Startups & Growth-Stage Companies
Build the HR Foundation Before You Need It.
Most startups build HR reactively, the first employee handbook gets written after someone threatens to sue. The first compliance review happens after an audit notice arrives.
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- Serving all 50 states
- Since 1958
Startup HR challenges
The challenges we hear most
- 1Contractors who may legally be employees
- 2No handbook, so policy gets made up on the spot
- 3Founders fielding complaints without HR guidance
- 4Onboarding that is rushed or inconsistent
- 5I-9 and new hire paperwork that slips through
- 6Growth that outpaces your compliance setup
Catapult Solutions
How Catapult HR Helps
- Handbook templates and a 50-state handbook builder
- FLSA audits that check exempt status, overtime and records
- Paperless I-9 verification with E-Verify integration
- Structured onboarding and offboarding programs
- Background checks and drug screening for new hires
- An HR advice helpline for members, staffed weekdays 8:30 to 5 ET
By the numbers
Why it matters
51.4%
Of private sector establishments that opened in the year ended March 2020, 51.4 percent were still operating in March 2025.
77.9%
Of private sector establishments that opened in the year ended March 2024, 77.9 percent were still operating one year later in March 2025.
534,947
Americans filed 534,947 new business applications in September 2026, seasonally adjusted, per the Census Bureau.
What we do
Where to start
Wage and hourFLSA Compliance AuditFind overtime, classification and record-keeping gaps before an audit or claim does.Learn more →I-9Paperless I-9 VerificationElectronic Form I-9 completion and storage with direct E-Verify integration.Learn more →OnboardingOnboarding and OffboardingStructured, compliant processes for the day a hire starts and the day they leave.Learn more →
What members say
“Catapult has the answer to everything HR. They were very helpful to us for an issue we needed an answer to quickly. Our members use them as well and have had their issues resolved.”
Build your HR foundation before you need it
Talk with a Catapult HR practitioner about handbooks, classification and onboarding for your next stage of growth.