For decades, becoming an Executive Assistant to a successful CEO meant one thing: relocating to expensive cities where successful CEOs lived. If you wanted to support a tech founder, you moved to San Francisco. Finance executives? New York. The unspoken rule was simple: the best EA opportunities required sacrificing your choice of where to live….
Calendar management for founders typically follows the same advice: optimize your calendar, block time strategically, colour-code your meetings, and protect your focus time. The implicit message? A well-managed calendar is a full calendar, every hour accounted for, every day perfectly orchestrated. Scroll through any productivity guru’s advice, and you’ll see this same pattern repeatedly whenever…
In 1950, a secretary’s job description was straightforward: take dictation, type letters, answer phones, file documents, and make coffee. The role was purely clerical, almost exclusively female, and viewed as support work rather than strategic contribution. Seventy-five years later, hiring an executive assistant means finding a strategic partner who influences business decisions, leads cross-functional projects,…
SaaS founders face a unique scaling challenge: your product can grow exponentially, but your operational capacity can’t. One day, you’re managing 50 customers personally, and six months later, you have 500, but you’re still only one person with the same 24 hours. Most SaaS founders respond by hiring the obvious roles first: more engineers to…
Most of the time, an Executive Assistant for real estate founders is thought of as someone who schedules property showings, coordinates closing appointments, and manages their packed calendar of client meetings. It’s a support role that’s helpful, necessary, but fundamentally administrative. This mindset is costing you deals, operational efficiency, and ultimately, revenue. The operational demands…
