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ideamensch is an interview platform for entrepreneurs, makers, and doers.
Their purpose is to help entrepreneurs bring their ideas to life by sharing their stories via interviews.
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Here is an excerpt from their interview.
Where did the idea for Aim2Assist come from?
My background is in structural and mechanical design engineering and was also my first business venture. I contracted design work from professional engineers out of Pensacola, Florida from 1996 thru 2016. My workload was cut in half beginning in 2009 due to the recession; it became necessary to find additional work to make ends meet.
In the 1980’s, I was the executive assistant to the heir to Dow Chemical for four years and still possessed the skills required to perform EA work. Needing to continue working remotely from home, I began searching for executive/administrative assistant positions online; I was hired as a virtual assistant contractor for what is now one of Aim2Assist’s competitors.
I loved their business model and did very well for just over a year until they went in a different direction – one in which I was not in agreement. Many EAs left and eventually, I was one of them. Knowing and believing I could start my own virtual assistant company, I single-handedly founded, bootstrapped and launched Aim2Assist in 2014… Read full interview here. 