2017: Sold my first pair of Yeezy 350 Blue Tint
2021: Moved from botting to Amazon
2021: Hired first Virtual Assistant from the Philippines
2022: Hired 4 VA's, scaled to $1.2m rev
2023: Hired/fired 5 more, launched Talented
2024: Placed 15+ VA's for entrepreneur clients
For me, adding visuals to a podcast works against you.
If I'm listening to it while I'm doing something else, I get FOMO on what's going on in the video, so I wait until I have an hour to watch it..
easy way to figure out what to delegate
log your time in the business for a week
rank by value provided & how easy to teach
highest value + easiest to teach = delegate
highest value + hardest to teach = more time for it
never hire a virtual assistant
if you cant put a name to the role
you're not ready to hire
I pick the 3 core responsibilities that I will see the most upside return on
and base the job posting around those
attracts the right talent
and makes it a lot easier to vet
character is undervalued in the talent market
resumes are easy to check
and I definitely want a foundational understanding
but the ROI from hiring someone competent and hungry to learn has been massive for me
teach them my extremely particular way of doing things and rip
so many of the business owners we placed overseas talent with were stuck in the halfway
capped on their daily output
US salary would cut margins in half
too busy maintaining to figure out overseas
you are one hire away from the next rung of freedom
It's crazy that every time there's something that needs to be submitted for an application, everyone ends up with emergencies. How often are y'all having emergencies?