4/2008 Interview with Kylie Short of Tilda Virtual Services - Page 5 - Virtual Assistant Forums

#41 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008

Thanks for the info Kathie!
I'll have to do a little digging to see if I can get a copy

#42 (**permalink**) 07-03-2008

I was supposed to get a copy but didn't and then promptly forgot all about it. Kathie has just emailed the scanned copy to me. The article came about because the journalist is a friend of my client's husband. Small world!

#43 (**permalink**) 08-25-2008

Thank you Kylie for your story. I agree with you 100%, no pay, no product!

#44 (**permalink**) 08-26-2008

Great job!!! I think this interview is amazing to helping me get my business started.
Thanks so much.
Erika

#45 (**permalink**) 08-29-2008

Loved the idea that the "VA" opportunity just happened to you. I'm currently in the same position whereby I went for a job interview for a start up company and came out with my own VA business! I'm now in a position where by I'm setting up my own practice (website, home office etc) but have my first client (not a bad thing in my eyes anyway!) also in the stage of having to change my mindset from employee to business owner. Thank you for sharing, very informative interview!

#46 (**permalink**) 08-29-2008

Great Interview, Kylie!

It is amazing how you do not look for something and the VA business just lands on you. My business also started that way, I was doing bookkeeping for a comapny and they referred me to their friends and here I am today.

Thank you Kylie, I think we all need to work on the self-esteem part. It gets better and better as you land more clients. But definitely something to work on.

Best wishes!!

#47 (**permalink**) 08-31-2008

Thank you for sharing with us the struggles you had to face and the realization that you are not an employee anymore but a business owner. That is a mindset that most people who come from the workforce has to break.

Congratulations to you and more power to your business!

#48 (**permalink**) 08-31-2008

Thank you Kylie for sharing your experiences so candidly.

I have gained a lot of from your story. I especially love the part about "not a show house". I believe that having some sort of work-life balance and spending time with your family is far more important than having a museum for a house. Clean and tidy is surely enough!

Also I appreciate you sharing your actions with your client and the way that it is necessary to "take yourself seriously". We are in business and our policies and operating procedures are highly important. I will definitely remember to have strength and "put my big girl boots on" in these situations if they arise for me in the future.

Thanks again and all the best for your continued success.

Congratulations on your nomination.

Debra

#49 (**permalink**) 09-14-2008

Ohhh Kylie congratulations to you and what a wonderful inspiration you are to someone totally new and just starting off, you have made me feel stronger and the tips you have given are invaluable, just because we are newbie VA's doesn't mean we need to scrape the bottom of the barrell, lol. Thanks again, Jenne

#50 (**permalink**) 09-16-2008

Great interview. Very helpful with the questions to show us newbies what to expect and how to overcome certain obstructions. Thanks for the good reading.