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The Playbook With David Meltzer

Shane Riggs: Founder of The VA Group | #ThePlaybook 288

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Shane Riggs, founder & CEO of the VA Group, shares about the “bumpy road” he walked trying to find the right career, before eventually founding his current business. Shane talks about how virtual assistants can fix some of the “curses” of running a business, and how the VA Group’s vetting process helps to deliver better results for clients. Riggs and host of #ThePlaybook, David Meltzer, discuss a range of topics including how to leverage your personal experiences in order to create unique solutions for customers, how the adoption of technology has changed how businesses operate and communicate, and why having a virtual assistant is more valuable than ever.

Transcript

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0:00.0

On this episode of the Playbook, I have Shane Riggs, founder of VA Group,

0:04.8

and we're going to talk about the true value from Virtual Assistance,

0:09.6

which are more than ever needed today.

0:11.9

Join me for all of this and more on the playbook.

0:15.6

This is Entrepreneurs the Playbook,

0:17.8

where each week I bring you some of the greatest athletes, celebrities,

0:21.8

and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and professional

0:25.6

playbook to success and what made them champions on the field and in the boardroom.

0:31.0

I'm your host David Melzer. This Dave Melzer with

0:34.8

entrepreneurs the Playbook and I have Shane Riggs. He is the founder of the

0:38.7

VA group. Welcome to the Playbook Shane. Thanks for having me day, very excited.

0:44.1

So when people think of the VA group,

0:45.8

they're probably thinking about the Veterans Administration,

0:48.8

I immediately go to something much more important

0:51.4

or equally important, I should say, because it's the future. It's

0:54.5

virtual assistance and not new right virtual assistance have been around for

1:00.1

years and years but absolutely it has hit a chasm now that we've been forced to work virtually.

1:07.5

I think people are realizing how valuable virtual assistance can be. Now you're definitely not alone.

1:14.0

We've definitely had a few phone calls when we first started out wanting to join

1:18.0

veterans essentially and you know where's the next veterans meeting and things like that kind of getting the wrong idea

1:26.3

So yes VA virtual assistance it is very very big right now. We are in a big technology era and that's the most easy,

1:35.9

convenient and cheapest way to grow and automate your business and it's a

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