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Recruiter fees in Latvia, what you pay and what you get, article cover
Hiring & Cost

Recruiter fees in Latvia: what you pay and what you get

Short answer: almost no Latvian recruitment agency publishes its fee. One that does, Komin, says its price is…

13.10.20268 min read
What happens in a Two-Week Diagnostic, day by day
Operations

What happens in a Two-Week Diagnostic, day by day

When something in an owner-managed company is stuck, the hard part is saying where. The Two-Week Diagnostic exists…

09.10.20263 min read
What a COO actually does in a 50-person company, and what they do not
Operations

What a COO actually does in a 50-person company, and what they do not

What a COO owns in a 50-person company, what stays with the owner, what the role costs in…

07.10.20265 min read
Fractional COO vs full-time COO vs interim manager, article cover
Hiring & Cost

Fractional COO vs full-time COO vs interim manager: which fits a 30 to 150 person company

Short answer: a company of 30 to 150 people has three ways to buy operations leadership, and they…

02.10.20267 min read
When should you hire your first operations manager?
Operations

When should you hire your first operations manager?

Use recurring decisions, team handoffs and authority to define your first operations role before you start a search.

23.09.20264 min read
What it really costs to hire an operations executive in Latvia in 2026
Hiring & Cost

What it really costs to hire an operations executive in Latvia in 2026 (and what the alternative costs)

A Latvian operations executive costs EUR 9,846 a month all-in, plus a recruiter fee and a search that…

07.09.20267 min read
Digital transformation for a 30-150 person company: where to start
Digitalisation

Digital transformation for a 30-150 person company: where to start (and where not to)

Digital transformation in a 30-150 person company does not start with software. The right order: measure where work…

07.09.20266 min read
5 signs your company needs an operations audit
Operations

5 signs your company needs an operations audit (and what to fix first)

Five signs the structure no longer fits the size of the company: repeating problems, decisions waiting on one…

07.09.20267 min read

Topics

Operations

How work moves through a company of 30 to 150 people: where it stops, what an operations audit finds, what a Two-Week Diagnostic does and when you need your first operations manager.

Hiring & Cost

What a senior hire costs in Latvia, salary, social tax, recruiter fees and the months before results, and when a fractional or interim manager costs less.

Digitalisation

Where to start with digital transformation so the money goes into one fixed process, not three systems nobody uses.

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