FEB 14, 2026Growth
Automate or Die: The $0 Employee
The Trap of "Delegation"
Everyone tells you to hire a Virtual Assistant. They are wrong. Humans sleep. Humans make typos. Humans need management.
APIs do not sleep.
The Workflow
I used to pay $500/month for someone to scrape leads and put them into a spreadsheet. Now, I use a simple Make.com scenario:
- Trigger: New Typeform submission.
- Action: Enrich data via Clearbit API.
- Action: Add to Notion Database.
- Action: Send personalized Gmail.
Cost Comparison
Human: $500/mo + Management Headache.
Bot: $9/mo + Zero complaints.
This isn't about being lazy. It's about leverage.