Emerging managers and small businesses often treat HR (Human Resources) requirements as paperwork, but they’re an integral part of risk management. Before hiring, firms must understand the difference between employees and independent contractors, collect the right forms, use written agreements, train people on investor communications, and document policies. This month’s article explains what you need to know to demonstrate control, protect your firm, and satisfy certain HR re

This month’s article is about how AI is being adopted at the operational level in many small businesses today. It provides an understanding of how AI can be used, and how it shouldn’t be used, across the eight key areas of your business. (Operations, Legal, Accounting, Human Resources, Security, Technology, Marketing & Sales, and Compliance)

Being a new, emerging manager or small business is tough. You have a lot on your plate besides trading; operations, legal, accounting, human resources, human resources, human resources, security, technology, marketing & sales, compliance, and risk management, and juggling all those areas with the added need to fund them can be daunting. So, let’s add one more to the mix: Staffing, commonly referred to as being part of human resources. Besides alpha, prospective investors a

This month's article is an overview of the key questions emerging managers tend to ask and brief answers to those questions.