ADVICE FOR OPERATORS
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Your hiring plans accelerated. Your handbook development hasn't. Managers are improvising their way through employee issues, and the person handling HR also has another full-time job. Time to hire an HR director?
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For many companies, tax receives attention when a return is due—and recedes into the background once it has been filed. That may work while a...
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HR problems rarely arrive with a neat label. A manager handles a performance issue differently from everyone else. An employee handbook has not been...
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Payroll processing is the recurring workflow employers use to turn employee and timekeeping data into accurate pay, tax deposits, payroll records,...
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Adam Junkroski: Sep 17, 2026, 2:19:04 PM
You’re doing everything wrong. At least, that’s what the voice in your head often screams at you when you’re trying to build a business. You know the...
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There is no funding round, revenue number, or employee count that automatically means your startup needs a CFO. The need usually emerges as the...
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Founders track dozens of metrics every week, but few carry as much weight as the financials shared with investors and boards. A decimal in the wrong...
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Fast growth can consume cash surprisingly quickly in ecommerce. Unlike many other startup models, ecommerce companies often have to spend significant...
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As SaaS companies grow, the accounting system that worked during the early stages often becomes a bottleneck. Manual workarounds multiply, reporting...
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Most founders assume that if their profit and loss statement shows a profit, there should be the same amount of cash in the bank. Unfortunately,...
