Office Manager
topic on 3 shows · 4 statements across 4 episodes
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 
Startup Acquisition Stories 
My First Million
4 statements about Office Manager, every show
Schwab: Remote office managers cannot typically handle more than two accounts
“When you're an office manager for a company, you get to know the owners and the teams and the clients, right? So if you're doing that for more than two accounts, it's just too much for one person to manage typically.”
Alströmer: Early chiefs of staff and offices worsen startup outcomes
“It just feels natural that I should have an office manager, or I should have a really nice big office, or maybe two offices, or maybe a chief of staff, and there's, like, all of the things that, that just, like, you can look at other companies that are success…”
Domofsky: Medical Decision-Makers Are Much Harder to Reach Due to Gatekeepers
“Particularly in medical versus just small, medium-sized business, you know, finding decision makers is much tougher. You know, office managers and front desk staff, people at these medical practices are trained To keep sales reps and people away.”
The front desk manager is the ultimate gatekeeper for office sales
“In any pocket of people, there is somebody who is more influential than the rest, any tribe of people. And in an office, that's always the person at the front desk. It's the office manager, the secretary, whatever you want to call it.”