Human Resources
The HR Hat: Welcome to the Team, Please Ignore the Chaos
Welcome to The HR Hat, where we talk about hiring, firing, and everything in between — like trying not to lose your mind before lunch.
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The Flop Hat
The Flop Hat: The Percentage That Lied (Because I Forgot Two Zeroes)
This week’s disaster comes courtesy of a tiny oversight with **massive consequences**: formatting a number without the respect those two beautiful, tiny zeroes deserved.
Marketing
The Marketing Hat: 5 DIY Ways to Market Your Business Without Paying Meta a Dime
If you’ve ever felt like your marketing budget is just subsidizing Mark Zuckerberg’s next yacht, this post is for you.
Legal
The Legal Hat: LLCs, Liability, and Losing Sleep – What You Actually Need to Know
Let’s dive into the legal basics every small business owner should know—without falling asleep or going bankrupt hiring a law firm that bills in six-minute increments.
The Flop Hat
The Flop Hat: The CC Catastrophe
Because when you wear all the hats, sometimes you forget to BCC. Welcome to The Flop Hat, HatStacked’s weekly tribute to the mistakes we’d rather forget—but probably learned something from. Each Friday, we dust off one spectacular flop, wear it with pride, and figure out how to
Accounting
Basic Small Business Accounting: Finally Explained Like a Normal Human Would
You’re starting a business, not a finance firm. So why does it suddenly feel like you need a degree in accounting just to sell your product, invoice a client, or understand why your bank account looks healthy but your books scream otherwise? Welcome to the glamorous world of small
Operations
The Operations Hat: Herding Cats, Taming Chaos, and Pretending This Was the Plan
Every small business has an Operations Person. If you're lucky, it’s someone calm, organized, and unnervingly good at putting out metaphorical (and occasionally literal) fires. If you’re like me, it's you—wearing this hat in addition to accounting, tech, hiring, customer complaints, and “why
Hats
The Unsung Hero of Tech: Why Spreadsheets Are Basically Magic
I wear a lot of hats in our small business—Accounting, Ops, Tech Support, Chief "Why Is the Printer Making That Noise" Officer. But if there’s one tool I couldn’t survive without, it’s not some fancy AI chatbot or the $300/month CRM salespeople keep
Accounting
The Accounting Hat: Why I Cried Into a Spreadsheet and You Might Too
Among the many hats I wear, the one labeled Accounting is the tightest, itchiest, and somehow always slightly on fire.
Multi-Hat Survival
Wearing All the Hats Without Losing Your Head: A Survival Guide for Small Business Owners
Welcome to HatStacked, where small business owners like you — and me — try to survive the chaotic, caffeine-fueled circus of wearing every hat in the business.