I build the systems behind founders who don't have time to build them.
I'm Chidinma Favour Ogbonnaya — founder of Mavenaide, building the teams and brands behind founders who are done doing it all alone, and mentor to the next generation of virtual assistant agency owners. Faith-led, delivery-obsessed, and trained as a nurse before any of this.
I didn't set out to build an agency. I set out to be so good at supporting other people's businesses that they never wanted to run them without me.
That instinct turned into Mavenaide a virtual assistant agency placing vetted, trained VAs with US-based business owners who are done being the only ones holding their business together. It's what makes me effective at building the teams and brands behind the founders I work with directly, the delegation, the hiring, the structure and what I now teach to VAs and aspiring agency owners building the same kind of business, from scratch, from Nigeria, for the world.
Read the Full Story →Three ways I show up for founders
Mentorship for the agency owner in the making. Speaking for the room that needs the truth about building support systems. Consulting for the founder ready to build a team and brand that runs without them.
VA Business Mentorship
A cohort-based program for VAs and aspiring agency owners who want to go from freelancing to running a real, staffed, profitable agency.
Explore Mentorship →Speaking & Panels
On building support systems that scale, leading remote teams across time zones, and doing serious work without losing yourself.
See Speaking Topics →Team & Brand Building
Consulting for founders who need to build the team and brand that lets their business run without them, the right delegation, the right hires, the right structure.
See Consulting Services →Built in the open, one cohort at a time
Tea from the EA Desk
Co-hosted with Monica Matamoros, founder of GoToCalls, stories from both sides of the desk: the executive assistant's view and the founder's view, for the EAs, VAs, brand managers, and founders building real careers and companies behind the scenes.
Visit the PodcastThe story behind the systems.
How a founder's instinct for order became an agency, a mentorship, and a way of working.
I didn't set out to build an agency. I set out to be so good at building the teams and brands behind other people's businesses that they never wanted to run them without me.
That instinct for structure, for the right hire at the right time, for making a founder's life lighter is the whole story. It's what turned into Mavenaide, a virtual assistant agency placing vetted, trained VAs with US-based business owners who are done being the only ones holding their business together. It's what makes me effective at building the team and the brand behind the founders I work with directly, knowing what to delegate, who to hire next, and how to structure a business so it doesn't depend on one person.
I build businesses to run without me in the room and I teach others to build the same.
And it's what I now teach to VAs and aspiring agency owners building the same kind of business I built, from scratch, from Port Harcourt, for clients across the world.
I'm also a wife, a mother of two, a woman of faith, and a trained nurse. Those aren't separate from the work, they shape how I lead a team, how I show up for clients, and how I talk to the women I mentor about building something real without losing themselves in it. That tension, and how I hold it, is a lot of what I speak and mentor on.
Work With Me →Build the agency, not just the freelance hustle.
A cohort-based mentorship for VAs and aspiring agency owners who are ready to go from taking clients one at a time to running a real, staffed business.
This is the path I walked, taught step by step
Most VAs plateau at the same wall: they're excellent at the work but have never built the business around it. This mentorship exists to close that gap & positioning, pricing, client acquisition, systems, and eventually, a team.
Delivered in cohorts, currently enrolling for the next round.
- 01Finding and closing your first (or next) high-value clients without relying on marketplaces
- 02Pricing your services like an agency, not a freelancer
- 03Building SOPs and systems that let you delegate instead of doing it all yourself
- 04Hiring, training, and managing your own team of VAs
- 05Positioning your brand so clients come to you
Built for the doer, not the dreamer
- Working VAs ready to build an agency
- Aspiring agency owners starting from zero
- Africa-based professionals serving international clients
- Anyone tired of freelancing without a system
The honest version of building a business behind the scenes.
I speak to rooms that want the real story of founder-led entrepreneurship & not the highlight reel.
What I bring to the stage or the panel
Every talk is grounded in what I've actually built; an agency, a mentorship, a brand & not theory borrowed from someone else's business.
- Building support systems that scale how to stop being the bottleneck in your own business
- Leading remote & distributed teams managing across time zones without losing quality or culture
- Faith, motherhood & ambition doing serious, demanding work without losing your faith or your family
- Building from Africa, for the world running a globally facing business from Port Harcourt
Flexible to your event
- Keynotes
- Panels
- Fireside chats
- Workshops & masterclasses
- Podcast guest appearances
Build the team that lets you step back.
Consulting for founders who need to build the team and brand that lets their business run without them; the right delegation, the right hires, the right structure.
Where I plug in
Most founders don't need someone to do more for them, they need someone to help them stop doing it all themselves. I work directly with founders on the team and the brand behind the business: who to hire next, what to delegate first, and how to structure things so the business doesn't live in your head alone.
- 01Team building & delegation, figuring out what to hand off first, and to whom
- 02Hiring strategy knowing your next best hire before you're desperate for one
- 03Brand & content strategy, keeping your voice consistent across every channel as your team grows
- 04Systems & SOP build-out, documenting how the business runs so it doesn't depend on any one person
Built for founders, not committees
- Founders & business owners
- Ready to stop being the bottleneck
- Growing past DIY operations
- Want a partner who thinks like an owner
Tea from the EA Desk.
Stories from both sides of the desk — the executive assistant's side and the founder's side — co-hosted with Monica Matamoros, founder of GoToCalls.
For the ones building careers behind the scenes
Every episode, my co-host Monica Matamoros — founder of GoToCalls & and I sit down and talk shop from both seats: what it actually takes to be the executive assistant holding things together, and what it actually takes to be the founder building the company around them. Real, unfiltered stories from both sides of the desk.
Listen to the ShowCatch up on the desk
Bring me in to mentor, speak, or run point on what's next.
Tell me what you're building and where you're stuck & I'll tell you honestly whether I'm the right person to help.
Ready to build a real VA agency, not just take on more clients.
Planning an event and need a speaker who's actually built what she talks about.
Need executive or brand support handled by someone who thinks like an owner.