Peter Lohmann's Podcast From VA to Boss with Binsi Das: Rewriting the Global Talent Playbook
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Aug 14, 2025 Binsi Das, the Managing Director at Sagan Passport, shares her remarkable journey from virtual assistant to a leadership role in recruitment. She highlights the common pitfalls American businesses face when hiring global talent and emphasizes the need for effective communication and cultural awareness. Binsi discusses the critical role of mentorship in fostering success and why it’s essential to build, not just find, talent. She also touches on navigating accent biases, training challenges, and the importance of patience in creating high-performing remote teams.
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Hired As A Five-Hour Assistant
- Binsi started as a short, five-hour-a-week virtual assistant creating one report for John and learned on the job.
- She progressed quickly because John taught her tools and trusted her with more responsibility.
Asked To Run Operations
- Binsi moved from EA to operations after repeatedly picking up others' work and asking John to make her the operations manager.
- She never returned to an individual contributor role after that promotion.
Build Talent, Don't Hunt Unicorns
- Growth came from mentorship, context, and access rather than finding a mythical perfect hire.
- John gave Binsi blanket access and daily calls so she built a complete mental model of the business.