If you are going to leave being solo, don't start by bringing in people from the top. Start with the bottom.
Define one or two jobs that you are doing now that can be spun off. Perhaps customer support or material writting. Document how to do that job, then bring someone in, train them, learn how to manage them, and update you docs with what you learn that you've missed.
In this way you stay in control, you can back out if you need to, and you can gradually replace yourself with systems.
A good book on doing this is the oddly named "E-myth revisited". Just don't take everything in the book too literally.
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Remember, a startup is a search for a product that people want to buy. You already have both. That means that much of the startup advice is actually posion your company. Listen to your gut.
And good luck! I wrote a backend system for a training and certification company - I'm familiar with the nutso profit margins.
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If you are going to leave being solo, don't start by bringing in people from the top. Start with the bottom.
Define one or two jobs that you are doing now that can be spun off. Perhaps customer support or material writting. Document how to do that job, then bring someone in, train them, learn how to manage them, and update you docs with what you learn that you've missed.
In this way you stay in control, you can back out if you need to, and you can gradually replace yourself with systems.
A good book on doing this is the oddly named "E-myth revisited". Just don't take everything in the book too literally.
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Remember, a startup is a search for a product that people want to buy. You already have both. That means that much of the startup advice is actually posion your company. Listen to your gut.
And good luck! I wrote a backend system for a training and certification company - I'm familiar with the nutso profit margins.