EPISODE 56 • 01/26/2021 • 1 hr 37 min
He created the world’s largest website for finding Filipino Virtual Assistants, OnlineJobs.ph, which has over 1,000,000 Filipino resumes and hundreds of thousands of employers from around the world using it.
John had a normal "job" for 8 months after college and his biggest goal at that time was to be able to quit that job. He managed to quit back in 2004 and worked from home for himself ever since then. It was in 2006 that he first hired someone from the Philippines, he immediately knew he was onto something special.
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Show Notes
01:30 Getting to know John Jonas
04:41 How Onlinejobs.ph works
08:40 John’s childhood
010:55 Building his own business
17:40 The importance of adding value
19:00 How OnlineJobs started
21:45 Why John decided to build a business with Filipinos
26:30 John’s relationship with his employees
35:00 The challenges of hiring virtual VAs
39:10 Challenges that John faced
46:00 Training leaders to make the most out of each opportunity
54:30 How VAs can ease your life
57:30 Aiming for excellent customer experience
1:02:47 Why the Philippines is so appealing
1:04:25 Replacemyself.com
1:15:16 What John does in his spare time