Extend your runway without firing anyone

Your burn rate keeps climbing. Every new hire adds $5,000 to $8,000 a month to the number. You need more people to hit the milestones that unlock your next round, but every hire brings the runway clock closer to zero. The board is watching. The math is getting uncomfortable.

You're stuck between growing the team and keeping the lights on.

The painful path

You've already cut what you can. The team is lean. Marketing budget is tight. You've pushed back on tool subscriptions and perks. But the biggest line item on your P&L is people, and you need more of them, not fewer.

The options feel binary. Hire locally and burn faster. Or don't hire and miss the targets that matter for fundraising. Some founders solve this by doing layoffs and replacing with cheaper roles, but that destroys morale and sends a signal to investors that things aren't going well.

You've looked at freelancers and agencies, but they're unpredictable and often more expensive per deliverable than you expected. You need full-time, dedicated people. You just can't afford them at local rates.

What changes with SoTalented

Every new hire you make through SoTalented costs 50%+ less than the equivalent local role. Not because the people are less skilled. Because the cost of living, office space, and employment infrastructure in India is structurally lower, and SoTalented bundles all of it into one monthly price.

Here's what that looks like in practice:

• A CS rep at $1,400 a month instead of $3,500 to $4,500 locally

• A QA engineer at $2,200 a month instead of $5,000 to $7,000 locally

• A content writer at $1,800 a month instead of $4,000 to $5,000 locally

Every role is dedicated, full-time, working from a premium SoTalented Satellite Office in India. One invoice per person, per month. No long-term contracts. 30-day cancellation if you need to adjust. Scale up when milestones require it. Scale down if the plan changes.

The cumulative effect matters. Three hires through SoTalented instead of locally could save $10,000 to $15,000 a month. Over 6 to 12 months, that's real runway, without a single layoff.

What your team looks like now

Your extended team handles:

• Customer support without adding $4,000 a month per rep to your burn

• QA and testing that engineering needs but can't justify at local rates

• Content production that marketing has been doing themselves

• Data entry, research, and admin that's been falling through the cracks

• Any role where the work is clearly defined and can be managed remotely

You keep the team you have. You add the people you need. Your runway stretches without your ambition shrinking.

Ready to make the math work?

Book a Free Consultation and we'll model the savings for the roles on your hiring plan.