Cheap talent is not saving you money. It is costing you your time, your standards, and your scale. In this episode of The Level Up Podcast, Paul Alex breaks down one of the biggest mistakes small business owners make—hiring the cheapest person instead of investing in elite operators. Because let’s be real… If you have to constantly fix their mistakes… Explain every detail… And micromanage every task… You did not save money. You bought yourself another job. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why bargain talent usually creates more work for the founder How incompetence becomes the most expensive tax in your business Why A-players pay for themselves through speed and execution How premium operators raise the standard of your entire company Because real scale does not happen with discount execution. It happens when you hire pe ...