For entrepreneurs, one of the first struggles when it comes to starting the business is hiring people. It can truly become a block towards reaching success due to a lot of factors, from financial to interpersonal issues. Luckily, Nathan Hirsch helps with that. Founder of FreeeUp, he is an expert in remote hiring. Introducing us to this, he shares the amazing help and benefits that come from having people back you from all across the borders. He also takes us in into some of the reasons why people become hesitant to find people from overseas. Comforting those who are in doubt, he answers some of the most asked questions while giving his own advice on handling these struggles.

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Nathan Hirsch: Why Remote Hiring Is The Solution

I have a special guest with me and his name is Nathan Hirsch. He is the true serial entrepreneur and he is an expert in remote hiring and eCommerce. Nathan is the Founder and CEO of FreeeUp.com and the Co-Founder and COO of Portlight. He lives in Orlando, Florida. He's been selling online for over seven years. He's sold well over $20 million worth of products through his eCommerce business. I decided that with so many of you asking about remote freelancers, he would be phenomenal to have on the show. I’m honored to have him. He's been on many leading podcasts like Entrepreneur on Fire, Eventual Millionaire and many more. Nathan, welcome.

Terri, thank you so much for having.

What drew and pulled you in to say, “I want to be in the business of helping people get remote help?”

When I started my first company, I was twenty years old in college trying to make some extra beer money on the side. I ended up growing this multimillion-dollar business I was running out of my college dorm room. I was hiring people before I could legally drink, making every possible mistake imaginable. I was fortunate enough to make some good hires that worked out. My business partner, Connor Gillivan, was one of my first hires. He's been working with me for over eight years. While hiring was okay in college and not as important, when I made this my full-time job and I graduated, HR consumed so much of my time. From going through applicants to multiple rounds of interviews, turnover and it was a nightmare for me. I didn't enjoy that part of the business.

I wanted to focus on sales and marketing, not spending two weeks to find a graphic designer. I came up with the idea of FreeeUp because I wanted the business that I wish I had when I was spending all that time on HR. The concept of instead of going to job boards, posting jobs, getting lots of applicants, and doing all the interviewing yourself, having someone to not only pre-vet the workers for you and make them available to you fast. That’s because time is money, but also someone to protect you on the backend and cover retraining costs if there is turnover and be hands on to help you along the process. That's something that didn't exist in the industry and something that I wanted to help other business owners with.

What do you see as the number one stumbling block or number one problem people have when they're trying to find overseas people?

They don't focus on the three main things. For me, it's skills because you obviously want someone who's talented at what they do. It's attitude because you don't want someone that's in it for the paycheck, that’s selfish, that only cares about themselves. You want someone who's a workaholic, that's passionate, caring, and loves working. Communication is the biggest thing.