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What you'll learn to do:\u00a0Discuss how to determine resource requirements<\/h2>\r\n\"Photograph\r\n\r\nA new business owner, a.k.a. a person starting his or her own small business, might check out Amazing Academy, LLC. Amazing Academy provides training, tools and an online community for new and aspiring business owners. But CEO and founder Matt Clark learned a couple of lessons at the \u201cschool of hard knocks\u201d when he laid off 32 of his 62 employees in April of 2016 to \u201cget the company down to its proper size.\u201d[footnote]Calnan, Christopher. \u201cAmazing.com CEO Says He Hired Too Many Workers Too Fast<\/a>.\u201d bizjournals.com, May 31, 2016.[\/footnote]\r\n\r\n\"I read countless books that gave me that advice, but when in the trenches of growth, I made the mistake of rushing hiring and forcing growth,\" Clark posted on social media. \"It\u2019s easy to hire people. It\u2019s horrible to fire people.\"[footnote]Ibid.[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nClark was aiming to change the company\u2019s focus from marketing to product, and said, \u201cTrying to make this change with the current team was next to impossible. The culture had deteriorated into a place where people had to walk on eggshells and couldn\u2019t get any work done at the office because of all the distractions and negativity.\u201d[footnote]Ibid.[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nCareful management of human resources can be key in ensuring sustainability and growth. In this section we will learn how to determine resources, accountability and reporting structure, and when to bring on employees instead of using independent contractors.","rendered":"

What you’ll learn to do:\u00a0Discuss how to determine resource requirements<\/h2>\n

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A new business owner, a.k.a. a person starting his or her own small business, might check out Amazing Academy, LLC. Amazing Academy provides training, tools and an online community for new and aspiring business owners. But CEO and founder Matt Clark learned a couple of lessons at the \u201cschool of hard knocks\u201d when he laid off 32 of his 62 employees in April of 2016 to \u201cget the company down to its proper size.\u201d[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

“I read countless books that gave me that advice, but when in the trenches of growth, I made the mistake of rushing hiring and forcing growth,” Clark posted on social media. “It\u2019s easy to hire people. It\u2019s horrible to fire people.”[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Clark was aiming to change the company\u2019s focus from marketing to product, and said, \u201cTrying to make this change with the current team was next to impossible. The culture had deteriorated into a place where people had to walk on eggshells and couldn\u2019t get any work done at the office because of all the distractions and negativity.\u201d[3]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

Careful management of human resources can be key in ensuring sustainability and growth. In this section we will learn how to determine resources, accountability and reporting structure, and when to bring on employees instead of using independent contractors.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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