Operations: Outsourcing & delegation
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Outsourcing & delegation
Podcast
Building a low-overhead business by designing for time freedom
Deep Questions with Cal Newport
December 20, 2021
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Business models
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Productivity & habits
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- Success itself breaks your systems — more roles means more friction
- Decoupling time from money unlocks earning more while working less
- Align, Design, Assign: the three-step framework for reclaiming capacity
Outsourcing & delegation
Podcast
Hiring vs. Outsourcing, E-commerce SaaS, and Listener Questions
Startups For the Rest of Us
May 11, 2021
Outsourcing & delegation
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B2B sales
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Growth hacking
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- Don't let perceived regulatory barriers block e-commerce SaaS ideas; payment processors handle compliance for you now.
- Find early-adopter customers who want to take risks with you, not risk-averse prospects who'll never commit.
- Bootstrap founders win by serving their customers well in niches, not by outspending rivals in winner-take-all markets.
Outsourcing & delegation
YouTube
Three tools to fix delegation and stop being overworked
Bill Gallagher
March 30, 2021
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Delegation
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- Responsibility without accountability is why delegation fails
- One owner per function and per cross-functional process eliminates bottlenecks
- Love/Loathe lists reveal mismatched tasks you can swap, automate, or cut
Outsourcing & delegation
YouTube
How virtual assistants and outsourcing buy back your time as a business owner
Bill Gallagher
December 23, 2020
Outsourcing & delegation
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Time management
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Delegation
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- Audit every task for dollar-productivity, then delegate or drop the rest.
- A blended model of specialists plus virtual assistants can triple revenue.
- Documented systems are the asset that makes a business sellable and scalable.
Outsourcing & delegation
YouTube
How to build and outsource an SEO team using a three-step framework
Ahrefs
December 2, 2020
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Processes & SOPs
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SEO
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- SOPs must come before hiring — document every step in detail first.
- Hire specialists per task, not one freelancer for all of SEO.
- Kanban boards map SOP steps to columns, keeping remote teams aligned.
Removing middle management by mapping tasks to passion
Bill Gallagher
February 6, 2019
Processes & SOPs
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Management
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Outsourcing & delegation
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- Cultural fit without task fit still drives A-players out the door
- Frontline staff voluntarily took tasks that managers had neglected for years
- Removing 14 managers freed enough budget to pay frontliners more than competitors
Outsourcing & delegation
YouTube
How to hire a virtual assistant that actually works for you
Noah Kagan
May 19, 2017
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Delegation
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- Delegating low-value tasks pays off if your time is worth more
- Build an SOP before hiring — most assistant failures start there
- Expect to screen 100 candidates to find one genuinely great hire