John JonasOwner, OnlineJobs.ph · Scale Your Business with Filipino VAs

What will happen to your business if you DISAPPEAR? 😶😐

1 May 2025 · 1 min

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In this personal monologue, the speaker recounts being diagnosed with cancer in 2021, which forced a year-long leave from day‑to‑day operations. Prior to the diagnosis, the speaker had hired a remote workforce through online job platforms to handle a range of duties, starting with basic administrative tasks such as bookkeeping, customer support, and refund processing. Over time, the team took on increasingly sophisticated responsibilities—including banking, finance, video editing, graphic design, and software development. The remote team not only kept the company running during the speaker’s absence but also increased profitability, suggesting that the speaker’s delegation and management approach was effective. Since that period, the business has continued to grow more profitable, reinforcing the value of remote, outsourced talent for business continuity and scaling.

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In 2021 I was diagnosed with cancer. My team, who I had hired through online jobs, basically ran the company. First I just sort of assigned admin tasks like bookkeeping and accountant content updates and stuff like that, chatting to customers or refund requests. And over time my team have begun handling more and more complex work, everything from banking and finances, video editing, graphics coding, everything. It's literally been game changing for me and for my life. In 2021I was diagnosed with cancer. I had to take pretty much an entire year off and my team, who I had hired through online jobs, basically ran the company. And if anything, they made more money and we were actually more profitable, which maybe says something about my management style. But since then we have always become more profitable since hiring them.