From Lawyer to Virtudesk CEO

Pavel Stepanov, Virtudesk CEO, joins Byron Lazine to discuss the creation and growth of Virtudesk, the advantage of hiring their virtual assistants, and what’s next for the company.
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Pavel Stepanov is CEO of Virtudesk. From personal experience, I can attest to the high quality of virtual assistants with the company—the best I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with.

In fact, Virtudesk is so important to BAM and to my real estate business, we’ve collaborated with them on an ebook, which you can download here.

Click on any of the timestamps below to watch:

00:30 Tell me the story of you personally.

02:28 Were you underwhelmed with the American Dream when you got here…?

03:15 When did you start getting into real estate? And why real estate?

07:55 So, when did you go all in on Virtudesk and building out the company?

12:03 Philippines had very strict pandemic lockdowns (military-enforced)

14:30 Virtudesk has events. Do you ever have some of the VAs come to the event?

16:28 What’s the biggest misconception about hiring a VA?

27:20 What’s the next big step for Virtudesk?

32:10 What’s the big takeaway you want for every agent listening?

Watch the full episode for more.

Virtudesk affords you the opportunity to focus on what you do best. Spend more time on revenue-earning activities and less time on things you can delegate.

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About the Author

Byron Lazine is the Co-Founder and CEO of BAM and co-founder of the #1 total transaction team in Connecticut with over $1B in residential real estate sales. He appears daily on the Hot Sheet and weekly on The Real Word and Knowledge Brokers Podcast. You can also find Byron speaking at industry events across the nation.

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