Most businesses aren’t lucky enough to get an intern to assist them at start-up. However, some businesses do get that lucky. And other businesses rely on volunteers and inexpensive staff to assist them with the launch of a business. It’s a financial necessity but it requires that you make smart choices about what you do and don’t ask these people to do for your company.

For example, if you’re setting up an ecommerce site then you’re going to need to make sure that you purchase ecommerce shopping cart software that will allow you to easily design the site in a way that will facilitate purchases from your online customers. You want to make sure that you choose this shopping cart software carefully. Do you really want to leave it to an intern or volunteer to pick the best shopping cart?

Some volunteer help will be stellar and you’ll be able to trust those people with big decisions. But in most cases, you’re going to want to make important choices like this yourself. A good solution for the busy start-up owner is to have staff review the different software options and narrow down the choices but leave the final decision up to the owner.