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EntreLeadership · 2026-06-10 · 10 min · 1,811 words

The First 3 Hires You Should Make in Business

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What's the most expensive mistake most business owners make early on? It's not pricing, it's not marketing, it's not even their product, it's their first hires. In fact, who you hire and when you hire them will either make or break your entire business. So today Entree Leadership's head coach John Falcons is going to walk through who your first three hires should be, the order you should hire them in, and the biggest hiring mistakes that trip up most business owners.

Get this wrong and you can stall out before you even get going. But get this right and you'll build momentum fast. Let's get into it. Thanks, Dave. When you first start in business,

You're overwhelmed, you're exhausted, and you need somebody, anybody, to help. So what do you do? You bring on someone you know or the first person that responds to the job posting. And it feels like help for about five minutes. Then the wheels start to come off.

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