We aren't theorists. We've spent years in the trenches,scaling our own businesses, hiring wrong, getting burned, and starting over. Then doing it right, and watching revenue follow.
After seeing the same breakdown play out again and again from every side,as founders, as operators, and as the people fixing the mess after bad hires,we came to one clear conclusion: nothing kills momentum faster than a hire that creates more work than it removes.
So we built the solution ourselves.
Here's something most VA platforms will never say out loud: every standard model is broken.
We know, because we've been inside hundreds of them.
Founders come to us after trying the other options. We've seen VAs placed with zero training and left to figure it out. Founders spending five hours a week managing someone hired to save them time. No SOPs, no systems, no handoff. Six months in, still not sure if it was working. We've seen every way this breaks.
The low-cost hireCheapest option, zero accountability. You train from scratch. They ghost in 90 days. You start over.
The premium placement$3K-$5K placement fees. The VA arrives untrained. No automation, no SOP. You're on your own from day one.
The independent hireCheap until the hidden costs hit. No backup when they disappear. No accountability, no systems, no handoff.
Apple. Amazon. Google. Nike.
They don't offshore because they can't afford local. They offshore because they understand leverage.
Design. Engineering. Customer operations. Financial support. The companies you admire most have been running lean on-site teams backed by offshore talent for decades. This isn't new. It's just finally accessible to founders at every stage.
Tim Ferriss, 2007
The 4-Hour Workweek wasn't about doing nothing. Most people missed the point.
It was about doing only what you are uniquely qualified to do, and delegating everything else to trained people who are better at it. The founders who read it and actually executed built businesses. The ones who didn't are still answering emails at 11pm.
$10M
We scaled our own company to $10M this year with a 3-person on-site team.
Strategy, vision, and final decisions on-site. Operations, admin, research, reporting, execution, and follow-up offshore. Not a corner cut. A deliberate choice. Clean leverage. This is exactly the model we help you build.
Passion ChuFounder & CEO, Jarvis
Founder Story
I built businesses before I knew how to delegate.
Every time I tried to hire a VA through the usual channels (post on Upwork, sort through 200 strangers, interview, onboard, repeat) I ended up doing more work than before. Managing them became its own full-time job. Three months in, they'd ghost. I'd start over.
I know the exact feeling when you say "I've tried VAs and they don't work." I lived it. Twice.
"Then I cracked it. A Jarvis Specialist who arrived with systems already built. Automations behind her that handled the volume. Revenue in my business 6x'd. Not because I worked harder, but because I finally stopped being the bottleneck."
I built Jarvis so you don't have to spend years figuring out what I did. Every founder doing $10K+/month deserves that system from day one. Not after three bad hires. Not after another 18-month grind. Now.
Two people need each other. Most platforms fail both.
On one side: a business owner doing real revenue, drowning in tasks a trained professional could handle in half the time.
On the other: a highly educated professional in the Philippines with the skills, the drive, and the work ethic. But no direct access to the clients who need them most.
Most VA platforms drop a stranger on your doorstep and walk away. You train them. You manage them. When they leave, you start over.
Jarvis vets, trains, certifies, and quality-monitors every Jarvis Specialist before and after placement. When it works, everyone wins. You get your time back. They build a career.
The Problem
You're doing $10/hr work with a $200/hr brain.
Founders doing $10K-$100K/month spend 20+ hours a week on tasks any trained Jarvis Specialist could handle. That's not a productivity problem. That's a math problem.
The Broken Solution
Every other hire creates more work.
Untrained VAs need management. Freelancers disappear. In-house hires cost $50K+/year. None of them come with automation built in.
The Jarvis Model
Pre-trained. Pre-automated. Running in 5 days.
Your Jarvis Specialist arrives with SOPs built, tools configured, and automations ready. You don't onboard them. They onboard themselves.
The results speak for themselves.
1 in 200
Applicants Accepted
7-stage vetting. Less than 1% placed.
5 days
Call to First Task
Average from first call to your Jarvis Specialist working.
4.9/5
Average Client Rating
Across 3,600+ engagements since 2022.
22 hrs
Weekly Time Reclaimed
Per client, on average, starting week one.
96%
Jarvis Specialist Retention
Happy team, consistent results. Our specialists stay because the work is worth it.
$0
Setup Fee
You pay for hours worked. Nothing else.
How It's Built
Not a marketplace. Not a staffing agency.
Three things make Jarvis different from every other service at this price point.
01
Selective
Only 1 in 200 Jarvis Specialist applicants pass our screening. A 7-stage pipeline with background checks, live simulations, and a final interview before any Jarvis Specialist touches a client's business.
Application and HR screening (~40% advance)
Personality, background and aptitude test (~25% advance)
Typing, writing and communication test (~15% advance)
90-minute live task simulation (~10% advance)
Equipment and internet verification (~8% advance)
Final video interview with Jarvis leadership (~3% advance)
Jarvis Training Hub certification (<1% placed)
02
Pre-Trained
Every Jarvis Specialist completes the Jarvis Training Hub before touching your business. They arrive SOP-ready, tool-certified, and trained across 7 core functions. You don't onboard them. They onboard themselves.
AI tools, CRM platforms and workflow systems
Industry-specific briefing before placement
Durable AI certification for automation builds
SOP creation and documentation skills
US business culture and communication standards
03
Backed
U.S.-based quality oversight on every account. Backup Jarvis Specialists on standby.
U.S.-based account manager on every placement
Daily QA and performance monitoring
Lifetime replacement if your Jarvis Specialist is unavailable
Unlimited replacement guarantee, no expiration
Month-to-month, cancel anytime
Get Started
You built something real. Stop running it alone.
Book a free 30-minute call. We'll learn your business, identify your top 3 time drains, and show you exactly what a Jarvis Specialist, and the automations they build, would change in your first month.