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Podcast: 21 Hats Podcast
Episode: I Expect to Grow This Year. Should I Hire Now?
Description: Things are suddenly moving fast at Sarah Segal’s San Francisco PR firm. Several new clients look likely to sign on, and for the first time in a while, growth feels real. Which leaves Sarah with a familiar, nerve-racking question: Do you hire before the work arrives—or wait until the revenue is actually in the door? If she hires now, she may have to cut her own pay until the new business materializes. And there’s no guarantee it will. She still remembers the last downturn, when she had to lay off people she cared about—and she’s determined...