Turn your to-do list into a to-done list.

So are y’all trying to get stuff done or no?

Because my amazing virtual assistant is taking my eventually list, my checklist, my to-do list, and turning it into a to-done list. The app is running. The podcast is running. The YouTube channel is up. Done, done, done. [1]

If you’re a busy entrepreneur, let me explain how to get there yourself.

What a VA can take off your plate

I’m “a busy entrepreneur,” doing all the things. Having a virtual assistant “managing household things for me, managing personal things for me, managing business things for me, it is a game changer.” [1]

Think about everything you keep for “eventually”: the inbox and the calendar, following up, the social media and the video editing, the phones, the research and the data entry, the invoices. If it’s on your list and it isn’t the work only you can do, it can go on a VA’s list.

“But I have AI”

Before you come for me: AI is amazing. But “the thing with AI is that you still gotta give the AI all the stuff.” You still have to stop and say, “Hey, AI, I want this, this, this, and this.” And God forbid it’s wrong, or you need a tweak. [1]

“So yes, AI is amazing, but AI needs an AI operator.” A quick conversation with a VA and “you can have 50 things done and still use AI.” [1]

How to start: the ten-minute conversation

Here’s how it works for me. I get on WhatsApp with my virtual assistant and have a ten-minute conversation: “Here’s the things that I need to be done. Here’s the things that’s on my wish list.” And then they get to work. [1]

So before that first call, write the list. Everything on your eventually list. Next to each one, the hours it costs you. Then pick the first five to hand off. (That’s exactly what the free VA Wish List walks you through.)

Now here’s the important part: give access the safe way

Handing work over means handing over some access. The U.S. Small Business Administration’s cybersecurity guidance for small businesses lays out the basics [2]:

• Their own login. Each person gets a separate user account, with a strong password. Don’t share yours.
• Only what they need. Give access to only the information the work requires, and keep administrative privileges with trusted key people.
• Turn on multi-factor authentication, and check whether your vendors offer it on accounts like financial, accounting and payroll.
• Check in. Review who has access to what, regularly.

And if you hire someone directly, the IRS says you must determine whether they’re an employee or an independent contractor, because the tax rules differ. It looks at behavioral control, financial control and the type of relationship, and says to document how you decided. [3] Your tax professional can help with that part.

Don’t wait

“Listen, don’t wait.” It is cost efficient, and “it is amazing to just know that things are being done.” [1]

Get the free VA Wish List: tick what you’d hand off, see the hours you’d get back, and we’ll talk about your first five. Prefer to talk now? Call (678) 404-1562.

So that’s starting with a VA, explained.

This article shares general practices and the SBA’s and IRS’s guidance. It isn’t legal, tax or IT security advice for your business.

Sources

1. Erika K. Page, “You need a VA” (video, October 2026), her own words.
2. U.S. Small Business Administration, Strengthen your cybersecurity.
3. Internal Revenue Service, Independent contractor (self-employed) or employee?