325 - Are You Ready to Hire? Learn the Hidden Costs.

Become Your Own Boss: Tips for Starting and Growing Your Own Small Business · Oct 16, 2026 · 24m

What You Don't Know About Hiring Could Cost Your Business

Is hiring your first employee the key to business growth, or could it create challenges you never saw coming?

Hiring employees is an exciting milestone, but becoming an employer involves more than writing a paycheck. In this episode of Become Your Own Boss, Monica Allen shares lessons from over 20 years of entrepreneurship, including costly surprises, hiring mistakes, and leadership challenges that changed how she builds and manages her team.

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