The Three Biggest Challenges to Scaling Up a Personal Services Company

I’m looking here at one of the contest essays we got for the BIG Business Contest from Beth C.

Beth shared about how she started up a personal concierge and lifestyle management company but now faces the challenges of have a mid-Level Two business that revolves around her.

She dreams of scaling it larger.

Today I thought I’d talk about this challenge of scaling up a personal services business and help by laying out the three challenges Beth or any personal services company faces as they work to grow.

First, you’ve got to deal with the staffing issue and find great people. This will probably actually be the easiest of the three challenges for most services businesses, especially in today’s climate, but can be a real challenge.

For example, a good friend of mine owns a mid-size