To the investors with hired help - What do they do?

[Axel Ragnarsson]

Hi all,

I have kind of an interesting question for investors who have grown their portfolio/company to the point where they have hired an assistant or employees.. What functions within the business have you delegated to an assistant? I'm looking to take advantage of an internship program at a local university that looks to place students in a "startup environment" as part of their course credit. I would be working with a student for 8-10 hours a week, and I'm thinking of what tasks/responsibilities I can delegate to him/her. 

With that being said, what is included in the "job description" of those of you who do work with an assistant of some kind? 

Thank you!

[Andrew Michael]

@Axel Ragnarsson

My help's main roles are:

CRM management

Lead generation and follow up (Cold calls, emails, and direct mailings)

Setting appointments, call backs, and walk throughs (I encourage them to shadow me during these to learn process)

Taking pictures at appointments

Preparing contracts/ offers

I also incentivize them with equity pieces of each deal.  Not only so they work hard but I found it helps them really want to learn the process and business overall.