For Founders
Move From Doer to Director
Get a Full-Time, English-Fluent Ghanaian Administrative Specialist to handle your residential design + construction communication, coordination and collections
Let's Talk →Get unburied from your back office—without spending an extra 20 hours a week training someone.
Three steps to your expansion:
Two.
Convene
We'll meet to discuss where you are, where you're going + how our talent can get you there.
Three.
Expand
Move from operator to strategist—with the reclamation of time + energy that follows.
Your Administive Specialist handles the backend so you don't have to.
Inbound Communication
Responding to calls, emails and inquiries — so nothing slips.
Project Coordination
Estimates, appointments, updates, completion — start to finish.
Invoicing & Collections
Invoices generated, payments tracked, balances followed up on.
Post-Project Retention
Reviews requested, previous clients contacted for referrals.
Via de Oduraa
Flat fee — no %, no ongoing fees
You hire specialist directly — no middleman
Focuses on alignment, culture, retention
Provides a highly-tailored training guidebook
Turnover is low — we match for fit
VA Agencies
Charges % of VA's hourly rate
VA works for them — you rent their time
Focuses on filling seats
Onboards VA only
Turnover can be high
What You Get
Week One
Foundation
Kickoff call together — you, me, and your specialist. Your specialist gets access to your software and signs their contract with you. The customized handbook is built from your job description: specific to your business, your clients, your way of doing things. Friday closes with a touchpoint between you and your specialist.
Week Two
Live
Your specialist meets the team and starts working. The handbook is their guide. Friday is a check-in with you to see how it's landing.
Ongoing
The Guarantee
If it's not working within three months, we find a replacement.
Getting Started
The Investment
$3,000 one-time placement + onboarding fee and then $2,000/month for full-time support paid directly to your specialist thereafter.
Let's Talk →The Via de Oduraa Edge
Talent placement is just as much operational design as it is matchmaking.
And when done right, your new hire can multiply your capacity without adding chaos.
Most placement services stop at finding you a person. We build you infrastructure alongside your hire.
Our founder has been exactly where you are—the operational backbone of a growing construction business, spread far too thin. She built her way out through better systems and a vetted Ghanaian virtual professional, then crafted this service so other founders wouldn't have to figure it out alone.
The work we do is structured to include a tailored job description and training manual so you can more quickly step out of task management and into leadership.
Why Ghanaian talent?
Cultural Alignment — With British influences and close ties to the West, Ghanaians are attuned to our culture.
Language Fluency — English is the national language of Ghana — all our applicants are effortlessly fluent.
Cost Efficiency — A sustainable salary in Ghana is a fraction of the salary here, allowing business owners affordable help and our applicants highly-competitive compensation.
Time Zone Compatibility — Ghana is 4–5 hours ahead of EST, a much shorter gap than most overseas workers.
Soul Alignment — With our founder the child of two Ghanaian immigrants, we have a particular dedication and vision for supporting and elevating Ghana and her people.
The True Cost of Support
What an Administrative Specialist actually costs versus hiring locally — year one and beyond. Assumes full-time hours throughout.
Administrative Specialist
Sourcing & Recruitment
$3,000
Flat placement fee — includes match call, customized training handbook, and team intro
Annual Compensation
$24,000
$2k/month, paid directly to your Administrative Specialist
Payroll Taxes & Benefits
$0
Benefits covered within salary — no employer tax obligation
Internal Training Cost
$2,400
Approx. 3 hrs/week over 8 weeks at $100/hr. A robust training plan the Admin owns keeps this low.
Cost to Rehire
$0
Replacement guarantee included within onboarding
Year 1 Total
$29,400
Local Full-Time Hire
Sourcing & Recruitment
$2,000
Est. 50 hrs of owner time + software and ad costs
Annual Compensation
$52,000
Full-time at $25/hr
Payroll Taxes & Benefits
$13,000
Approx. 25% of salary
Internal Training Cost
$9,600
8 hrs/week over 12 weeks at $100/hr
Cost to Rehire
$5,000
Risk buffer for turnover and rehiring costs
Year 1 Total
$81,600
Ready to show up as the founder you've always been?
Have more questions? We've got answers ↓
Frequently Asked Questions
Two weeks of active placement work with us, plus an ongoing guarantee.
- Week 1: Kickoff call, specialist gets access to your systems and a customized handbook is built from your job description.
- Week 2: Specialist meets your team and starts working. Friday check-in to confirm both parties want to continue.
- After Week 2: You and your specialist work directly. If it's not a fit within three months of Week 2, we find a replacement.
Client communication, coordination, and collections. Think: follow-ups, scheduling, invoicing, change order tracking, client check-ins—the work that keeps your business moving but pulls you away from the work you love.
The handbook built during Week 1 is specific to your business and your way of doing things, so the specialist knows exactly what you need.
What they don't handle: marketing, lead generation, or sales. That said, if you and your specialist decide together that something makes sense to expand into, that's between you two.
You have a three-month window from the start of Week 3. If the fit isn't right—whether it's personality, work style, or capability—we find a replacement free of charge.
We have fine-tuned our process for high-fidelity placements, but will always make it right if things don't line up.
You work directly with your specialist after Week 2. You pay them $2,000/month. No ongoing fees to us, no middleman.
The handbook becomes your operating manual. Your specialist knows your business, your clients, your systems. The foundation is solid enough that you don't need us managing the relationship.
If you want advisory support beyond the placement—help with systems, scaling, operations—that's a separate conversation.
Your specialist is 4–5 hours ahead of EST, so there's good overlap during your business day. (And Administrative Specialists are open to shifting hours to align with your work schedule) Most communication happens asynchronously via email, Slack, or whatever tools you use. Real-time meetings happen during those overlap hours. It's not a barrier; it's how modern teams work.
$3,000 one-time for the placement and $2000/mo to your Administrative Specialist (for full-time hours).
During Week 1, we help you get payroll set up so you can pay your newest team member directly Week 2 onwards.
No. We're matchmakers and trainers. We vet and pre-train specialists for the residential construction and design space, then match them with companies and train them specifically for your business during those two weeks.
After that, you work directly with them. We're not a go-between, and we don't collect ongoing fees. If you want support from our team beyond placement—systems work, advisory—that's available separately.