In 2018 I was an overwhelmed founder. Solutions 8 had 6 employees. I hired an 18-year-old off Freelancer.com to be my EA. His name is Ivan Bunin.
Ivan went from EA to Tech Lead to CTO while we grew Solutions 8 into the #1-ranked Google Ads agency in the world: 200 clients and around $100M in ad spend. When I sold the company in 2022, an 8-figure exit, Ivan ran the entire due diligence.
Today he's my co-founder at Pareto Talent. I still work with three Pareto EAs myself.
Was I lucky to find Ivan? Absolutely. Our mission is to give 1,000 people the same chance he got: 1,000 founders, 1,000 Right Hands.