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June 2, 2026
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When building my previous startup, Reflektive, I had to navigate countless confusing steps to get payroll set up—especially those dreaded government tax accounts needed for each state where we had employees. Most founders aren't payroll experts, and many fail to keep up with mandatory compliance tasks. But the IRS doesn't care–business owners in the US are fined upwards of $6 billion every year.
Rajeev Bahera
Founder and CEO of Every and former Founder & CEO of Reflektive
As a serial founder, I’ve learned (the hard way!), you have to be strategic about who you hire and lean into smart HR hiring practices. If you hire one bad apple, it changes team dynamics and impacts how quickly you can run as a startup. It only takes one bad hire to trip everyone up and slow the team down.
Rajeev Behera
Founder and CEO of Every & former co-founder and CEO of Reflektive.
When there’s a little smoke, there’s fire. If there is any problem you see in their assignment, or it’s not well thought out, or there wasn’t a lot of effort put into it, that 100% carries over 100 times when they are full-time employees. And you can 100% catch that early and save yourself a lot of time and pain.
Rajeev Behera
Founder and CEO of Every & former co-founder and CEO of Reflektive.
We had some complicated situations (e.g., payroll for contractors), and Every handled them super well. We were literally set up within an hour for contractors and within a day for W-2 payroll.
George Wang
Co-founder and CEO of Stellar Sleep
If you have to fire someone, you have two options. You could technically fire them. Or you can offer them a resignation where they can resign for you…To shield the company, you want them to resign. And to shield them, you want them to resign. The key thing is if you want to give them two weeks' severance, standard for startups. You still give them severance if they resign. That way, both scenarios for the employee are the same.
Rajeev Behera
Founder and CEO of Every & former co-founder and CEO of Reflektive.
Every is truly full service. I give them my highest recommendation to any founder looking to set up payroll and bookkeeping—you won't have to lift a finger.
Agi Agashe
Co-Founder and CEO at Fiber
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