How to use Virtual Assistants to build and grow your Small Business with Nathan Hirsch. He shares why he sold his previous business, and tips for using VAs.

Nate Hirsch is the Co-Founder of Outsource School, and a lifelong entrepreneur. Nathan Hirsch, along with his business partner Connor Gillivan, built their first eCommerce business to $25 million in total sales using virtual assistants. Then, they scaled and sold their second company, FreeeUp, from $5,000 to $12 million in yearly sales with a 100% remote team of virtual assistants.

Nate was a guest on our show back on episode 82 of The How of Business podcast. In that episode, Nate shared his entrepreneurial story and we focused on starting and growing an eCommerce business.

Their latest business venture is Outsource School – an education platform teaching entrepreneurs how to crack the code on hiring and scaling with virtual assistants. They will soon be launching their flagship course called Cracking the VA Code 1.0 and then will follow with other mini courses and software to make hiring and scaling online simpler.

Nathan Hirsch also founded Ecombalance.com a monthly bookkeeping service for Ecommerce Sellers and Agencies.

Nate lives in Winter Park, Florida.

Episode Host: Henry Lopez is a serial entrepreneur, small business coach, and the host of this episode of The How of Business podcast show – dedicated to helping you start, run and grow your small business.

• Let’s start at a high level with your insights on the many different ways that small business owners are using VAs to start and grow your business.
• Please share some examples of how you scaled and sold your previous business using VAs. (Team of 45 VAs.)
• Let’s introduce the “Key Lessons That Allowed Us to Sell the Company with a Remote Team”:
  • Organization
  • Delegation (“…so that the business is not 100% dependent upon you.”)
  • Scale
  • Financials
  • Documentation (Process & Systems)
• What are some of the common mistakes you see small business owners make on using VAs?
• What does it look like when a small business owner leverages VA’s to operate and grow their business? What are some of the benefits?
• How do you recommend a small business owner get started with using VA’s?

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Episode 082: Nathan Hirsch – eCommerce Business

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