You Should Be Smart Enough to Not Need Anyone

Every paycheck I cut means payroll taxes, employment insurance, corporate overhead—layers that eat margins before you even turn a profit.

The allure?

Import talent on visas, pay them less (or at least cap their leverage), and pretend you’re scaling smart.

But here’s the rub: that “cheap” labor isn’t cheap.

It’s a trap.

The H-1B program? Sold as a fix for skill shortages.

Reality? It’s often a wage-suppression tool.

It’s not just visas.

Add health premiums (small firms pay way more per head), unemployment claims that jack up your rates, corporate taxes that scale with headcount suddenly you’re not running a business, you’re feeding a bureaucracy.

The system feeds itself: more hires = more obligations = higher costs = need more “cheap” hires to offset.

Rinse, repeat.

Ditch headcount traps.

Not more visas, not more stakeholders—fewer people, higher value per person.

Go beyond the colonial model: build systems that don’t rely on cheap bodies.

Because if you’re still chasing margins through imported labor, you’re not innovating you’re colonizing your own future.