From Two Friends to a Full Company: The First Year of RefinedVA

What started as a favor for two friends turned into a business that’s now helping entrepreneurs reclaim their time and scale through virtual assistants. In this special one-year anniversary episode of The Unfiltered Sessions Podcast, Phillip Sessions pulls back the curtain on the messy beginnings, the pivotal hires, the early struggles, and the game-changing lessons learned in building RefinedVA.

You’ll hear the behind-the-scenes story of:
 ✅ How two friends became the spark for a business
 ✅ The sloppy first interviews (and what we learned)
 ✅ Why hiring “ahead of where you are” changes everything
 ✅ The team members who shaped the company’s future
 ✅ Why we launched the VA Training Academy (and what’s next)
 ✅ And why human touch will always beat AI

This isn’t just a story about business growth, it's about starting before you’re ready, learning as you go, and building something bigger than yourself.

If you’ve ever thought about hiring a virtual assistant, scaling beyond yourself, or just wondered what it really looks like to build a business in year one, this episode will give you both the raw truth and the hope that you can do it too.

🌐 Learn more about what I do at: https://www.refinedva.com/

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