From one to many - hiring your first team member

When is the right time to employ your first team member?
What do you need to think about in terms of internal and external resource?
How much time do you need to dedicate to it?
And what will be required from you as a leader?

All the these questions and more will be answered at the first in a series of panel events - From one to many - hiring your first team member.

Delighted to announce our panellists:

Sue Keogh, Managing Director of Sookio.
www.sookio.com
Sue started out in radio, working at independent production company Smooth Operations producing music-based content for BBC Radio 2 and running the BBC country website. She founded Sookio in 2008, to offer communications support to businesses across the UK and overseas.

Sarah Reakes, Managing Director of KISS Communications
www.kisscom.co.uk
Sarah has 20 plus years of experience in marketing and advertising, both as client in a number of blue chipmultinationals such as Colgate-Palmolive and Nestlé and with advertising agencies Publicis and JWT. Since joining KISS in 2011, Sarah has managed a large number of important projects and adds vital experience to the ever growing team.

Simon R Jones, Managing Director of Studio 24
www.studio24.net
Simon founded Studio 24 from his Mill Road flat in 1999 and still can't get enough of the web! He leads the agency, consults on new projects and leads the studio development team and technical direction. Simon is also actively involved in the web community, running local web community groups Refresh Cambridge and PHP Cambridge and has contributed to Open Source projects such as Web Standards Project and Zend Framework.

• Timings[masked]pm Sign in, grab a drink[masked] Make your way to the auditorium for a brief intro from me[masked]pm Panel discussion goodness[masked]pm Networking, discuss the great stuff you've just heard
8pm Head home

• What to bring
Yourself, a smile and some cash for donations. These events will always be free to attend, but we’d be grateful of any donations to the Rubber Cheese #15yearsofRubberCheese charity pot in aid of raising £15k for The Tamba Bereavement Support Group. www.justgiving.com/fundraising/15yearsofrubbercheese