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Productivity Boost for Startup Founders with the GetFriday Virtual Assistant

“Virtual assistance can enhance your startup’s productivity” says Aike Müller, a startup founder of RMBG in Netherlands who has experienced firsthand the impact of such a service. Here in conversation with Sunder. P, CEO of GetFriday when posed with this question, “Has it helped you achieve a healthy work-life balance or has it actually made you more productive at work?”, Aike Müller’s honest response sheds light on the real-world benefits and limitations. For startup founders like Aike, where every day is packed to the brim, achieving a healthy work-life balance seems almost mythical. Yet, the introduction of a virtual assistant from GetFriday has allowed Aike to elevate that brim a little higher, enabling more tasks to be completed within the same tight timeframe. Aike candidly admits that while the virtual assistant doesn’t necessarily free up time for leisure activities like reading a book or taking a walk, it does enhance his overall productivity at work. This nuanced reflection highlights the tangible impact of virtual assistance on a busy startup founder’s life, offering a glimpse into how GetFriday plays a crucial role in managing the chaos and demands of modern work-life dynamics. Video Transcript (Aike Müller) Sunder (GetFriday, CEO): Has it helped you achieve a healthy work-life balance, or has it actually made you more productive at work? What is the impact that Get Friday has had on your life? Aike Müller: I think it is, I think productivity is, I think it’s your, yeah. I mean, especially as a startup founder, your day is filled up to the brim. And there, I mean, there’s no healthy work life balance, I guess. And the virtual assistant allows you to, to have the brim a little bit higher and to get more in a day. But it’s, yeah, it’s not necessarily that you, that I would read a book or do something or go for a walk in the time that the virtual assistant is executing a task. GetFriday (earlier YMII or YourManInIndia) is a service that was featured and used in the NYTimes best-selling productivity and lifestyle design book ‘The 4-Hour-Workweek’ by Timothy Ferris. Contact Us: https://www.getfriday.com/contact-us Sign Up: https://www.getfriday.com/sign-up

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“Virtual assistance can enhance your startup’s productivity” says Aike Müller, a startup founder of RMBG in Netherlands who has experienced firsthand the impact of such a service. Here in conversation with Sunder. P, CEO of GetFriday when posed with this question, “Has it helped you achieve a healthy work-life balance or has it actually made you more productive at work?”, Aike Müller’s honest response sheds light on the real-world benefits and limitations. For startup founders like Aike, where every day is packed to the brim, achieving a healthy work-life balance seems almost mythical. Yet, the introduction of a virtual assistant from GetFriday has allowed Aike to elevate that brim a little higher, enabling more tasks to be completed within the same tight timeframe. Aike candidly admits that while the virtual assistant doesn’t necessarily free up time for leisure activities like reading a book or taking a walk, it does enhance his overall productivity at work. This nuanced reflection highlights the tangible impact of virtual assistance on a busy startup founder’s life, offering a glimpse into how GetFriday plays a crucial role in managing the chaos and demands of modern work-life dynamics. Video Transcript (Aike Müller) Sunder (GetFriday, CEO): Has it helped you achieve a healthy work-life balance, or has it actually made you more productive at work? What is the impact that Get Friday has had on your life? Aike Müller: I think it is, I think productivity is, I think it’s your, yeah. I mean, especially as a startup founder, your day is filled up to the brim. And there, I mean, there’s no healthy work life balance, I guess. And the virtual assistant allows you to, to have the brim a little bit higher and to get more in a day. But it’s, yeah, it’s not necessarily that you, that I would read a book or do something or go for a walk in the time that the virtual assistant is executing a task. GetFriday (earlier YMII or YourManInIndia) is a service that was featured and used in the NYTimes best-selling productivity and lifestyle design book ‘The 4-Hour-Workweek’ by Timothy Ferris. Contact Us: https://www.getfriday.com/contact-us Sign Up: https://www.getfriday.com/sign-up

Why Choose GetFriday for Virtual Assistance Over Upwork?

In today’s fast-paced business environment, finding the right administrative support can make all the difference. Michael McGuigan, Managing Director at Nomadic Insights, USA acknowledges the advantages of choosing GetFriday’s virtual assistance over outsourcing platforms like Upwork or other freelancers. He highlights how GetFriday not only provides tailored support but also effectively mitigates the risks often associated with hiring freelancers, thus allowing him to work with a team that functions more like an integral part of his own staff. Listen to Michael’s insights about why GetFriday is the preferred choice for those seeking reliable virtual assistance. Video Transcript (Michael Mcguigan) “I would say that with Get Friday, it’s more of the continuity and actually having a team because the problem is, with an Upwork especially since their IPO and the changeovers, it’s more of like a staffing solution with contractors. With Get Friday, I think it’s like I’m looking more for a staff member, but I’m not looking to hire in India. So, I almost look at it as if I’m going to work with somebody in India you know. GetFriday takes away a lot of the risk of hiring, but I’m looking to work with somebody more full time and on more of a continual basis, who at least has a team behind them. Whereas I really view, you know, Upwork is I’m just hiring a freelancer. And it’s just an independent contractor.”   GetFriday (earlier YMII or YourManInIndia) is a service that was featured and used in the NYTimes best-selling productivity and lifestyle design book ‘The 4-Hour-Workweek’ by Timothy Ferris. Contact Us: https://www.getfriday.com/contact-us Sign Up: https://www.getfriday.com/sign-up

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In today’s fast-paced business environment, finding the right administrative support can make all the difference. Michael McGuigan, Managing Director at Nomadic Insights, USA acknowledges the advantages of choosing GetFriday’s virtual assistance over outsourcing platforms like Upwork or other freelancers. He highlights how GetFriday not only provides tailored support but also effectively mitigates the risks often associated with hiring freelancers, thus allowing him to work with a team that functions more like an integral part of his own staff. Listen to Michael’s insights about why GetFriday is the preferred choice for those seeking reliable virtual assistance. Video Transcript (Michael Mcguigan) “I would say that with Get Friday, it’s more of the continuity and actually having a team because the problem is, with an Upwork especially since their IPO and the changeovers, it’s more of like a staffing solution with contractors. With Get Friday, I think it’s like I’m looking more for a staff member, but I’m not looking to hire in India. So, I almost look at it as if I’m going to work with somebody in India you know. GetFriday takes away a lot of the risk of hiring, but I’m looking to work with somebody more full time and on more of a continual basis, who at least has a team behind them. Whereas I really view, you know, Upwork is I’m just hiring a freelancer. And it’s just an independent contractor.”   GetFriday (earlier YMII or YourManInIndia) is a service that was featured and used in the NYTimes best-selling productivity and lifestyle design book ‘The 4-Hour-Workweek’ by Timothy Ferris. Contact Us: https://www.getfriday.com/contact-us Sign Up: https://www.getfriday.com/sign-up

AI vs. Human Virtual Assistants: Why Empathy and Creativity Still Matters?

In a recent conversation with Kane Lam from Checksub, Sunder. P (CEO, GetFriday) shared insights on how the rise of AI is reshaping the world of virtual assistant services, highlighting both the benefits and limitations of these technological advancements. While AI (ChatGPT or Gemini (formerly Bard) have streamlined tasks like scheduling and content generation, it lacks the empathy and creativity that only humans can provide. As businesses increasingly adopt AI tools, the irreplaceable human touch in virtual assistance remains crucial for delivering personalized support and ensuring trustworthiness in data and content. The future of virtual assistance lies in blending AI’s efficiency with the value of human empathy, diligence and care.  (Kane Lam in Conversation with Sunder P, GetFriday) Video Transcript (Kane Lam Conversation with Sunder P, GetFriday)   Kane Lam (Checksub): How is AI impacting your business? How is AI impacting virtual assistance?    Sunder (GetFriday): Virtual assistance has come a long way over the last 20 years. There are a lot of things that we used to do that we don’t currently do because there are specialized services on the internet that can accomplish this. A lot of appointment scheduling, for example, calendly is there, you just send you open your calendar and I can fix an appointment. I don’t need anybody to actually do it on my behalf physically. So there are a lot of options that have come up which changes the dynamics of the services that we offer but I still feel that a human touch and there are certain things that cannot be substituted yet by artificial intelligence or any kind of machine learning or any kind of robot that can substitute a human person. So there is also in terms of virtual assistance and human support; there is a certain level of empathy that you display. You empathize, you are having a bad day at work and I am your assistant, I also understand that you are having a bad day at work. So I sort of adjust the way I converse, the way I ask for work or the way I ask you. There are days when you will really be excited and I might also share the same enthusiasm you don’t get that with AI. So working with a human person is totally different. But the range of tasks that have been coming in, like for example, AI has probably wiped out a lot of content writers because anybody can just go to Chat GPT or Bard (now Gemini) and say, “Hey, write me a short article on this subject but the problem there is that it will probably churn out exact replicas or it might not be creative enough because even when you say get more creative; maybe do it better it doesn’t give you anything more creative because it goes and churns the same content over and over again and I don’t think creativity is something that is yet to, it follows certain set patterns and that’s how it can generate the content.    And two, there is this classic case of a law firm that actually presented certain AI generated or a ChatGPT kind of references in a legal case where there was a case against an airline called Avianca which operates out of Colombia where there was a personal injury for a person. He had filed a lawsuit against the airline and the law firm representing the client had filed references to cases which happened to be churned out of ChatGPT. And what happened was the opposition lawyers actually found out that those cases never existed which means ChatGPT and such AI tools are actually now starting to create content, create references which do not exist. Which means it becomes a case where you are relying on certain information as being true, authentic but it is not true.    So, AI has been built with some loose building blocks where it is supposed to function in a certain way, but you have actually no control over its output at the moment. Nobody can predict what is the result. Not even the engineers who built Bard or built ChatGPT can actually predict what the response will be in a particular situation. That comes to the ethics of doing things through AI. So yes, it can automate things. It can make it faster in some ways. But I think human intervention is still required on any kind of work.    You can ask the AI to give you certain data, it can probably crawl and give you certain information and data points, but it still becomes your duty and responsibility to check whether those data points are authentic, true and can be trusted. So that’s where I think we have slowly started getting requests from our clients saying “hey, use ChatGPT, but then ensure I’m on the safe side. Ensure you do your due diligence and ensure data that is being brought out is authentic and can be used.” So these are small businesses that are taking our help to build up websites, to put up content, to publish flyers, to maybe collect data on market research. Use these tools but use it very judiciously.    So, we are actually getting down to training our staff on how to use these AI tools very judiciously and ensure that our clients are being protected in every manner. So things will change, it will morph over the next five years but I feel that human intervention will still be required and the human touch and empathy can never ever be replaced. And that’s where virtual assistance with humans makes a world of difference.    GetFriday (earlier YMII or YourManInIndia) is a service that was featured and used in the NYTimes best-selling productivity and lifestyle design book ‘The 4-Hour-Workweek’ by Timothy Ferris. Contact Us: https://www.getfriday.com/contact-us Sign Up: https://www.getfriday.com/sign-up

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In a recent conversation with Kane Lam from Checksub, Sunder. P (CEO, GetFriday) shared insights on how the rise of AI is reshaping the world of virtual assistant services, highlighting both the benefits and limitations of these technological advancements. While AI (ChatGPT or Gemini (formerly Bard) have streamlined tasks like scheduling and content generation, it lacks the empathy and creativity that only humans can provide. As businesses increasingly adopt AI tools, the irreplaceable human touch in virtual assistance remains crucial for delivering personalized support and ensuring trustworthiness in data and content. The future of virtual assistance lies in blending AI’s efficiency with the value of human empathy, diligence and care.  (Kane Lam in Conversation with Sunder P, GetFriday) Video Transcript (Kane Lam Conversation with Sunder P, GetFriday)   Kane Lam (Checksub): How is AI impacting your business? How is AI impacting virtual assistance?    Sunder (GetFriday): Virtual assistance has come a long way over the last 20 years. There are a lot of things that we used to do that we don’t currently do because there are specialized services on the internet that can accomplish this. A lot of appointment scheduling, for example, calendly is there, you just send you open your calendar and I can fix an appointment. I don’t need anybody to actually do it on my behalf physically. So there are a lot of options that have come up which changes the dynamics of the services that we offer but I still feel that a human touch and there are certain things that cannot be substituted yet by artificial intelligence or any kind of machine learning or any kind of robot that can substitute a human person. So there is also in terms of virtual assistance and human support; there is a certain level of empathy that you display. You empathize, you are having a bad day at work and I am your assistant, I also understand that you are having a bad day at work. So I sort of adjust the way I converse, the way I ask for work or the way I ask you. There are days when you will really be excited and I might also share the same enthusiasm you don’t get that with AI. So working with a human person is totally different. But the range of tasks that have been coming in, like for example, AI has probably wiped out a lot of content writers because anybody can just go to Chat GPT or Bard (now Gemini) and say, “Hey, write me a short article on this subject but the problem there is that it will probably churn out exact replicas or it might not be creative enough because even when you say get more creative; maybe do it better it doesn’t give you anything more creative because it goes and churns the same content over and over again and I don’t think creativity is something that is yet to, it follows certain set patterns and that’s how it can generate the content.    And two, there is this classic case of a law firm that actually presented certain AI generated or a ChatGPT kind of references in a legal case where there was a case against an airline called Avianca which operates out of Colombia where there was a personal injury for a person. He had filed a lawsuit against the airline and the law firm representing the client had filed references to cases which happened to be churned out of ChatGPT. And what happened was the opposition lawyers actually found out that those cases never existed which means ChatGPT and such AI tools are actually now starting to create content, create references which do not exist. Which means it becomes a case where you are relying on certain information as being true, authentic but it is not true.    So, AI has been built with some loose building blocks where it is supposed to function in a certain way, but you have actually no control over its output at the moment. Nobody can predict what is the result. Not even the engineers who built Bard or built ChatGPT can actually predict what the response will be in a particular situation. That comes to the ethics of doing things through AI. So yes, it can automate things. It can make it faster in some ways. But I think human intervention is still required on any kind of work.    You can ask the AI to give you certain data, it can probably crawl and give you certain information and data points, but it still becomes your duty and responsibility to check whether those data points are authentic, true and can be trusted. So that’s where I think we have slowly started getting requests from our clients saying “hey, use ChatGPT, but then ensure I’m on the safe side. Ensure you do your due diligence and ensure data that is being brought out is authentic and can be used.” So these are small businesses that are taking our help to build up websites, to put up content, to publish flyers, to maybe collect data on market research. Use these tools but use it very judiciously.    So, we are actually getting down to training our staff on how to use these AI tools very judiciously and ensure that our clients are being protected in every manner. So things will change, it will morph over the next five years but I feel that human intervention will still be required and the human touch and empathy can never ever be replaced. And that’s where virtual assistance with humans makes a world of difference.    GetFriday (earlier YMII or YourManInIndia) is a service that was featured and used in the NYTimes best-selling productivity and lifestyle design book ‘The 4-Hour-Workweek’ by Timothy Ferris. Contact Us: https://www.getfriday.com/contact-us Sign Up: https://www.getfriday.com/sign-up

How I Got My Life Under Control with GetFriday’s Virtual Assistant Service

Genevieve Hood, a Senior Finance Professional in Hong Kong, shares her positive life experience with getting her personal life organized with the help of her virtual assistant, Sri, from Get Friday. Over the past few months, Genevieve has experienced the remarkable benefits of having a Virtual Assistant that handles all of her personal administrative work.  From managing her calendar and inbox to handling travel bookings and household errands, Sri has seamlessly integrated into Genevieve’s life, taking a significant burden off her shoulders. With daily email reminders, weekly updates and comprehensive personal support, Sri has not only helped Genevieve stay on top of her busy schedule and be less stressed but has also allowed her to reclaim something more precious; time. See how a Virtual Assistance Service like GetFriday can make a huge difference to your life! Video Transcript (Genevieve Hood): I have been working with Sri at Get Friday for a couple of months now and cannot recommend having a VA high enough. It’s been a great experience for me so far. Sri helps me with all of the personal admin in my life and manages my calendar, my inbox and also does a lot of the research that I don’t have time to do, replacing things for me around the house, helping me with travel bookings, etc.  One of the best things that Sri does is to send me an email every day, letting me know what’s coming up the next day, what’s coming up over the next four weeks, what I need to pack for the next day, what my kids need to pack, just helping me get through all of my admin, the schooling admin, it’s just fantastic. Really looking forward to continuing to work with Sri. Thank you for being so proactive and for helping me just get my life under control and just take away a lot of that admin burden. Thanks, bye.   GetFriday (earlier YMII or YourManInIndia) is a service that was featured and used in the NYTimes best-selling productivity and lifestyle design book ‘The 4-Hour-Workweek’ by Timothy Ferris. Contact Us Today (https://www.getfriday.com/contact-us).

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Genevieve Hood, a Senior Finance Professional in Hong Kong, shares her positive life experience with getting her personal life organized with the help of her virtual assistant, Sri, from Get Friday. Over the past few months, Genevieve has experienced the remarkable benefits of having a Virtual Assistant that handles all of her personal administrative work.  From managing her calendar and inbox to handling travel bookings and household errands, Sri has seamlessly integrated into Genevieve’s life, taking a significant burden off her shoulders. With daily email reminders, weekly updates and comprehensive personal support, Sri has not only helped Genevieve stay on top of her busy schedule and be less stressed but has also allowed her to reclaim something more precious; time. See how a Virtual Assistance Service like GetFriday can make a huge difference to your life! Video Transcript (Genevieve Hood): I have been working with Sri at Get Friday for a couple of months now and cannot recommend having a VA high enough. It’s been a great experience for me so far. Sri helps me with all of the personal admin in my life and manages my calendar, my inbox and also does a lot of the research that I don’t have time to do, replacing things for me around the house, helping me with travel bookings, etc.  One of the best things that Sri does is to send me an email every day, letting me know what’s coming up the next day, what’s coming up over the next four weeks, what I need to pack for the next day, what my kids need to pack, just helping me get through all of my admin, the schooling admin, it’s just fantastic. Really looking forward to continuing to work with Sri. Thank you for being so proactive and for helping me just get my life under control and just take away a lot of that admin burden. Thanks, bye.   GetFriday (earlier YMII or YourManInIndia) is a service that was featured and used in the NYTimes best-selling productivity and lifestyle design book ‘The 4-Hour-Workweek’ by Timothy Ferris. Contact Us Today (https://www.getfriday.com/contact-us).

How to Reclaim Your Passion Even When You are Super Busy

Mikel Tube (Owner of Wooden Diving Board, Belgium), a seasoned government consultant, had long harbored dream of creating wooden diving boards. However, his demanding schedule left him with little time—certainly not the eight hours a day required to pursue this passion. After reading Tim Ferriss’ The 4-Hour Workweek, Mikel discovered the concept of virtual assistants and saw a solution to his time crunch. He signed up with GetFriday, aiming to delegate tasks and reclaim his Fridays, allowing him to focus on his new venture and achieve a better work-life balance. Though, the work life balance did not happen due to his love for work, it did help him achieve better productivity and efficiency.   Video Transcript: Sunder (GetFriday): When and how did you get started with GetFriday? What was the trigger point to get started? Mikel: “How did I get started with Get Friday and this will be a classic. Timothy Ferris! Yeah. But it was not immediately Get Friday. In fact, I had an idea. I was working as a consultant for the government. I had an idea and I made wooden diving boards and I said, okay, let’s try to make something from this.” “And since I was working at the Flemish government at that moment, I didn’t have like eight hours a day to spend on the new project. I read the book from Timothy Ferris, which must be a classic for you because everybody references to Timothy Ferris. And then I got this organization in my mind, like saying, “I need to go online, I need to have a website, I need to have some administration and all this.” “I heard about virtual assistants and then I checked, not only you, I checked others. I don’t know the other names again, but you have some competition. And finally, I ended with you. So you had a good plan. I think at that moment it was something like an eight hours plan, a week and all this. And yeah, we had a match. So 2013, trying to solve my problem of not having the time and trying to get my Friday, but that didn’t work and I didn’t get my Friday though.”  Sunder (GetFriday): But I guess we helped you on a lot more other things. This usually happens. It’s always about, we think it’s always about having a good work-life balance, but eventually it turns out that we help people do much more, but for the work-life balance.  Mikel:Yeah, indeed. We become more efficient, but the workloads because we love it. I think the people that you work with are people that love to work. And so, yeah, we don’t count our days. 

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Mikel Tube (Owner of Wooden Diving Board, Belgium), a seasoned government consultant, had long harbored dream of creating wooden diving boards. However, his demanding schedule left him with little time—certainly not the eight hours a day required to pursue this passion. After reading Tim Ferriss’ The 4-Hour Workweek, Mikel discovered the concept of virtual assistants and saw a solution to his time crunch. He signed up with GetFriday, aiming to delegate tasks and reclaim his Fridays, allowing him to focus on his new venture and achieve a better work-life balance. Though, the work life balance did not happen due to his love for work, it did help him achieve better productivity and efficiency.   Video Transcript: Sunder (GetFriday): When and how did you get started with GetFriday? What was the trigger point to get started? Mikel: “How did I get started with Get Friday and this will be a classic. Timothy Ferris! Yeah. But it was not immediately Get Friday. In fact, I had an idea. I was working as a consultant for the government. I had an idea and I made wooden diving boards and I said, okay, let’s try to make something from this.” “And since I was working at the Flemish government at that moment, I didn’t have like eight hours a day to spend on the new project. I read the book from Timothy Ferris, which must be a classic for you because everybody references to Timothy Ferris. And then I got this organization in my mind, like saying, “I need to go online, I need to have a website, I need to have some administration and all this.” “I heard about virtual assistants and then I checked, not only you, I checked others. I don’t know the other names again, but you have some competition. And finally, I ended with you. So you had a good plan. I think at that moment it was something like an eight hours plan, a week and all this. And yeah, we had a match. So 2013, trying to solve my problem of not having the time and trying to get my Friday, but that didn’t work and I didn’t get my Friday though.”  Sunder (GetFriday): But I guess we helped you on a lot more other things. This usually happens. It’s always about, we think it’s always about having a good work-life balance, but eventually it turns out that we help people do much more, but for the work-life balance.  Mikel:Yeah, indeed. We become more efficient, but the workloads because we love it. I think the people that you work with are people that love to work. And so, yeah, we don’t count our days. 

Lost & Found: How GetFriday’s Virtual Assistant helped me retrieve a Lost iPad from an Airline and more…

Join us as we delve into the success story of remote work with GetFriday’s client David Larochelle, a Data Engineer with a leading tech company in CA, USA. David who works a full time job and is now married has experienced the incredible benefits of delegating and accomplishing many of the things he couldn’t do given his busy schedule through his able and reliable GetFriday virtual assistant. Juggling a full-time job, an upcoming marriage, along with a side project of writing a book, David was certainly overwhelmed until Siba, his GetFriday Virtual Assistant stepped in. The incredible support from his Personal Virtual Assistant went beyond merely handling tasks; so much so that he quickly became the pillar of support for David. Right from helping him find the right set of eyeglasses to ordering the Japanese screens that David seems to love, to getting the broken windshield of his car fixed, his assistant handled it all. Further, he helped him with his wedding planning and wedding website that saved him a lot of stress. The icing on the cake was when David inadvertently lost his iPad on a flight and was finding it extremely difficult to even get through to the airport and the airline. Siba persevered and followed up meticulously with the multiple support numbers on a daily basis till it was traced and returned back to him. The assistance that David received helped him focus on his work, while also managing the numerous hats he was wearing. David’s story is a testament to the power of delegation and the impact a supportive assistant doing remote work can have on one’s life. Video Transcript (David Larochelle) “I’d like to thank my assistant, Siba, for all the help that he’s given me. These glasses that I’m wearing are glasses that I got from an eye doctor that he helped me find. These Japanese screens behind me are Japanese screens that I got because he helped me find them. I’m the type of person who likes to really do a lot of research, and it’s been really nice to be able to kind of outsource that. I feel like by having an assistant, I am able to kind of, you know, have make the informed decisions, but still have free time. You know, I work full time. I’m married. I’m also writing a book on the side. So, you know, I’ve got a lot going on. So it’s been great to be able to outsource a lot of my tasks. You know, and there’s been just a lot of cases where he’s done things that I wouldn’t have had time to do. I recently lost my iPad. I left it on a plane and he was great about helping me get it returned. He repeatedly contacted the airport and airline for me and I got the iPad back. And if I’ve been on my own, I may never have gotten that back. There’s also been a lot of times when he’s actually saved me substantial amounts of money. I recently had to get the windshield replaced on one of my cars, and he found a place that could do it for $1,500 less than what the dealer had quoted. Over the summer, I was dealing with my wedding and stuff, and there were just lots of pieces of that that he was able to help me with. With the wedding and the wedding website and you know, had a beautiful wedding and, you know, a lot of that credit goes to him and a lot of credit for you know me keeping my sanity and still remaining productive has gone to him. So I’d like to thank him for all my efforts and just say how great a decision it was to get an assistant.” Conclusion : In an era where time is of the essence, services like Getfridya’s virtual personal assistants offer a lifeline for busy individuals. Mr. David’s experience with recovering his lost iPad is a testament to the efficacy and value of such services. By handling time-consuming and complex tasks, GetFriday’s Virtual Assistants provide convenience and ensure peace of mind, enabling clients to navigate life’s challenges with ease. For anyone facing similar circumstances or simply looking to streamline their daily tasks, Sign up for competent virtual assistant support from GetFriday and start delegating your tasks while you focus on high-value activities that deliver the best value for your time and help you achieve more. It’s more than just a service – it’s a partnership that enhances productivity and alleviates the pressures of modern life.

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Join us as we delve into the success story of remote work with GetFriday’s client David Larochelle, a Data Engineer with a leading tech company in CA, USA. David who works a full time job and is now married has experienced the incredible benefits of delegating and accomplishing many of the things he couldn’t do given his busy schedule through his able and reliable GetFriday virtual assistant. Juggling a full-time job, an upcoming marriage, along with a side project of writing a book, David was certainly overwhelmed until Siba, his GetFriday Virtual Assistant stepped in. The incredible support from his Personal Virtual Assistant went beyond merely handling tasks; so much so that he quickly became the pillar of support for David. Right from helping him find the right set of eyeglasses to ordering the Japanese screens that David seems to love, to getting the broken windshield of his car fixed, his assistant handled it all. Further, he helped him with his wedding planning and wedding website that saved him a lot of stress. The icing on the cake was when David inadvertently lost his iPad on a flight and was finding it extremely difficult to even get through to the airport and the airline. Siba persevered and followed up meticulously with the multiple support numbers on a daily basis till it was traced and returned back to him. The assistance that David received helped him focus on his work, while also managing the numerous hats he was wearing. David’s story is a testament to the power of delegation and the impact a supportive assistant doing remote work can have on one’s life. Video Transcript (David Larochelle) “I’d like to thank my assistant, Siba, for all the help that he’s given me. These glasses that I’m wearing are glasses that I got from an eye doctor that he helped me find. These Japanese screens behind me are Japanese screens that I got because he helped me find them. I’m the type of person who likes to really do a lot of research, and it’s been really nice to be able to kind of outsource that. I feel like by having an assistant, I am able to kind of, you know, have make the informed decisions, but still have free time. You know, I work full time. I’m married. I’m also writing a book on the side. So, you know, I’ve got a lot going on. So it’s been great to be able to outsource a lot of my tasks. You know, and there’s been just a lot of cases where he’s done things that I wouldn’t have had time to do. I recently lost my iPad. I left it on a plane and he was great about helping me get it returned. He repeatedly contacted the airport and airline for me and I got the iPad back. And if I’ve been on my own, I may never have gotten that back. There’s also been a lot of times when he’s actually saved me substantial amounts of money. I recently had to get the windshield replaced on one of my cars, and he found a place that could do it for $1,500 less than what the dealer had quoted. Over the summer, I was dealing with my wedding and stuff, and there were just lots of pieces of that that he was able to help me with. With the wedding and the wedding website and you know, had a beautiful wedding and, you know, a lot of that credit goes to him and a lot of credit for you know me keeping my sanity and still remaining productive has gone to him. So I’d like to thank him for all my efforts and just say how great a decision it was to get an assistant.” Conclusion : In an era where time is of the essence, services like Getfridya’s virtual personal assistants offer a lifeline for busy individuals. Mr. David’s experience with recovering his lost iPad is a testament to the efficacy and value of such services. By handling time-consuming and complex tasks, GetFriday’s Virtual Assistants provide convenience and ensure peace of mind, enabling clients to navigate life’s challenges with ease. For anyone facing similar circumstances or simply looking to streamline their daily tasks, Sign up for competent virtual assistant support from GetFriday and start delegating your tasks while you focus on high-value activities that deliver the best value for your time and help you achieve more. It’s more than just a service – it’s a partnership that enhances productivity and alleviates the pressures of modern life.