09/19/2026
8 DAYS TO 10 YEARS â¨
I never planned on building a team. Actually, I never really planned on keeping the business open long-term.
I hired one person because I was doing my internship and needed help.
Then grad school was coming, so I brought on a few more people.
At that point, we had maybe 15 recurring clients and this was still very, very part-time.
Then COVID happened. When things started opening back up, we had around 60 clients and six people on the team.
So I kept hiring.
Then the team got bigger.
The client list got bigger.
The responsibility got bigger.
And somewhere along the way, this thing I thought would be temporary became an actual job.
There was no master plan.
No 10-year vision.
No moment where I decided, âIâm going to build a company.â
I just kept looking at what was in front of me and figuring out what needed to happen next.
One person.
Then a few more.
Then 15 clients.
Then 60.
Then a team.
Then 100.
Then 200.
Then awards.
Then 300.
Then 400.
Then all of this.
At some point, I looked around and realized it was a real company. âď¸