Finding the Most Efficient and Reliable Vas: Filipino Freelancers as Worldwide Business Growers with Joe DiChiara Weekends with Jan

Starting up your own business is never easy. Scaling an existing one is not a walk in the park, either.
The truth is, most businesses fail because a lot of new business owners start-up with the odds stacked against them. The other mistake that many of them do is trying to do it alone.
This is why time and again, we have talked about the importance of surrounding yourself with people who are capable of helping you and are willing to do so. But from here, another question arises: “Where do I find them?”
Well, today might just be your lucky day.
Whether you are a business owner from overseas, or a freelancer here in the Philippines, this episode might just be what you are looking for. Tune in as Joe DiChiara talks about his journey as an entrepreneur and how hiring a team of high-performing Filipino freelancers helped his business grow and succeed at levels
Joe is an entrepreneur with a CPA license whose goal is to help business owners and aspiring business owners become successful by means of providing them with proper education and guidance. He provides affordable business training and guidance through www.bedrockuniversity.com, and also offers a full range of accounting services at very low prices through www.bedrockbusinessbuilders.com.
In this episode, Joe narrates how he got exposed to entrepreneurship at the early age of ten. He also shares how he started as a part-time accountant and how he was able to scale his business with the help of his friend and coach, Larry. Finally, he tells us the story of how he found success in hiring Filipino virtual assistants.
“I’m not getting any younger. And I, like many people, want to make an impact on the world. I want to leave a legacy, and one of the ways to do that is to teach.” – Joe DiChiara
What you’ll learn from this episode:
Learn the importance of hiring a business mentor or coach whether you are just starting up or planning to scale;Find out where you can find the best-performing freelancers in the world right now; andDiscover what Joe describes as “The perfect storm of opportunity for Filipinos”
Topics Covered:
07:43 – Born and raised an entrepreneur: Joe’s journey from being a ten-year-old “casino entrepreneur” to becoming a CPA, all the way to becoming a coach for business owners
15:42 – “I want to leave a legacy”: The circumstances that gave Joe the push to coach and empower business owners
20:22 – “He brings out the best in me”: The inspiring story of Joe’s coach, Larry, the reason Joe hired him to help him scale his business, and how he changed Joe’s business for the better
27:33 – “There’s just something about the Philippine culture”: How and when Joe started hiring virtual assistants from the Philippines
30:25 – The challenges: How Joe dealt with the difficulties he faced in hiring virtual assistants from 8,000 miles away
39:34 – Enrolled Agents Certification Course: Joe’s plans to train thousands of Filipino freelancers to become IRS Enrolled Agents
48:33 – “Freelancing is a way of life”: How freelancing in the Philippines helped a lot of businesses thrive and grow
52:15 –The perfect storm of opportunity for Filipinos: Joe’s vision to disrupt the taxation industry in the USA by training Filipinos to become enrolled agents
57:43 – Joe’s 2-day event, “Jumpstart Your Freelancing Career” featuring some of the biggest names in freelancing in the Philippines
01:07:18 – Joe DiChiara’s definition of success
Key Takeaways:
“Once you accept that failure is part of the journey, you’ll learn what my coach says which is ‘fail fast, figure out what doesn’t work as...