h they are most often for small start ups) and you don’t have the money to recruit these professionals. What do you do? The answer is simpler than you would think. The key to getting the pros to join your team is to offer them a piece of the business in exchange for their services. Now, you want the transfer of equity in your business to happen over time contingAs an entrepreneur you are faced with the daunting task of not only having to have a deep understanding of your product or service, you also must have a sound general knowledge of business management, record keeping, accounting, business finance, marketing, advertising, sales and law. There is also a host of other areas of business that can you must learn and many of these can only be learned by hands-on experience. This requires you to have at least above average intelligence and above average dedication to learning and personal growth. This is tough to do when you are juggling the details of setting up a business, studying and learning, trying, failing and starting all over again across a spectrum of activities. Daunting, very daunting.

As hard as you may try, there is simply not enough time in a day to be good at everything. In fact, it is impossible. You may excel administratively in 1-3 areas but not all. For example, you may be a great manager and know little or nothing about accounting and law or sales. And if you try and perform all these business tasks yourself, you will eventually crumble under the workload and you and your business will fail.

One way to overcome this problem is to surround your self with professionals and people with specialized knowledge you lack. For most start ups this means you need professional assistance with accounting, law and marketing.

Let’s assume your hands are tied financially (which they are most often for small start ups) and you don’t have the money to recruit these professionals. What do you do? The answer is simpler than you would think. The key to getting the pros to join your team is to offer them a piece of the business in exchange for their services. Now, you want the transfer of equity in your business to happen over time conting

of these can only be learned by hands-on experience. This requires you to have at least above average intelligence and above average dedication to learning and personal growth. This is tough to do when you are juggling the details of setting up a business, studying and learning, trying, failing and starting all over again across a spectrum of activities. Daunting, very daunting.

As hard as you may try, there is simply not enough time in a day to be good at everything. In fact, it is impossible. You may excel administratively in 1-3 areas but not all. For example, you may be a great manager and know little or nothing about accounting and law or sales. And if you try and perform all these business tasks yourself, you will eventually crumble under the workload and you and your business will fail.

One way to overcome this problem is to surround your self with professionals and people with specialized knowledge you lack. For most start ups this means you need professional assistance with accounting, law and marketing.

Let’s assume your hands are tied financially (which they are most often for small start ups) and you don’t have the money to recruit these professionals. What do you do? The answer is simpler than you would think. The key to getting the pros to join your team is to offer them a piece of the business in exchange for their services. Now, you want the transfer of equity in your business to happen over time conting

, very daunting.

As hard as you may try, there is simply not enough time in a day to be good at everything. In fact, it is impossible. You may excel administratively in 1-3 areas but not all. For example, you may be a great manager and know little or nothing about accounting and law or sales. And if you try and perform all these business tasks yourself, you will eventually crumble under the workload and you and your business will fail.

One way to overcome this problem is to surround your self with professionals and people with specialized knowledge you lack. For most start ups this means you need professional assistance with accounting, law and marketing.

Let’s assume your hands are tied financially (which they are most often for small start ups) and you don’t have the money to recruit these professionals. What do you do? The answer is simpler than you would think. The key to getting the pros to join your team is to offer them a piece of the business in exchange for their services. Now, you want the transfer of equity in your business to happen over time conting

u will eventually crumble under the workload and you and your business will fail.

One way to overcome this problem is to surround your self with professionals and people with specialized knowledge you lack. For most start ups this means you need professional assistance with accounting, law and marketing.

Let’s assume your hands are tied financially (which they are most often for small start ups) and you don’t have the money to recruit these professionals. What do you do? The answer is simpler than you would think. The key to getting the pros to join your team is to offer them a piece of the business in exchange for their services. Now, you want the transfer of equity in your business to happen over time conting

h they are most often for small start ups) and you don’t have the money to recruit these professionals. What do you do? The answer is simpler than you would think. The key to getting the pros to join your team is to offer them a piece of the business in exchange for their services. Now, you want the transfer of equity in your business to happen over time contingent upon the performance of the professionals rendering services on your behalf. In other words, you want to “pack the board of directors” with professionals that have a financial interest in the health and well being of your business and have them perform high quality service on behalf of the organization.

The most strategic first associate you should seek is an attorney. First, a lawyer can give you legal advice and produce legal documents you may need to run your business including legal compliance with state and federal authorities. Additionally, lawyers tend to be well networked with accountants and bankers.

The second most strategic associate is finding a good accountant. You attorney may suggest some possibilities or you may already have an accountant (who may be able to recommend an attorney to join your mastermind group). Besides handling your accounting, accountant's tend to be well networked with lawyers, bankers and potential investors.

Ideally you want to “pack the board” with a banker too. Your lawyer and accountant may be able to help draw a banker into your organization and this will be a real benefit if you plan on seeking investment capital for your business because investors will look at the credentials of the management “team” rather than you individually. And don’t forget to seek out a marketing person or firm to join your team.

This is called forming a mastermind group and it is critical to large