Your assistant fills the calendar.
You close it within 24 hours.
LAKAS Solutions places skilled Filipino virtual assistants who take the work off your desk. The 24-Hour Close Academy teaches you the one skill nobody ever taught you — turning a cold conversation into a paying client the same day. Together, that's a complete business: activity handled, closing mastered.
One conversation · No cost · You decide if it's a fit
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Strength that handles the work.
Skill that closes the deal.
The hands
A matched Filipino VA running your admin, your inbox, your calendar, your social — so your week stops disappearing into tasks that never made you a dollar.
The words
Stephen Gregg's 36-year system for generating cold leads at zero cost and closing them within 24 hours — taught live, every week, for as long as you're a member.
The position this alliance is built on
Direct sales isn't marketing.
You don't have a lead problem or a follow-up problem.
You have a closing problem.
Stephen Gregg · The Mentor for the Masses
Why these two
Two companies. One missing half each.
LAKAS clients kept saying the same thing: my VA freed up fifteen hours a week, and I still don't have enough closed business. Academy members kept saying the reverse: I finally know how to close, and I'm drowning in admin I should never have been doing. Each company solved half of the same problem. This alliance puts the halves together.
LAKAS Solutions
Strength-driven support, matched to you.
“Lakas” is Filipino for strength. LAKAS connects small businesses and entrepreneurs with skilled Filipino virtual assistants — and stays involved long after the match.
- Meet your VA and choose your fit in a single day
- Matched on your skills, goals, and how you work
- Administrative, marketing, and social media support
- Amazon SEO and listing optimization
- Dedicated client care for as long as you need it
The 24-Hour Close Academy
The world's first and only direct sales academy.
Not a seminar and not a course you buy and forget. One complete education in generating cold leads at zero cost and closing them within 24 hours.
- Ten lessons, taught end to end
- Live coaching with Stephen every week — forever
- Words That Convert: the exact language, field-tested
- Lifetime access, one enrollment, no recurring tuition
- A written one-year success guarantee
The handoff
Four moves. Two people. One paid client.
This is the sequence the alliance runs. Your VA owns the first two moves. You own the last two — because closing is the one thing you never delegate.
Finds the room
Networking groups, events, and the 200+ contacts already sitting in your phone — researched, sorted, and scheduled.
Fills the calendar
Outreach, confirmations, reminders, and reschedules handled — so you walk into 10 to 15 real appointments a week.
Says the right words
Words That Convert turns a first conversation into a decision instead of a “let me think about it.”
Closes in 24 hours
Paid the same day or the next. No chasing, no pipeline to manage, no deal quietly closed by somebody else.
Activity is delegated. Closing is learned. That's the whole model.
Your trainer
Stephen Gregg · The 24-Hour Close Expert
One instructor. 36 years of doing the work himself.
Stephen Gregg has done one thing his entire life: direct sales. No job, no salary, no safety net. He spent $70,000 and twelve years learning it the hard way before he cracked the code. That's his degree — a PhD from the School of Hard Knocks.
Since 1989 he has trained more than 30,000 sales professionals. He put $1.4 million in the bank in 14 months selling a $20,000 product to people he had never met, cold, with nothing spent on marketing. He used to charge $4,000 to coach one person. He teaches that same skill inside the Academy today for a fraction of it, on purpose.
No fancy degree. Just a PhD from the School of Hard Knocks.
He doesn't disappear after you enroll. Stephen personally coaches members every week, for as long as it takes, at no extra cost — and he backs it with a written one-year guarantee.
What you'll learn
Ten lessons. One complete skill.
Michael Jordan had a coach. Serena had a coach. So why would selling — the one skill your income depends on — be the exception? Every lesson is a skill Stephen uses in the field this week, taught in the order that puts money in your pocket the fastest.
Calendar Domination
Ten to fifteen real appointments a week from free networking. No ads, no purchased leads.
The 24-Hour Close
Take a first conversation to a paid yes within a day — no chasing, no begging.
Words That Convert
The exact language, built over 36 years, that turns a cold hello into “tell me more.”
Cold Market Mastery
Walk into any room or platform and walk out with appointments on the calendar.
The 3C = M² Formula
Competent, confident, consistent — the formula that produced $1.4M in 14 months.
Unshakeable Core
Turn the goal into a daily system so income stops swinging and starts compounding.
Posture & Power
Decision-makers lean in, tire-kickers leave — before they cost you a week.
Zero-Pressure Closing
The prospect stays in control the whole way, which is exactly why they say yes.
Magnetic Positioning
Prospects ask to work with you. The elevator pitch retires for good.
The Laptop Lifestyle
The full system, taught end to end, so your income travels wherever you do.
What comes with a seat
Everything included the day you're accepted.
Two hours every week, for as long as you're a member.
All ten lessons, taught end to end.
Every video, script, tool, and tracker — yours to keep.
Bring your team. Stephen trains them.
Moving inside your first 48 hours.
The book, Quick-Start Worksheet, Memory Jogger, 80 Networking Groups list, “Do Me a Favor” scripts, teleprompter, trackers, and more.
Work the system for a year and he stays with you until you hit your number.
Placeholder: confirm the exact benefit LAKAS extends to Academy members (priority VA matching, alliance rate, or first-month support hours).
Who this is for
No matter what you sell, this works.
If any part of your income depends on getting a yes, you're in the right place. Every professional below already has the conversations. Not one of them was ever taught how to turn those conversations into a paid client within 24 hours.
Insurance agents
Stop buying $50–$200 leads. Book your own appointments at no cost.
Financial advisors
Trade seminars and mailers for a system that fills the calendar.
Real estate agents
Generate listings and buyers from your own network at zero cost.
Bookkeepers & accountants
Fill a practice with referral-quality clients every month.
Consultants & coaches
Stop posting content. Start closing from real conversations.
Network marketers
Build a business without pitching friends, family, or strangers online.
IT & managed services
Get past the gatekeeper through relationships, not cold lists.
Recruiters & staffing
Win placements through relationships technology will never replace.
Agency & e-commerce owners
Already have a VA. Now learn the half of the business you can't delegate.
The other side of the alliance
For Filipino VAs: a skill that raises your ceiling.
LAKAS was built to advance Filipino VA careers — real development, secure work, fair pay. The Academy adds the highest-paid skill in any business to that path. A VA who understands how appointments are set and how decisions get made is worth more to every client she serves.
Language, not scripts read cold
Understand why the words work, so outreach sounds like a person instead of a template.
Appointments that actually hold
Booking, confirming, and reminding in a way that fills a calendar and keeps it full.
A track record that travels
Trained under a 36-year direct sales professional — on your profile, in every interview.
Placeholder: confirm which VA tier or cohort this track applies to before publishing.
Before you book
Questions, answered plainly.
Do I have to be a LAKAS client to join the Academy?
No. The two are separate companies with separate agreements. You can hire a VA through LAKAS, take a seat in the Academy, or do both. This page exists because the two together produce a result neither one produces alone.
Can I just sign up and pay for the Academy?
No. Seats are offered after a conversation, never sold from a button. You book a virtual coffee, you and Stephen talk, and you decide together whether it's a fit. If it is, he opens your enrollment.
What does enrollment cost?
One payment — $597 by Zelle with no processing fee, or $626 by card, PayPal, or Venmo, which covers the 5% processing cost. One time, no recurring tuition, lifetime access.
Why does the Academy argue against follow-up?
Because the field record doesn't support it. Top producers close; bottom producers chase. When a presentation is built correctly the prospect decides the same day — which means there's nothing left to follow up on.
Can I watch Stephen teach before I decide?
Yes. He teaches a free 90-minute live session every Thursday at 11:00 AM ET at The24HourClose.com. It's live only, taught in person every week, and there's no replay.
How fast can LAKAS match me with a VA?
Interviews are set up quickly and you meet candidates yourself — most clients meet their VA and choose a fit within a day. You stay part of the selection, and LAKAS stays involved afterward.
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Delegate the activity. Own the close.
One conversation decides both halves — which tasks come off your desk, and whether a seat in the Academy is the right next move for you. It costs nothing but thirty minutes.
Want to see it taught live first? Free Thursday training, 11:00 AM ET, at The24HourClose.com