by Doug Patten | 2026-02-01 | overview, SMBs
Across North America, the startup and small business landscape is entering a period of financial reckoning. Even as demand stabilizes in many sectors, early-stage companies are feeling the weight of tighter funding conditions, rising operational costs, and visibly...
by Doug Patten | 2026-01-25 | HR, Recruitment, SMBs, Talent Acquisition
Even as overall hiring cools, one area of the labor market continues to grow quietly but steadily: contingent and project-based work. Across industries, small and mid-sized businesses are increasingly turning to freelancers, contractors, and part-time specialists to...
by Doug Patten | 2026-01-18 | HR, SMBs
If 2025 taught HR teams anything, it’s that employee expectations are evolving faster than many organizations can keep up. A recent SHRM survey highlighted a widening “chasm” between employers who are perceived as supportive and those seen as...
by Doug Patten | 2026-01-11 | Uncategorized
For small and mid-sized businesses, 2026 is emerging as a genuine inflection point – a moment when the accumulation of technological advancement, regulatory complexity, and competitive pressure creates conditions that demand fundamental operational evolution...
by Doug Patten | 2026-01-04 | Compliance, HR
For small and mid-sized businesses, the dawn of 2026 represents far more than a simple calendar transition, it marks the beginning of a fundamentally new compliance reality that will test the capacity of even well-organized HR operations. Dozens of state level...
by Doug Patten | 2025-12-28 | HR, overview, SMBs, Uncategorized
As 2025 draws to a close, the year stands out not as just another incremental step in artificial intelligence evolution but as a genuine watershed moment – particularly for small and mid-sized businesses that historically lacked the resources, technical...
by Doug Patten | 2025-12-14 | Compliance, HR, non-profits
For most nonprofit organizations, every hour invested and every dollar spent must demonstrably serve the mission that defines organizational purpose. Board members scrutinize overhead percentages, donors expect maximum impact per contribution, and staff members...
by Doug Patten | 2025-12-06 | HR
For many nonprofit organizations and small businesses, the difference between making genuine impact and drowning in administrative quicksand often comes down to one brutal reality: paperwork. HR forms that multiply with each new hire, compliance updates that arrive...
by Doug Patten | 2025-11-28 | HR
As we approach 2026, small and mid-sized businesses face a convergence of regulatory changes that will fundamentally reshape compliance obligations, particularly for organizations managing remote or multi-state teams. This isn’t the usual incremental adjustment...
by Doug Patten | 2025-11-22 | HR, SMBs
The shift to distributed work has transformed how small businesses and nonprofits operate, bringing undeniable advantages in talent access, operational flexibility, and cost efficiency. Teams now collaborate seamlessly across state lines, working remotely or in hybrid...
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