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Why VA Zero Exists

We help you find money you didn’t know you were losing and use it to fund your VA.

A first-of-its-kind model: SAS’s goal is to self-fund your VA for the entire duration of our engagement, giving you effectively free labor throughout the year

Most growing businesses overspend across subscriptions, vendors, insurance, and operational expenses without realizing it.

Large corporations use cost-reduction consultants to recover these inefficiencies. Smaller organizations rarely have access to this level of optimization.

VA Zero brings enterprise-grade methodology to scaling businesses, then converts the savings into structured support.

Since cost-cutting is naturally admin-heavy, SAS’s elite admin support capability makes us uniquely positioned to manage this transition. Partnering with ERA makes SAS a one of a kind offering for businesses doing $1M–$10M in sales.

Core Outcome

Significant Savings

Identify recoverable annual expenses leaking from your bottom line with enterprise-grade auditing.

Elite Support

Redirect recovered savings to fund growth without touching your existing operations budget.

Growth Capacity

Scale your leadership bandwidth and output instantly while keeping total monthly overhead at zero.

How the Program Works

1

Financial Assessment

Comprehensive review of operational expenses using proven cost-optimization frameworks.

2

Opportunity Identification

Line-by-line analysis to uncover inefficiencies, redundant spend, and negotiation opportunities.

3

Savings Implementation

You decide which recommendations to pursue. Our team can assist with coordination if needed.

4

ROI Documentation

A formal report outlining savings achieved and funding capacity for staffing support.

Where We Identify Significant Savings

Our goal is to redirect savings to fund growth without touching your existing budget. Most recoverable costs are found in:

Software and SaaS Subscriptions

Insurance Policies

Telecommunications Services

Banking and Payment Processing Fees

Marketing and Vendor Contracts

Professional Services and Contractors

IT & Hardware Spend

Logistics & Shipping Expenses

Incorrect Overbilling / Billing Errors

Individually manageable. Collectively significant.

Designed for Scaling Organizations

VA Zero is intended for businesses with meaningful operational complexity, typically those with:

VA Zero Team
$250,000 annual operating expenses OR $1M+ revenue
Growing teams and leadership bandwidth constraints
Open to ALL companies ready for structured optimization

Why Only SAS Can Offer This

How we scale enterprise-level cost optimization for growing businesses under $10M in sales

Partnership with ERA Consultants & enterprise-grade cost optimization methodology designed for businesses under $10M in sales

Structured virtual staffing expertise built to support scaling businesses under $10M

Dedicated VA Zero Program Manager ensuring alignment, execution, and results for growing businesses

Cost-efficient global execution model enabling enterprise-level outcomes without enterprise-level overhead

This integrated model does not exist in traditional VA staffing.

Strategic Efficiency

Two-Tier Cost Optimization Model

Tier 01

SAS VA Zero Program

Revenue: $1M – $10M

$2,400 Program Fee

The VAZ Guarantee: If we don't find $10,000+ in savings, your $2,400 is fully refunded.

  • Optimization Scope: Subscriptions, vendors, insurance, telecom, banking, IT, shipping, and billing errors.
  • Oversight: Managed by a dedicated SAS VA Zero Program Manager.
  • Execution: Admin work performed by your VA (Must have an Admin VA to enroll).
  • Access: Structured and built into the SAS offering for an additional cost.
Tier 02

Dave Gremaud / ERA Group

Revenue: $10M+

Contingency Based

ERA works with clients and takes a percentage of realized savings as their engagement fee.

  • Free Assessment: Complimentary for qualifying enterprise companies.
  • Advanced Scope: Multi-site, vendor consolidation, high-level legal contracts, and RFPs.
  • Strategic Referral: SAS refers clients directly to Dave for this specialized tier.
  • Program Integrity: Dave provides the oversight and strategy for the VA Zero Program.
20+ YEARS EXP.
Dave Gremaud
DOCUMENTED COST-CUTTING $100M+
Strategic Advisor

Dave Gremaud

ERA Group — Independent Consultant

Dave brings an enterprise-level lens to the SAS ecosystem. With over two decades of experience optimizing costs for global giants like General Motors, he provides the high-level oversight and strategy that powers the VA Zero Program.

Enterprise Methodology Scaled Down

We apply the same rigorous auditing frameworks used by Fortune 500s to your small business ($1M–$10M).

Free Assessment ($10M+)

Available for high-revenue companies as part of the SAS strategic referral program.

ROLE AT SAS: Program oversight and strategy for VA Zero.
A New Category of Staffing

Stop asking if you can afford support.

VA Zero shifts the conversation from:

“Can we afford support?”
to
“What inefficiencies are already funding it?”

Explore Whether Your Business Qualifies

VA Zero engagements are selective and designed for organizations ready for structured optimization.

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