The Tech Check, powered by Interlaced — Device Management: The One System Most Startups Build Last (and Regret It)

August 2026 Tech Check: Device management: the one system most startups build last (and regret It) By Simran Nath – Interlaced Marketing Manager Somewhere in your company right now, an employee is working on a laptop nobody’s tracking. Maybe it’s a contractor who never got offboarded. Maybe it’s the sales rep who left six months […]
The Tech Check, powered by Interlaced: Offboarding doesn’t end when the laptop comes back

Someone leaves your startup. You disable their email, collect the laptop, send the goodbye message. Done, right? Not quite. The laptop coming back is the visible part of offboarding. The risk lives in everything you can’t see. Let’s run a quick tech check. Are You Closing the Accounts That Aren’t on Any List? Disabling someone’s […]
The Tech Check, powered by Interlaced: IT support for distributed teams that actually scales

Your startup just crossed 30, 40, maybe 50 people. Half your team is remote. Time zones are all over the place. And somewhere in a Slack thread, an employee is still waiting on a password reset from yesterday. Sound familiar? IT support for distributed teams is one of those things startups ignore until it breaks. […]
The Tech Check, powered by Interlaced: IT onboarding + offboarding is the operational lever you’re overlooking

When a new hire shows up on day one without a laptop, or a former employee still has access to your customer database three months after leaving — that’s not just an inconvenience. It’s a security risk, an ops bottleneck, and a drag on growth that compounds quietly … until it doesn’t. At Interlaced, we […]
The Tech Check, powered by Interlaced: Is your IT asset management built for scale?

Startups move fast. New hires join. Laptops ship out. SaaS tools get added “just for now.” And suddenly… your IT environment looks less like a system and more like a guessing game. If you’re scaling, IT Asset Management (ITAM) isn’t just an ops detail — it’s directly tied to your security, budget, and employee experience. […]
The Tech Check, powered by Interlaced — Oversight as a Startup Growth Lever (and Expense Saver)

The problem no one wants to admit In the scramble to scale, most startups see IT as a back-office necessity – a cost you manage, not a lever you pull. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: without intentional oversight, IT becomes the silent budget drain that eats away at your runway. We’re not just talking about […]
Scaling through technology: developing an IT strategy for startups

By Jeff Gaines, Interlaced CEO Businesses today have the ability to grow, scale, and change more quickly than at any time in history. In a fast-growing company, there is so much to think about. For many companies, building a scalable IT program seems like a luxury they neither have the time, the mental energy, nor […]