My small business recently went through a huge period of growth.
It’s been a long time coming, however, I still really wasn’t ready for it.
I’ve basically been running around in circles pulling my hair out for a few months now. I know, I know, I should be grateful and excited that I’m having such a productive and financially stable time. I mostly just worried about keeping up with all of the business that keeps walking through the door. That’s why, I recently had to upgrade our work situation by getting a real office and hiring a true support staff. Previously, it was just me and my wife running the whole business. These days, we have 10 full-time support staff running our office and our books. If you think it’s a lot, you’re right. Just purchasing the office and getting things set up for people to start working with such a huge ordeal. First we found the space, and found out within a week that the central heating and air conditioning units were not operable. The office was regularly burning hot when we were moving in desks and computers. The air was so thick and heated that it felt like you were swimming through a hot tub. It was a miserable day. I tried to hire and heating and air conditioning company to come out immediately while we were still moving, but everybody was booked for the summer. I knew that we weren’t going to be able to wait that long for our AC to be flowing, so I got a bit resourceful. I managed to find an industrial AC unit online and read up on the proper installation of central cooling systems. Within a week I managed to get the cooling system up and running. Sure, it cost a few emergency room visits… But at least things are nice and chill now.