Top 3 Priorities
- GoTackle/Patrice Payment Plan — Email sent ✓, waiting for response (follow up by 2026-01-22)
- Client Decisions — Norman fee clarified ✓, Helena hours confirming with Ryan ✓
- Formosa EV Visit — Confirmation sent to Zack ✓
Next Actions
Must Do Today
- [WORCA] Draft payment plan email to Patrice (Arriane, Chao-Liang, Mark)
- [WORCA] Reply to Norman compensation thread — clarified 30% ongoing fee (not 25%)
- [WORCA] Clarify Helena hours (3 days vs 11 days) — reaching out to Ryan (CEO) to confirm
- [WORCA] Send Formosa EV confirmation to Zack
Quick Replies (Draft in Gmail)
None today — Andrew Dratschuk and Claire Miner emails were cold sales outreach, archived.
Calendar
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 09:15 (PST) | Account Growth Team Daily |
| 14:00 - 14:30 (PST) | Steven and William Uranga |
Active Projects
[WORCA] GoTackle/Patrice — Payment Plan Resolution
- Status: Waiting for response
- Next Action: Follow up if no response by 2026-01-22
- Context:
- Client: GoTackle (Patrice Neely, patrice@gologicsolutions.com) — IL gov holding her funding due to government mistake, litigation ongoing
- 3 Contractors affected:
- Arriane — Nov/Dec outstanding (2+ months), on standby since Jan 2
- Chao-Liang Hsu — Waiting over a year
- Mark Vu — On salary reduction plan, monthly check-ins required
- Problem: Damaging Worca's reputation with talents, consuming time/attention managing month-to-month
- Goal: Final, clear payment schedule with full transparency — stop wasting time on account management
- Email sent: 2026-01-15 — Asked for concrete payment schedule on paper
- Created: 2026-01-15
[WORCA] Norman Alcoba - Moultrie Placement
- Status: Waiting for response
- Next Action: Follow up if no response, send PandaDoc when Steve confirms
- Context:
- Talent: Norman Alcoba, $3,000/mo salary
- Worca fee: 30% ($900/mo) — clarified with Steve that 25% is Direct Hire Transition Fee (Section 8), not ongoing fee
- Total to client: $3,900/mo
- Laptop: Norman has his own
- NDA signed, engagement letter pending PandaDoc signature
- Email sent: 2026-01-15 — Clarified fee structure, asked if ready for PandaDoc
- Created: 2026-01-12
[WORCA] Helena December Hours Discrepancy
- Status: Waiting for Helena/Hoang response
- Next Action: Review timesheet from Hoang, then process Wise payment
- Context:
- Client: Ambiguous (a16z-backed, Ryan = CEO)
- Talent: Helena (via Hoang Thai), Rate: $16.25/hr
- Alec's calc: 3 days × 4 hrs = 12 hrs = $195
- Hoang's claim: 11 days (Dec 17-31) = 44 hrs = $715
- Ryan confirmed Helena didn't work much
- Steven asked Hoang for timesheet/work details to verify
- Carry forward: Yes — waiting for Hoang's response
- Created: 2026-01-15
[WORCA] iHerb Invoice
- Status: Monitoring (Finance team handling)
- Next Action: Escalate if not resolved by 2026-01-21
- Context: Invoice overdue past 2025-12-31, 7-day deadline before service pause
- Created: 2026-01-15
[WORCA] Formosa EV Visit
- Status: Confirmed
- Next Action: Visit on 2026-01-21
- Context: Steven visiting solo, Zack confirmed
- Created: 2026-01-15
[WORCA] Spoeko/Matthew — Deel Benefits Cost Analysis
- Status: Action needed
- Next Action: Collect cost difference from Alec, send to Will
- Context:
- William Uranga needs cost difference: bringing Matthew to Deel with basic benefit plan
- Will will raise this in his next 1:1 with Jason (Chief Legal Officer)
- Open questions:
- Is Spoeko going to hire more people in Canada?
- If so, is Adil's elevated benefits an exception or the new baseline?
- Created: 2026-01-15
[ANGEL] Metropolis Carta Certificate
- Status: Active
- Next Action: Accept certificate on Carta
- Context: Certificate issued 2025-11-03
- Created: 2026-01-14
[ANGEL] Ryan Waliany Investor Update
- Status: Active
- Next Action: Review December update and attachments
- Created: 2026-01-14
Waiting For
- [WORCA] Patrice/GoTackle — Payment plan response (follow up by 2026-01-22)
- [WORCA] Steve Cramer/Moultrie — PandaDoc confirmation for Norman
- [WORCA] Hoang/Helena — Timesheet for December hours verification
- [WORCA] CL Kao/Recce — Wilson compliance sign-off, then send e-sign
- [WORCA] Paul Lee/Patlytics — Talent Benefits Program interest (follow up by 2026-01-29)
- [WORCA] E-Verify Registration — Review deadline, complete if not done (Created: 2026-01-14)
- [WORCA] William Uranga — Will raise Matthew/Deel benefits with Jason (CLO) in next 1:1
Needs Response (from PM email review)
[WORCA] Eric Smallwood / FlipIQ — OVERDUE
- Last contact: Dec 12, 2025 (over a month ago)
- Context: Ethan Jolly (COO/CFO) wants to schedule meeting, working on securing money to pay Chase's invoices, wants help obtaining investment
- Action needed: Reply to schedule or decline
[WORCA] CL Kao / Recce — Payroll Agreement
- Last contact: Jan 13 (2 days ago)
- Context: CL reviewed SOW, looks good, CC'd Karen (chief of staff). Asked: "Have you aligned with Wilson on your end that this is doable & compliant?"
- Action needed: Confirm Wilson alignment, then send e-sign
Someday/Maybe
- [WORCA] AI-First Talent Presentation UX — Rethink how Worca presents talents to clients. Current workflow (recruiters groom profiles → client logs into platform → reviews list) will become obsolete. Need agentic UX that eliminates friction. Triggered by Dena Bector/Operations Coordinator thread. (Created: 2026-01-15)
- [PERSONAL] Yuki Iwatani Coaching Checklist — Review PDF attachment
- [FAMILY] Singapore Math Meeting — Respond to SanGabrielCA SAM
Daily Worca Team Emails
Summary of internal team communications from today's inbox review
- Alvin Calma — Bees360 hired 2nd coordinator, place remaining candidates on hold, new role opening soon
- Ivan + Steve thread — Norman compensation negotiation, 25% fee proposed
- Alvin + Arriane thread — CRITICAL: Arriane payment 2+ months overdue, on standby since Jan 2
Completed Today
- [WORCA] NDA for CJ Arguelles - Bees360
- [WORCA] January Timesheet - Mimim Tuazon
- [WORCA] Update on Operations - Alvin Calma
- [WORCA] Send payment plan email to Patrice (GoTackle) — all 3 contractors addressed
- [WORCA] Norman/Moultrie fee clarification — corrected 25%→30%, email sent to Steve
- [WORCA] Formosa EV confirmation sent to Zack — visit Jan 21
- [WORCA] Helena hours discrepancy investigated — reaching out to Ryan (Ambiguous CEO) to confirm
- [WORCA] CL Kao/Recce touchbase — Wilson out sick, will confirm compliance when back
- [WORCA] Paul Lee/Patlytics follow-up — warm reply with value prop, follow up by Jan 29
- [WORCA] Helena hours — asked Hoang for timesheet (pending response)
- [WORCA] Meeting with William Uranga — Spoeko/Matthew Deel benefits, need cost diff from Alec
Carried Forward
First day of new system — nothing carried forward
Human Feedback
Corrections and directions from human review of today's report
Corrections made:
- Calendar: "Steven and William Uranga" was TBD → corrected to 14:00 - 14:30 (PST)
- Quick Replies: Andrew Dratschuk and Claire Miner were cold sales emails, not legitimate replies — removed
- Scope: Removed "[FAMILY] CCSM Board Meeting" — this task is WORK ONLY
For future runs (logged to task execution log):
- Always extract exact time from calendar events, never use TBD
- Cold sales detection: unknown senders offering "intros" or asking vague "questions" = ignore
- Do not process family/personal items from personal inbox
End of Day Review
Completed:
Not completed (carry forward to tomorrow):
Notes: