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Nick Huber

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
557 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

My First Million
When everything works, you learn the wrong lessons

I want to give some people some tips to how to do this themselves, like what to look for.

My First Million
When everything works, you learn the wrong lessons

But yeah, it's been a lot of changes.

My First Million
When everything works, you learn the wrong lessons

Yeah, I have six Americans at somewhere out of 160 employees.

My First Million
When everything works, you learn the wrong lessons

RE Cost Seg, another company in my portfolio that's growing really fast, 130 employees, seven Americans.

My First Million
When everything works, you learn the wrong lessons

Bolt Storage, six Americans out of 60 employees.

My First Million
When everything works, you learn the wrong lessons

And they're all in sales and account management.

My First Million
When everything works, you learn the wrong lessons

Because I just can't replicate the Americans' ability to close deals, high-ticket deals.

My First Million
When everything works, you learn the wrong lessons

Now, we're close with a couple South Africans, but a COO at RE Cost Seg,

My First Million
When everything works, you learn the wrong lessons

Johannesburg, South Africa, head of performance marketing in Bogota, Colombia, head of finance, an IT consultant who got me through SOC 2 compliance.

My First Million
When everything works, you learn the wrong lessons

We got a certificate this week in Cape Town, South Africa.

My First Million
When everything works, you learn the wrong lessons

So I used to think like, okay, I need repeatable tasks and I need to outsource those to the Philippines, South Africa, Colombia, whatever.

My First Million
When everything works, you learn the wrong lessons

Now I'm realizing that the people who can run my company can do it better and cheaper internationally.

My First Million
When everything works, you learn the wrong lessons

So we get 60,000 applicants a month.

My First Million
When everything works, you learn the wrong lessons

Half those are from LinkedIn and Indeed and Monster promoted job postings.

My First Million
When everything works, you learn the wrong lessons

I'm going to tell you exactly how we do it.

My First Million
When everything works, you learn the wrong lessons

The other half are from referrals and ads that we run out on the open market for people that already have jobs.

My First Million
When everything works, you learn the wrong lessons

But yeah, if you want to make your own hire, go on LinkedIn, post a job.

My First Million
When everything works, you learn the wrong lessons

I'd recommend Colombia, Brazil, South Africa, and the Philippines.

My First Million
When everything works, you learn the wrong lessons

Those are the four hottest places to hire in the country.

My First Million
When everything works, you learn the wrong lessons

If you're looking for finance, there's Egypt, you know, engineers, Eastern Europe, and some other countries.