Virtual assistants joined the workforce in record numbers as the gig sector grew amid the pandemic. Discussions about VAs and gig workers on social media are inspiring others to become entrepreneurs.

Welcome to "Founder Finances," an Insider series discussing founders' monthly budgets. In this story, a virtual assistant and mentor shares her $5,000 monthly budget. She prioritizes outsourcing tasks ...

This photo taken late on October 22, 2020 shows Lalo Lopez from Spain practicing with a drone at a studio in Shanghai where he usually live-streams to offer products on an Aliexpress channel in Spain.

Clients hire virtual assistants to tasks off their plates. VA’s support and sometimes run the back end of a client’s business so that the founder can concentrate on growth and high-level strategies.

In recent years, one of the most exciting and fastest-growing areas of AI innovation has been the field of AI-powered virtual assistants. This includes both well-known consumer devices like Amazon’s ...

Hannah Dixon is a six-figure-earning virtual assistant coach and recruiter. She says it’s important to understand that virtual assistants are business owners, not employees. Dixon says that virtual ...