EPISODE 17: How Carmen Williams Built a 125-Person Global Team (from Scientist to CEO)

In this episode of the Perpetual Growth Podcast, I chat with Carmen Williams, founder of Global Teams, about her unexpected journey from fetal lung research to leading a global VA company.

🔍 In this episode, we cover:

✔️Carmen’s wild leap from healthcare project manager to entrepreneur (with two kids and a mortgage)
✔️The real reason most people fail at hiring VAs (and how to avoid it)
✔️Why your first VA shouldn’t be a unicorn—and what to look for instead
✔️How to scale with support instead of stress
✔️The power of discomfort, vertical growth, and choosing challenge over comfort
✔️What not to do when building your team (Carmen’s learned it all firsthand)

Carmen brings humor, honesty, and a wealth of hard-earned wisdom to this conversation—and if you’re building anything right now (a business, a team, a new phase of life), this one is a must-watch.

🎧 Listen in, and you’ll walk away rethinking how you hire, lead, and grow.