Get Creative With Compensation
When Stephany Deberry opened her first Simply Salads and Smoothies restaurant in Leesburg, Virginia, limited funds left her with a dilemma. "You have all these dreams, but then you realize it's very difficult to grow a business when you're the only employee," says DeBerry, who launched the company in February 2005. The ability to offer competitive salaries was out of her reach, so she got creative