Virtual Freedom

The superhero syndrome Chris Ducker describes afflicts entrepreneurs who insist on doing every job themselves, acting as boss, copywriter, salesperson, marketer and HR manager at once. Ducker, an outsourcing specialist known as the Virtual CEO, argues that small business owners, consultants and online entrepreneurs can instead build affordable teams of virtual employees to run, support and grow their companies. The guide works step by step through deciding which tasks to hand off, then recruiting, hiring and training virtual assistants, keeping them motivated and managing their work. Its emphasis throughout is on business growth, and it points readers to additional tactics and online resources.

John Lee Dumas, host of Entrepreneur On Fire, endorsed it, predicting it would become the standard guide to growing a business without burning out. Pat Flynn of Smart Passive Income praised it as a book he could not put down.