Again, you’re probably thinking, “Sounds great, Jessica, but I’m still figuring out how to pay myself regularly, let alone salaries for six people.”

I did not and do not pay each of these people a salary. Now find out exactly how each team member gets paid.

If you read my blog over the past few weeks, I’ve talked about THE BIGGEST mistake most creative entrepreneurs are making: not building an effective team. After reading those posts, you know I left off by encouraging you to identify your strengths as the leader of your team. You can’t possibly know how to build a team until you know what skills you do have, and which skills you’re lacking! Identifying our strengths gives us the power to own our own tasks and delegate effectively.

If you’ve been keeping up with the blog, you know we’ve been talking about how build your business team from the ground up. To dive even deeper than those blog posts, I also made a video to share how building my team totally changed the game for me and my business.

When I first acquired my business, it was an event rental business that came with a full staff. After I decided I wanted to do florals exclusively, I was told that I didn’t need all the employees I had, but I was absolutely determined to keep everyone. This ended up being a mistake.