Francis Walshe 
Since 2018, companies collecting and using personal data in the EU have been subject to a labyrinthine set of rules and requirements called the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). GDPR compliance is demanding, and the consequences of a breach can be severe. These rules are relevant in many potentially unexpected areas of business, including process … Read more
If you regularly shop online, you may already be familiar with Seel and Route. Both show up as little optional add‑ons at checkout that promise to protect your shipment in the event of something going wrong in transit (loss, theft, damage, and so on). As a shopper, you’re essentially paying for someone other than the … Read more
Keeping internal documentation current is mostly a workflow and format challenge. If you make docs easy to capture and simple to update, staleness will be much less of a problem. Of course, that’s easier said than done. Documentation decays for various reasons. Rapid change is one of the biggest culprits: when no one treats documentation … Read more
Justworks is a solid option if you need to fully outsource your HR. It bundles payroll, benefits, and compliance into one package through a co-employment arrangement, which means Justworks technically becomes the employer of record for your team while you handle the day-to-day. For businesses without the capacity to manage any of that in-house, it’s … Read more
Empire Flippers is where many sellers land when they start thinking about selling their online business. It’s a hybrid between a marketplace and a broker (closer to the former, but with more guardrails than most), where every listing is verified before it goes live: financials, traffic, revenue claims, the works. It also rejects around 95% … Read more
When one of your eCommerce store’s shoppers tries to complain about a delayed parcel, a damaged item, or a missing refund, your agent needs order context as quickly as possible. This is the challenge call center software needs to address; everything else is secondary to moving that needle in the right direction. For that reason, … Read more
There are a lot of good things to be said about RingCentral. It offers enterprise-grade reliability, has 500+ pre-built integrations, and gives businesses a unified layer for calls, messages, meetings, and contact-center use cases. You can’t say the same of every UCaaS provider. However, the day-to-day operating experience often feels heavier than it should. Pricing … Read more
ClockShark is a cloud-based time tracking platform built specifically for construction and field service teams, covering scheduling, job costing, and payroll integrations with tools like QuickBooks and ADP. For a lot of teams, it works well. The mobile app is straightforward, and the combination of geofencing, facial recognition, and PIN authentication does a solid job … Read more
Clockify is easy to understand, easy to roll out, and still genuinely useful if all you need is a clean timer, manual time entry, weekly timesheets, and billable-hour tracking. Its pricing also makes it accessible for smaller teams; you get unlimited tracking for free, and then pay only when you need extras such as approvals, … Read more
If you want a tool to help you with quick PDF edits, form-filling, templates, and sending signature requests without installing desktop software, DocHub is a great pick. It comes with a genuinely useful free plan, reasonable pricing tiers above that, and an impressive stable of features. So, is it the right pick for your business? … Read more
Long gone are the days of printing documents, signing them, and scanning the signed versions — only for the next signer to do the same thing. In 2026, there are plenty of tools that will allow you to just add signatures and make other edits to the document straight from your computer. In fact, the … Read more
M&A advisors and business brokers are both intermediaries: they help owners sell companies by packaging the opportunity, finding and screening buyers, managing negotiations, and coordinating the transaction through due diligence and closing. So, what’s the difference between the two, and which one is likely to be more suitable for your proposed business sale? Here’s all … Read more
If IT documentation is hard to understand, people won’t use it. If it’s painful to update, it’ll become stale, and your team will stop trusting it. If it’s slow to produce, you’ll let it fall to the bottom of your to-do list, where it will become a relic of history. So, your best bet becomes … Read more
There are a lot of business brokers out there, so trying to pick the right one can feel like an enormous chore. In truth, though, it’s pretty easy to disqualify brokers when you’re trying to narrow the field. If a broker doesn’t have experience in your industry, forget about them. If their fees are too … Read more
If you’re looking to buy a blog or YouTube channel, there are two main different types of platforms to consider using: brokerages and open marketplaces. Within both of these categories, there are dozens of companies that can help you to reach your goal (or, at least, that claim they can). Picking between them can be … Read more
If you’re looking to buy an established SaaS business, there are generally two routes you can go down: online marketplaces and business brokers. So let’s go over these two options and discuss where you might use each one, including the potential pitfalls you may encounter as a buyer. How Buying a SaaS Business Works: Marketplaces … Read more