Mike Espina

I've spent years building businesses around offshore talent — early-stage startups, scale-ups, and most recently a software development agency. Those experiences taught me something most VA services seem to ignore: the placement is only the beginning. What happens after the hire — the onboarding, the relationship, the ongoing accountability — is where things either succeed or quietly fall apart. I've seen a lot of both. So I built Ellivia. Careful matching, real onboarding, and support that doesn't disappear after day one. We learn your business before we recommend anyone, match for working style and fit — not just skills — and stay actively involved through onboarding until your VA is running workflows independently. Ellivia is built for founders and small business owners who are doing too much themselves and ready to hand some of it off — but haven't found a service they actually trust to get it right. If you've tried a VA before and it didn't work out, the problem probably wasn't the VA. It was the process. If any of that sounds familiar, I'd love to have a conversation. No pitch, no pressure — just 30 minutes at ellivia.co.