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The Collaborative Co.

The Collaborative Co. is a VA, founded by a two-time Aus VA of the Year finalist.

We match skilled Filipino virtual assistants with Australian business owners who are ready to grow without burning out.

13/10/2026

Burnout doesn't announce itself. It creeps in through the Sunday night dread, the inbox you keep putting off, the tasks that have been on your list for three weeks because everything else always comes first. It looks like hustle from the outside. It feels like running on empty from the inside.

And the wild part? 👀 Most founders wait until they're completely done before they do anything about it.

A VA won't fix everything. But the right one changes everything.

The emails get managed before you open your laptop.
The calendar stops being a source of stress.
The follow-ups go out without you having to remember they exist.
And you - for the first time in a long time - get to actually run your business instead of being buried in it.

57% of Australian small business owners experienced burnout last year.
76% reported stress or anxiety.
Those aren't just numbers - that's the COST of doing everything yourself for far too long.

You don't have to wait until you're the toaster.

Get ahead of it. Book a Collaborative Call. Link in bio.

11/10/2026

I flew business class for the first time the other week and here are my thoughts...👀

To be transparent, I didn’t pay for it (thanks, points!). But the opportunity came up and I couldn’t resist.

And it completely changed my experience of flying a red eye home. Not because it was “business,” but because of what it actually gave me.

→ Fast tracked through an airport I’d never been to
→ Lying flat on a red eye, so I landed back in Australia actually rested
→ A better selection of food
→ A business lounge before the flight that felt luxurious
→ Qantas pyjamas (ok this is a joke but they were a v comfortable bonus)

I don’t drink, so couldn't care less about being served ch*****ne upon arrival to be honest... It was the overall comfort and experience, and it lived up to everything I hoped.

But of course, my brain wouldn’t let it just be a nice flight. (Which says a lot about me...😅)

Same plane. Same pilot. Same destination as everyone else on board. A completely different experience depending on where you sat.

And that’s exactly what we do at TCC.

You can find a VA yourself. Think Upwork, $7/hr, do your own vetting, manage the relationship yourself, and hope for the best. You’ll get there.

Or you can have it fully managed. Recruitment. Vetting. Onboarding. Ongoing support. Someone in your corner when things come up.

Both get you a VA.

Only one lets you actually rest on the way.

DM 'UPGRADE' and I’ll show you what fully managed looks like.

09/10/2026

That's literally what we do.

Not "here's a list of available VAs, pick one."
Not a job board.
Not a waiting list.
An actual search - built around you, your business, and what the right fit looks like in your specific world.

Every founder who comes to us has a different version of the same problem. Too much on their plate, not enough trust in who they've tried before, and a nagging feeling that the right person exists - they just haven't found them yet.

That's where we come in.

We learn how you work before we go looking for anyone. We recruit from scratch. We place with intention. And we stay invested in whether it's actually working long after the hire is done.

The right VA doesn't just take tasks off your list. They change how your whole week feels. They make you wonder how you held all of that by yourself for so long.

That's what we're finding you.

Ready? Book a Collaborative Call. Link in bio.

07/10/2026

Here’s 10 things a VA should be running in your business, not you →

Sorting your inbox every morning
Chasing invoices that are weeks overdue
The “just following up!” emails you keep forgetting to send
Scheduling and rescheduling your own calls
Posting and captioning your own content
Onboarding new clients from scratch every time
Formatting proposals and decks at 11pm
Answering the same five DMs you answer every week
Keeping your CRM even vaguely up to date
Being the only person who knows how anything runs

These are easy tasks to delegate. They’re also time wasters for founders who are still holding on to them.

The founders who get their time back don’t work harder. They get a VA who actually fits how they work, hand over this exact list (and more!), and win their week back.

That’s the whole job we do. We find you the person, match them to how you work, and get them running this list so you don’t have to.

You didn’t start a business to spend your day chasing invoices. Time to get your VA.

Ready to hand this list over? Book your Collaborative Call. Link in bio.

04/10/2026

Ever wondered what we do IF your VA isn't the right fit?

It's rare, because we put a lot of care into matching you with someone super aligned.

But if the fit isn't there? We go again. Proper recruitment, built around everything we now know about how you work. You're not starting from zero. You're starting from a better brief.

You won't be left holding it alone. That's the difference between a transaction and a working relationship.

Book a Collaborative Call https://links.ivorey.io/widget/bookings/collaborative-call-009

30/09/2026

Most VAs don't fail because of the VA 👀

They fail because of everything that didn't happen before they started. No real conversation about how the founder works. No recruitment built around fit. No structure in week one. Just a profile and crossed fingers hoping for the best.

That's not how we do it.

Every placement at TCC follows five deliberate steps:

→ We go deep on the founder before we go looking for anyone.
→ We recruit from scratch, not from a waiting list of a thousand "available" VAs.
→ We onboard with structure, so week one builds momentum instead of confusion.
→ The VA who shows up isn't just task-ready. They're trained to think, take initiative, and treat your business like it matters. Because it actually does to us.
→ And if life happens, leave, gaps, transitions, that's planned for too. You don't lose momentum because something came up.

Founders who've been through this don't call it lucky. They call it finally doing it right.

If your last VA didn't work out, the process behind it is probably why.

Book your Collaborative Call. Link in bio.

28/09/2026

I flew to Manila for two nights and I’m so glad I did.

I was so nervous, but I left feeling SO freaking grateful, more inspired and more proud of this team than ever.

If you have an offshore team, I highly encourage you to find the time to go and meet them. It was life changing.

Swipe for everything I didn’t expect. →

Until next time, Philippines. 🇵🇭

25/09/2026

You already know you're ready. You've known for a while.

Because the signs have been there. The bottleneck that's always you (lovingly!).
The emails sitting in drafts because you haven't had a spare ten minutes.
The work you actually started this business to do, getting pushed to last on the list every.single.day. The thought that flickers every time you're doing something repetitive - "I could hand this off."

That thought IS the sign. You already know what needs to go. You've probably known for months...

The only thing missing is the right person to give it to - someone who fits your pace, understands your business, and handles things the way you'd want them handled. That's the difference between hiring a VA and finding the right match.

If three or more slides in this carousel made you nod, you're not just ready. You're overdue.

Book a Collaborative Call. Let's find your match > https://links.ivorey.io/widget/bookings/collaborative-call-009

23/09/2026

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