TFS#78 - Le-an Lai Lacaba, 2xYou CEO, Outsourcing Remote Executive Assistants For Small Business Owners

Le-an Lai Lacaba is the CEO and Co-Founder of 2xYou, an
outsourcing company that specializes in hiring, managing, and
growing remote executive assistants for solopreneurs and small
business owners. She has been working from home since she was 15,
published her own book at 18, became CEO at 20, and partnered up
with her boss to start 2xYou Executive Services at 23 which aims
to help 10,000 entrepreneurs grow remotely, and 1 Million
Filipinos to work from home. She also has a coaching brand on
Youtube, where she trains Virtual Assistants on how to work from
home. She is also an international speaker, and a content
creation monster who has a blog, a Youtube channel, and an
upcoming book, Scale You.


Join Andy Mai and his special guest Le-an in another inspiring
episode of The Flip Side podcast!


To connect with Le-an, follow these links:


https://www.facebook.com/leanlailacaba 


https://www.instagram.com/leanlailacaba


https://www.linkedin.com/in/leanlailacaba


https://www.youtube.com/leanlailacabaVA


Chapters:


00:00 Intro


00:20 Meet Le-an Lai Lacaba


01:05 How 2xYou Started


01:50 How 2xYou Works


03:20 Joining An Accelerator


04:10 1on1 Works Best


05:10 Knowing Everything


05:50 The Client List


06:30 Setting Up Systems


07:00 Having A Good Mentor


08:00 Finding New Recruits


08:55 Making A Company Attractive


09:55 Career Coaching Calls


11:20 VA Salary Increase


12:40 Economic Arbitrage


13:50 LinkedIn Outreach


14:30 Open Contract Policy


15:45 Client Lifespan


16:30 Executive Assistant vs Virtual Assistant


17:50 Client-Assistant Communications


18:30 Building A Company During The Pandemic


19:50 Growing A Personal Brand


21:05 Mental Health Struggles


22:15 Coming Out Of The Struggles


24:05 Coping Mechanisms


25:25 How To Wallow


29:30 Seeing Things In Black & White


31:00 Building A Team


32:50 Open Line Of Communications


35:15 Setting A Company Culture


37:40 Hiring & Firing Employees


39:45 How To Handle Employees Leaving


41:10 How To Get Employees To Open Up


42:30 Asking The Right Questions


43:05 Client’s Systems


44:20 Scaling 2xYou


47:10 Work-Life Balance


48:30 Remote Working


50:30 Outro