Managing the Business
Moving Beyond a Team of 1
Check out this article by Andrew Neitlich on moving from an independant contractor to a business owner. He makes some solid points about the decision process (making sure you are up to the task) and then walks you through 4 business approaches/models to consider.
We learned two really good lessons this week. Why do good lessons always cost thousand of dollars?
Lesson #1: Manage The Right People
Our most expensive contractor costs us a lot of money and he is totally worth it. Problem was, Peter & I spent so much time running around managing our Jr’s and making sure they knew what they were doing, we didn’t pay him or his project enough attention. In retrospection, we innately assumed, at that rate he should manage himself. Truth be told, he did well, but did not approach things as we would have preferred (it happens).
The problem is that when your $15/hr Jr. goes astray, that’s one thing. When your head developer or project manager goes astray , that is insanely more expensive. So thousands of dollars later we are back on track and got a good lesson. Manage the right people.
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