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I’m at something of a business crisis point at present - managing growth.

Simply put, my workload is far too large for me to handle.

This is a big part of trying to expand my business - not so much client side, but general services side.

Because I’ve always been a hands-on person, I used to do everything - then slowly began to outsource little things here and there.

Now, there is so much admin work - webmastering, design, development, domain management, software install/backup, sites site up, etc etc etc - that I simply cannot cope with it all.

There’s been some interesting trial and error, and cursing myself for not networking enough earlier - I’m outsourcing blind at present for many things - and paying the price (literally) in some areas.

Bottom line is - small businesses either stay as one-man shows, or expand into employers. For longevity, I think my company needs to employ - eventually move a team into offices.

While a home office has served well so far, it’s beginning to get too small - the need for staff to provide more and more duties is more pressing.

It’s become something of a crisis point because I need to solve these management issues to expand - but identifying precise remits of individual positions - and then getting people to fill them - is very difficult.

I already have around 30 freelancers working for me on a daily basis, but now even managing these is becoming a difficult time sink - I need dedicated staff to delegate clear tasks to, and manage them, without my supervision. That means a massive amount of trust and competency required.

Sometimes I really wish I’d just get bought out or hired because I’m a techie, not a salesperson, and having to take on leadership roles brings a degree of responsibility and organisation that can be tough to adapt to.

Still, I’m working on a vision - driven by a sense of destiny if you wish - and somewhere out there is an end game where I grow a big business and use it to entirely fund charitable work. I’m driven by trying to achieve that goal.

So I must learn to tackle these management issues.

Reader beware - managing growth is the most challenging aspect of business I’ve ever had to deal with, and if I do manage to grow staff-wise, I can see the challenges becoming even greater - all the more reason to grapple and succeed with the issue now, and for the future.

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