I ended up doing most of these things as a business development manager (in addition to some engineering work) at a small manufacturing company. Often I felt like an executive assistant. My first project was to take a drawer full of invoices and bills, sort them, and put them into accounting software. Sometimes I made copies for people. Other times I cleaned the bathrooms before important meetings with customers when they seemed too dirty.
When a company gets to a certain size (and it's probably smaller than you might think), I think you eventually want a smart person to keep the "knucklehead stuff" off of everyone else's desk. It has to be the kind of person that has an intuitive understanding of the technical side of how the company runs internally, how the external sales process works, and a willingness to do things that other people don't want to do.
Shameless plug: If you are looking for someone to do this in the New England area, drop me a note. I'm not available immediately though.
When a company gets to a certain size (and it's probably smaller than you might think), I think you eventually want a smart person to keep the "knucklehead stuff" off of everyone else's desk. It has to be the kind of person that has an intuitive understanding of the technical side of how the company runs internally, how the external sales process works, and a willingness to do things that other people don't want to do.
Shameless plug: If you are looking for someone to do this in the New England area, drop me a note. I'm not available immediately though.