Guides
CRM Free Tiers: What Happens When You Outgrow One
Capsule, HubSpot and Pipedrive at 1–5 people. The free tiers are the easy part — the upgrade step is where the cost lands, and it isn't where most people look.
The SaaS Subscription Audit for Small Teams
A repeatable audit: where to find every subscription you're paying for, which ones are also standing access grants, and what your stack should cost at your head-count.
SaaS Account Inventory: A Template for Small Teams
A free CSV template plus what each column is for — including the four columns that turn a spending list into something you can actually offboard and audit against.
What to Do When a Business Laptop Is Stolen
The first hour in order, why revoking sessions matters more than remote wipe, how to tell a hardware loss from a data incident, and the prep that decides which it is.
3-2-1 Backup for a Cloud-First Small Business
The 3-2-1 rule was written for file servers. What three copies and two media mean when you own no hardware — and the copy almost every small team is missing.
Ransomware Response Checklist for a Small Business
What to do in the first hour, why you call your insurer before your IT person, and the two mistakes that turn a recoverable incident into an expensive one.
How to Answer a Client Security Questionnaire
A big client sent a security addendum and you have five people. What each question really asks, what a small team can honestly answer, and how to say no.
What a Small Team Actually Pays for Software in 2026
We priced a complete small-business software stack from 23 vendors' official pages, at 1, 5, 10, and 25 people. Real totals, renewal traps, and where the money leaks.
The Cyber-Insurance Readiness Guide for Small Teams
Your insurer or a big client sent a security questionnaire. Here's what each question actually means, how to satisfy it at 1–25 people, and how to produce the evidence.
Cloud Storage Is Not a Backup (Here's the Difference)
Google Drive and OneDrive sync your mistakes as faithfully as your files. What sync actually protects you from, what it doesn't, and what a real backup adds.
The Small-Business Security Stack: What You Actually Need
The five security layers a 1–25 person business actually needs, in order, with free options at every layer — and the things you can safely skip.
The Security Checklist for Consultants (Your Own Practice)
The checklist for securing your own consulting practice: client files, email, contracts, and the laptop everything lives on. Solo or five-person firm.
The Access Teardown: Removing a Former Employee's Access
A one-hour runbook for shutting off every account, file, and subscription when someone leaves a small business — including the five things everyone forgets.