As The 5% Method grew, its founder needed to stop doing everything herself. Vintti helped her find an Argentina-based Operations & Executive Assistant in just 16 days—giving the business the support it needed to keep growing.
$40K+ in Savings
Compared to a U.S.-based Operations & Executive Assistant
16 Days
Time to hire
~70% Lower Cost
Compared to hiring a similar role in the U.S.
The 5% Method helps business owners and entrepreneurs improve their businesses through practical strategies designed to create sustainable growth and better performance.
As the company grew, its founder, Katheline, found herself taking on too many responsibilities herself. Hiring the right person became essential—not just to delegate tasks, but to create the capacity needed to continue growing the business.
Industry: Business Consulting & Coaching
Headquarters: US
Website: The 5% Method
As a founder, Katheline had reached a point where she was doing too much herself.
There was constant activity across the business, and managing everything personally was becoming overwhelming.
“There was a lot of activity; I was doing everything as a founder, and it just becomes overwhelming for me. And that was the challenge because you're trying to grow a business and you're trying to stop working 80 hours a week.”
She knew she needed help—but hiring the wrong person could create an entirely different problem.
For Katheline, the cost of a bad hire wasn't limited to the money spent on recruiting. The wrong person could consume the founder's time and attention instead of giving it back.
“When you don't hire the right person, then you spend time worrying about the wrong person. It destroys a business hiring the wrong person.”
The goal was therefore clear: find someone who could genuinely take ownership of the work and allow Katheline to focus on growing the business.
The search came with another important constraint. Katheline specifically wanted someone based in Argentina, while working within a highly competitive budget.
Argentina has traditionally been a strong market for highly skilled professionals, but compensation expectations can be higher than in some other Latin American markets. Finding someone who could combine the right skills, location, and budget therefore required a targeted search.
The role needed someone who could operate across both operations and executive support, while being reliable enough to take work off the founder's plate.
Vintti understood the requirements and quickly narrowed the search.
Vintti presented two strong candidates very quickly, giving her the opportunity to move straight into conversations with people who already matched the profile.
“And then you came up with 2 candidates very quickly at the right time, the right moment and I was like, yeah, let's jump on a call because I knew that what I was doing was not working.”
One candidate stood out almost immediately. Based in Salta, Argentina, she was a strong match for what Katheline needed from the beginning. The combination of skills, personality, and fit made the decision straightforward.
What started as a very specific search resulted in a hire in just 16 days.
Katheline believes strongly in the difference between hiring average talent and hiring people who can genuinely move a business forward.
“The difference is that top talent versus bottom talent. You wanna have A-plus talent. You don't wanna have C talent. If you can hire A talent, your business is gonna go further.”
That philosophy shaped the hiring process from the beginning. Rather than compromising on quality to make the hire faster or fit a particular budget, Vintti helped The 5% Method find a candidate who met the requirements and felt like the right long-term addition to the business.
Six months later, that decision continues to prove successful.
The 5% Method hired an Operations / Executive Assistant based in Argentina.
The role was designed to provide the operational and executive support Katheline needed as the business grew, helping take responsibilities off her plate and giving her more capacity to focus on higher-value work.
The right hire meant more than delegating tasks.
It meant creating space for the founder to spend less time managing everything herself and more time working on the business.
The quality of the candidate was only part of Katheline's experience with Vintti.
She also highlighted the professionalism and personal attention she received throughout the process.
“You guys are very professional. Everybody I interacted with Vintti was extremely professional—professional-human, not professional like a robot.”
That human approach made the process feel less transactional and more like having a dedicated partner throughout the search.
Katheline also appreciated always knowing who to turn to whenever she had a question or needed support.
“... they would tell ask me, ‘If there's anything you need, this is the person you need to reach out to.’”
For her, that level of attention felt like a white-glove service—something particularly valuable for a founder who already had too much on her plate.
In just 16 days, The 5% Method found an Argentina-based Operations & Executive Assistant who matched the company's needs and joined the team.
Six months later, the employee is still successfully working with the business.
For Katheline, the hire provided something much more valuable than additional hands.
It gave her back capacity.
Instead of continuing to handle every operational responsibility herself, she now has a trusted person supporting the business and helping it move forward.
The experience also reinforced her belief that hiring the right person is an investment in the business—not simply an expense.
When the right talent is in place, founders can spend less time worrying about who is handling the work and more time focusing on where the company is going.
You can secure high-quality South American talent in just 18 days and for around $9,000 USD per year.
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