Rosalind Napoli 10/26/26 Rosalind Napoli 10/26/26

A Thank-You Evening for the Women Who Build Companies

This past March, we spent an evening at Viola Floral's studio in Santa Monica with a room full of women we admire. Some of them run companies. The rest are the business leaders who keep those companies running.

Rosalind Napoli 10/19/26 Rosalind Napoli 10/19/26

Fractional HR for Creative Agencies: What It Actually Looks Like

Most HR advice assumes a company that looks nothing like an agency. Here’s what changes when the support is built around how agencies work.

Rosalind Napoli 10/12/26 Rosalind Napoli 10/12/26

The Founder Tax: What Being Your Own HR Department Is Actually Costing You

You didn't start this company to spend Tuesday afternoon mediating a disagreement between two people who used to get along fine. But here you are because there's no one else to do it. That's the founder tax. It shows up as the hours you didn't spend on the parts of the business only you can do.

Rosalind Napoli 9/28/26 Rosalind Napoli 9/28/26

You Hired Someone Senior. So Why Does It Feel Like It's Not Working?

You hire someone senior because you're stretched thin. The interview goes well. They ask smart questions. They talk about past wins with real specifics. You think, finally, someone who can just run with things. Three months later, you're annoyed and they're confused.

Rosalind Napoli 9/28/26 Rosalind Napoli 9/28/26

Is Your Employee Quiet Quitting? Signs Founders Miss

Nobody hands in a two weeks' notice out of nowhere. By the time someone actually quits, they checked out weeks or months earlier. The problem is that disengagement doesn't look like a crisis. It looks like a slightly quieter version of a good employee, so most founders miss it until the exit interview.