Filipino Virtual Assistants for Founders and CEOs
Built a company. Inherited an inbox.
Somewhere along the way the founder job became triage. A dedicated Filipino executive assistant takes the calendar, the inbox and the follow-ups, works your hours, and hands your evenings back.
Representative day for a founder running a 10 to 40 person company. Yours is mapped from your real calendar on the discovery call.
The founder's week has a shape. It is not a good one.
The inbox is your second job
Two hours a day triaging email that mostly is not for you, and the message that mattered still slipped.
Other people run your calendar
Whoever asks first gets the slot. Deep work gets whatever is left, which is usually nothing.
Follow-ups die quietly
The intro you promised, the invoice you meant to chase, the candidate waiting on a reply. All on you, all slipping.
Admin happens after 9pm
Expenses, bookings, scheduling, data entry. The work that keeps the company tidy happens on your evenings.
You are the bottleneck
Approvals, answers and access all route through you. When you are heads-down, the company idles.
A US-based EA is a $70k line
You have priced the fix. A full-time executive assistant at US market rates is a hire you keep postponing.
Where the week goes now, and where it goes after
A representative founder week. Yours gets mapped from your real calendar on the discovery call.
Illustrative split for a founder running a 10 to 40 person company. Not a measured client result.
What moves off your plate, and what never does
| Workstream | Cadence | Owner |
|---|---|---|
| Inbox triage to zeroCleared, filed, drafted. A short needs-you list is all that reaches you. | Twice daily | Your EA |
| Calendar defenseDeep-work blocks protected, conflicts resolved before you see them. | Continuous | Your EA |
| Meeting prep and follow-throughA one-page brief before, actions captured and chased after. | Per meeting | Your EA |
| Invoices, contracts and signaturesChased to closed, logged in your CRM the same day. | Weekly | Your EA |
| Travel and logisticsBooked end to end with a one-page itinerary. | As needed | Your EA |
| Board and investor updatesAssembled on your template, numbers pulled, formatted, reminded. | Monthly | Your EA |
| Final decisions and approvalsPrepared for you, never made for you. | Always | Stays with you |
| Sensitive relationships and threadsInvestors, key hires, anything you mark private. The boundary is written down before day one. | Always | Stays with you |
Why founders keep doing $18-an-hour work
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the median executive assistant salary at roughly $70,000 a year before benefits, which is why most founders never make the hire. The work does not disappear. It just gets done by the most expensive person in the company, at night.
Harvard Business Review made the case for executive assistants over a decade ago: an assistant who keeps a leader focused on the highest-value work pays for themselves several times over. The argument was written for Fortune 500 salaries. At Philippine market rates, the same math applies to a 10-person company.
The dedicated difference
This is not a shared assistant answering for six clients. One person, full time, on your accounts and your tools, who knows that Thursday board prep matters more than Tuesday inbox zero because they have been in your business long enough to know the difference.
From call to a calmer week
Map your week
A 15 minute call. We walk your actual calendar and inbox and mark what moves, what stays, and what needs your voice.
Meet your matches
Two or three vetted candidates matched to your tools and hours. You interview, you choose.
Hand off in stages
Week one is shadowing. Week two they run the work with your sign-off. By week four it is theirs.
What this looks like when it is real
Horizon Business Solutions
A real, named engagement with the full story published: what the team took over, how the handoff ran, and the working rhythm that made it stick.
This is what working with us actually looks like.
Liz ran a solo counselling practice in Australia. Karen was her dedicated Armasourcing assistant: inbox, bookings and client follow-ups, handled across the timezone gap. Every engagement gets reviewed the same honest way.
The right page for a different seat
An EA multiplies you. If the bottleneck is a function, not your desk, start there instead.
Before you book the call
Will they work my hours?
Yes. Your EA works the schedule you set in your timezone, including US business hours. Overlap is not a compromise here, it is the default.
How is this different from a US executive assistant?
The role is the same and the standard is the same. The difference is cost structure and management: your EA is full time, dedicated, and backed by our QA layer, at Philippine market rates instead of a US salary. If you specifically need someone in the room, we are the wrong answer and will say so.
What happens if the match is not right?
The 110-day perfect hire guarantee covers you: we re-match and rerun onboarding at no cost. You are never stuck managing a mis-hire alone.
How much of my inbox can I really hand over?
Most founders hand over triage completely within a month: your EA clears, files, drafts and flags, and you touch only the messages that genuinely need you. Sensitive threads stay yours, and the boundary is written down before day one.
The 110-Day Perfect Hire Guarantee
If the match is not right inside the first 110 days, we re-match and rerun onboarding at no cost. The guarantee is part of every engagement, in writing, before you pay anything.
Backed personally, on every engagement. Eli Gutilban, Founder · Read the full guarantee
Get your week back in one call
Bring your calendar. In 15 minutes we will mark what moves off your plate and introduce you to your first matches within the week.
Book a FREE Discovery Call No retainer to start. If an EA is not the right hire yet, you will hear that on the call.The Private Desk
One point of contact from first call through onboarding. You talk to a principal who knows your engagement, not a rotating sales queue.