Hiring my first employee was scary for me, because I really did know all the horror stories about staff behaving badly from my work advising clients.
But I realised that I could not move the business forward without hiring my first employee. I had tried freelancers and it worked, to a point.
But there was no loyalty, they wouldn’t guarantee that they would be available when I needed them. And when another company came along offering them a higher rate or many more hours, they dropped me without any notice.