Kompendium.Work

What Kompendium.Work does

Kompendium.Work is a virtual HR consulting firm that delivers fractional Human Resources services to early-stage growth businesses, small stable companies, and mission-driven not-for-profit organizations. The firm operates without a physical office, providing support and consultation remotely via phone, email, and chat, with the virtual delivery model positioned as a way to fit within client budget constraints. Principal Kurt D. Geiger, who holds SPHR, SHRM-SCP, and CDCS certifications, leads the firm and works as an HR department or augments internal teams using a hands-on approach. The firm's stated focus is on improving employee and job candidate experiences, optimizing talent, and reducing Voluntary First Year Turnover (VFYT).

The core product is Fractional HR Services, providing on-demand strategic HR partnership and daily people-strategy guidance for companies not ready to hire a full-time HR leader. Supporting offerings include HR Project Services, delivered under fixed-price arrangements for defined initiatives, and Executive Search for senior-level HR and leadership recruitment. There is no proprietary software, application, API, or technology platform disclosed; the technology stack is essentially the digital communication channels (phone, email, chat) through which consulting is delivered.

The business model is professional services with two pricing structures: hourly billing for everyday HR items and ongoing support, and fixed pricing for projects or executive search engagements. The go-to-market is inside sales supplemented by content marketing (a WordPress blog on retention and fractional HR topics) and organic social presence on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. The firm has a mutual referral partnership with nearshore software development firm BairesDev announced in May 2022, focused on healthcare EMR and marketing/advertising software verticals. Kompendium.Work is privately held, founder-led, with no disclosed funding rounds, institutional investors, or parent company affiliations.

Name

Kompendium.Work

Website

https://kompendium.work

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kompendium.Work is a virtual HR consulting firm that delivers fractional Human Resources services — including on-demand advisory, fixed-price projects, and executive search — to early-stage startups, small stable businesses, and mission-driven non-profit organizations via phone, email, and chat.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

HR Consulting

NAICS

Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Capital & Workforce Transformation Consulting (BPAHACAE)

Keywords

• Fractional HR services
• Human resources consulting
• Executive search
• People strategy advisory
• HR support

Headquarters

HQ city

Philadelphia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Hourly HR Consulting: Hourly billing model for everyday Human Resources items and ongoing HR support services. Clients pay based on time spent on HR activities.
2. Fixed Price Projects: Fixed price arrangements for specific HR projects or executive search engagements. Provides clarity on cost for defined scope of work.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Kompendium.Work is a virtual Human Resources consulting firm that provides fractional HR services to early-stage growth businesses, small stable companies, and mission-driven not-for-profit organizations. Offerings include on-demand daily HR support and people-strategy guidance, project-based HR consulting engagements, and executive search services, delivered remotely via phone, email, and chat on an hourly or fixed-price basis.

Product overview

Kompendium.Work offers a unified suite of virtual Human Resources consulting and support services. The core offering is Fractional HR Services, which provides on-demand HR partnership without the need for a full-time hire. Additional service offerings include HR Project Services (fixed-price consulting engagements) and Executive Search (senior talent recruitment). The company serves early-stage growth businesses, small stable companies, and mission-driven not-for-profit organizations, with a fee structure that can be hourly for everyday HR items or fixed-price for projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fractional HR Services Virtual Human Resources support and consultation for early-stage growth businesses, small stable companies, and mission-driven not-for-profit organizations; delivered on-demand either as an outsourced HR department or as augmentation to internal teams on an hourly billing basis.
• HR Project Services Project-based HR consulting engagements with a fixed price structure covering specific HR initiatives and people-strategy development work.
• Executive Search Fixed-price executive search services for identifying and recruiting senior-level HR and leadership talent for client organizations.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BairesDevminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 May 2022Kompendium works with BairesDev, a nearshore software development firm, to provide HR support to their clients in the marketing/advertising and healthcare sectors. The partnership involves co-marketing efforts where Kompendium refers clients needing software development to BairesDev and vice versa. BairesDev specializes in providing nearshore engineering talent for healthcare EMR development, marketing/advertising software, and general software development needs.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Insperity: Large-scale PEO providing HR, payroll, benefits, and workforce support to SMBs across the U.S. Comparable to Kompendium.Work in serving small businesses that lack internal HR, but at much greater scale and with bundled technology rather than pure advisory.
• Trinet: PEO offering HR outsourcing, payroll, benefits, and risk management to SMBs. Targets the same small-business buyer as Kompendium.Work but with bundled co-employment services rather than fractional advisory.
• Workday: Enterprise HCM and HR analytics platform. While focused upmarket, it sets the technology benchmark that SMB-focused platforms and consultancies (including Kompendium.Work's competitors) increasingly match.
• Paychex: Major HR, payroll, and benefits administration provider serving SMBs. Adjacent incumbent with HR advisory components bundled into its PEO and HR solutions offerings.
• Justworks: PEO platform providing payroll, benefits, compliance, and HR support for small and mid-sized businesses. Overlaps with Kompendium.Work's target segment (early-stage and SMB) and competes for the same HR-outsourcing budget.
• ADP TotalSource: PEO division of ADP providing outsourced HR, payroll, benefits, and compliance to SMBs. A direct alternative for small businesses weighing fractional consulting versus full PEO outsourcing.

Emerging players

• Rippling: Unified HR, IT, and payroll platform with strong traction among small and mid-sized businesses. Provides self-service HR tooling that substitutes for some advisory work Kompendium.Work performs.
• Gusto: Cloud payroll, benefits, and HR platform purpose-built for small businesses. Competes for the same SMB HR budget as Kompendium.Work but via self-serve technology rather than human advisory.
• BambooHR: HR software platform for SMBs covering hiring, onboarding, performance, and employee data. An alternative for small companies deciding between buying HR software and engaging a fractional HR consultant like Kompendium.Work.

Direct peers

• Sequoia Consulting Group: HR outsourcing and consulting firm offering PEO-like and fractional HR services to small and mid-sized organizations. Closest analog to Kompendium.Work in combining HR advisory, compliance, and benefits support for similar client profiles.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/KurtGeiger15
• Facebookfacebook.com/kurt.geiger.710
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kompendium-work
• Instagraminstagram.com/kompendium.work

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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