Today I attended a talk hosted at the River City Labs entitled Venture Capital, Fundraising & Founders - A Silicon Valley Perspective. I have wanted to attend an event at RiverCity Labs for a while so glad I finally got the opportunity. RiverCity Labs is based at level 2, 282 Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley. Start-ups [...]
Hello! Our blogging group has been meeting on a regular basis since the beginning of the year. We are about sharing blogging insights and experiences. The format is completely informal; At the start of the meeting please come prepared to share a brief synopsis of your blogging journey, after that share what you like to [...]
Today I spent the day working within SAASU with Charlie the wonder dog at my side. I always try to listen to my clients reporting and business management requirements and then give them the options I am aware of, and let them choose. The client chooses SAASU because he wanted in-depth reporting, which we will [...]
Here are a few options that were suggested to me. Have you used any of them. ZOHO CRM ZOHO CRM is a hosted CRM Software for entrepreneurs and start-ups. It has a free edition for 3 users. SalesForce Popular CRM offers a free 30 day trial Siebel by Oracle Bigger system probably not suited to [...]
I had the pleasure of joining Brisbane’s who’s who of the start-up and innovation community at the Microsoft Innovation Centre launch on Tuesday May 22nd. The initiative aims to enable and inspire new start-ups in Queensland, ultimately growing the local software ecosystem. With the opening of the Queensland office, the number of Microsoft Innovations Centre’s [...]
A new national business names registration system will commence on 28 May 2012. (I have cut & paste this information from the Office of Fair Trading email I have recently received.) Currently, business names are registered in the state or territory where the business is located and each state and territory keeps its own register. The [...]
Dr Edward de Bono teaches a thinking tool, known as “Six Hats” ™ or “Thinking Hats” which can be used to assist you brainstorming. It is a constructive methodical and organised method of doing something that is quite abstract: thinking. Small business owners are used to wearing many hats, so I think this method of [...]
Q: Is one system better suited to a service based business? Typically as a service based business is not a complicated organisation MYOB LiveAccounts, XERO and SAASU are all perfectly suited solutions.
Q: How difficult is it to transfer to cloud from MYOB? Q: Can you import your data from previous solutions (I use Cashflow Manager) into a new cloud solution? Q: I currently use both QuickBooks and MYOB. How difficult is it to import existing data without errors and does one of the Cloud solutions perform [...]
SAASU - Export Transactions, sales and purchases, contacts, chart of accounts, inventory items, general ledger report, multi month p&l report, sales report and trial balance report. XERO – contacts, chart of accounts, inventory items, export general ledger transactions MYOB LiveAccounts – Accountants Office export is the only option. Other than this General Ledger detail report can be exported [...]
