HR and operations partner since 2014

Scale your operations. Not your overhead.

Strategic HR and operations consulting that prevents costly mistakes before they happen. We're the experienced partner startups trust to build teams that scale.

  • 10+ years of experience
  • 100+ businesses supported
  • Nashville based
Katie Parker, founder of Startup Your HR

Katie Parker, MBA

CEO and founder

With over a decade of HR leadership experience, Katie founded Startup Your HR to give growing businesses access to enterprise-level HR expertise without the enterprise price tag.

As the Founding Liaison of the Nashville Hacking HR chapter, Katie has been at the forefront of modern HR practices. Her contributions to Nashville Entrepreneur Week and Middle Tennessee SHRM have established her as a trusted voice in the startup community.

Katie holds an MBA from Union University and has completed doctoral work in human resource management. When she's not helping clients build exceptional teams, you'll find her gaming with her family of all boys.

  • Doctoral-level academic training
  • 10+ years real world leadership
  • Active startup advisor Nashville Entrepreneur Center and Vanderbilt's The Wond'ry
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Trusted by growing teams

Real results from real startups. Here's what leaders say about working with us.

Proven efficiency

It has been an absolute pleasure working with Katie Parker on some of our company's HR needs. Not only was she able to help us manage and respond to a bevy of qualified candidates, she recommended and implemented new processes that took our overall hiring experience to the next level. On top of that, we were able to extend an offer and onboard our top candidate well before our self-imposed deadline. I'd recommend her services in a second!

Caroline Schmid VP, McKeeman Communications

Success through culture

Katie designed every aspect of our internship program and was instrumental to its success. She handled intern selection, onboarding, and the format of the program. With her help, we hosted 2 cohorts of interns that were diverse and added so much value to our early startup work.

Dwayne Gibson Service Operations Manager, Betafits

Flexible plans for every stage

Strategic HR support that scales with your business. Choose the level of partnership that fits your needs.

  1. MVP

    $4,500 /month

    Perfect for companies needing support for routine processes like:

    • Running payroll
    • Managing contractor payments
    • Federal and State compliance monitoring
    • Recruiting
    • Employee relations
  2. Most popular

    Accelerator

    $6,000 /month

    Perfect for companies looking to level up operations with complex projects like:

    • Tools Audits
    • Operations & HR software implementation
    • Process design
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Compensation Analysis
  3. Unicorn

    Starts at $10,000

    Custom pricing available upon request.

    Perfect for companies that need the ongoing support of a fractional HR and Ops leader for:

    • Long term projects
    • Strategic business planning
    • Board management
    • Infrastructure design
    • EOS Integration

Ready to scale your operations?

Whether you're facing an urgent HR challenge or planning for growth, we're here to help. Reach out for a confidential conversation.

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