal, how to manage a remote team of contractors, and how to structure projects for maximum output without the overhead of payroll. Stop trading time for money. Start building a lean, scalable operation that works for you.
Malcolm Pierce
Explores finance, institutional power, and economic crises through narrative-driven nonfiction aimed at broad audiences.
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