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Operations Sep 13, 2026 • 8 min

Cybersecurity Questions for 401(k) Technology Vendors

Cybersecurity questions for 401(k) technology vendors start with the DOL's six hiring tips. Since Compliance Assistance Release 2024-01 they cover health and welfare plans too, and EBSA named cybersecurity a FY2026 national enforcement project.

Psychology Sep 11, 2026 • 4 min

Decision Architecture Beats Sales Tactics

Decision architecture in B2B is the default. Thaler and Sunstein (Nudge, 2008) said there is no neutral cafeteria line. I study behavioral psychology. Fix the form before the deck.

Strategy Sep 10, 2026 • 5 min

What It Costs to Leave HubSpot or Webflow

The cost to leave HubSpot is labor. HubSpot's export-records article (2 Apr 2026) is a snapshot. Webflow help (31 Oct 2025): CMS is not in the code ZIP. Count hours, not moods.

Operations Sep 9, 2026 • 4 min

Business Continuity Architecture, Not a Binder

Business continuity architecture is the restore you can run. NIST SP 800-34 Rev. 1 treats testing as a step. ISO 22301 applies at any size. A binder without a date is a story.

Entrepreneurship Sep 8, 2026 • 4 min

Partner Vetting Questions Founders Skip

Partner vetting at mid-market is operational due diligence, not an M&A room. CISA Secure by Demand (6 Aug 2024) plus registrar, restore date, and named operator. Four shrugs is a no.

Operations Sep 7, 2026 • 5 min

What Is Included in Managed Hosting

What is included in managed hosting is the night-shift list. InMotion (22 May 2026) set a server-layer floor. If restore date, patch cadence, and 2am page are shrugs, you still have the job.

Strategy Aug 25, 2026 • 7 min

Own Versus Rent AI: Keep the Workflow, Rent the Model

Own versus rent AI: rent the commodity model, own prompts, tools, logs, and data. Flexera 2025: 27 percent of IaaS/PaaS spend wasted. If you cannot export the workflow, you rented the company memory.

SEO Aug 21, 2026 • 8 min

An AEO Audit a Small Business Can Run in a Week

An AEO audit in a week: ten real questions, who gets cited, one URL per query, extractable first sentences, schema, IndexNow. This domain: 13 cited URLs of 147 posts in Bing AI Performance (29 Aug 2026).

AI Getting Started Aug 19, 2026 • 8 min

Why AI Pilots Stall Before Production

AI pilots stall before production for boring reasons: no owner, no definition of done, no data path, no kill switch. CISA 1 May 2026: start low-risk. NIST AI RMF: Govern, Map, Measure, Manage.