THE FLIP SIDE with Andy Mai
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
- Broadcast on:
- 26 Apr 2022
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