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Ep.9 Cameron Priest – TradeGecko – Kiwi cloud inventory solution calling Singapore home

2021-05-17T03:30:13+10:00October 29th, 2014|

Cameron Priest CEO and co-founder of TradeGecko Highlights of my conversation with Cameron Priest Singaporean Government fostering a technology hub Global adoption of add-ons Setting up a start-up in Singapore Growing a business with a multi-lingual support Giving clients the “wow factor” during the on-boarding process The Smart Enterprise Software Wave Choosing a currency [...]

Ep.8 Peta Ellis – River City Labs – Insights into the Brisbane tech start-up community

2021-05-17T03:30:35+10:00October 27th, 2014|

Peta Ellis General Manager at River City Labs, Brisbane Australia Highlights of my conversation with Peta Ellis Benefits of working in a co-working space Brisbane tech Start-ups successes Various events held at River City Labs Subscribe to Episode 8 of Cloud Stories on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/cloud-stories-heather-smith/id908333807 Heather:        Hello Peta, and welcome to the show. Peta:               Hello [...]

Ep.7 Dan Fairbairn – Waypoint – the emergence of the cloud integrator

2021-05-17T03:28:55+10:00October 10th, 2014|

Dan Fairbairn CEO and founder of Waypoint - Discussing the emergence of the cloud integrator   Highlights of my conversation with Dan Fairbairn Rolling out cloud solutions across franchises Analysing and improving business workloads The emergence of the cloud integrator Project pricing Subscribe to Episode 7 of Cloud Stories on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/cloud-stories-heather-smith/id908333807 Heather:       Hello and [...]

Ep.6 Chris Wheatley – Scope Accounting – Starting a new accounting practice

2021-05-17T03:30:59+10:00October 1st, 2014|

Chris Wheatley founder of Scope Accounting Highlights of my conversation with Chris Wheatley Naming a new business How to get your add-on in front of an accountant The relationship between the accountant and bookkeeper Finding your first client at a bucks party Subscribe to Episode 6 of Cloud Stories on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/cloud-stories-heather-smith/id908333807 Heather:        Welcome, Chris. [...]

Ep.5 Tom Wallace – Re-Leased – from a family business managing properties to a cloud based property solution

2021-05-17T03:31:21+10:00September 25th, 2014|

Tom Wallace CEO & co-founder of ReLeased Highlights of my conversation with Tom Wallace New Zealand’s talented tech community Family business managed property – and saw an opportunity Re-Leased - cloud property management solution – what it does Future development plans for Re-Leased Outsourcing tech development The importance of and tips for winning business [...]

Ep.4 Jared Armstrong – MinuteDock – building a time tracking solution that meets diverse needs

2021-05-17T03:34:39+10:00September 20th, 2014|

Highlights of my conversation with Jared Armstrong Internal collaboration tools Inbox Zero Providing a product that presents exactly the features, exactly the complexity that is needed for the specific business that is using it Subscribe to Episode 4 of Cloud Stories on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/cloud-stories-heather-smith/id908333807 Heather: Hello Jared. Jared:       How’s it going? Heather:        [...]

Ep.3 Gayle Buchanan – Number Nurses – Virtual Xero bookkeeping, support and training

2021-05-17T03:35:45+10:00September 13th, 2014|

Gayle Buchanan Chief Number Nurse & Xero Gold Partner Highlights of my conversation with Gayle Buchanan Running a virtual Xero bookkeeping, support and training business Managing learning new solutions from the Xero eco-system Licensing a bookkeeping business Cloud solutions for Eel fishermen Essential advice for bookkeepers; networking, resources, support and conferences Using referrals and [...]

Ep.2 Colin Hewitt – Float | Xero Emerging Add-on Partner of the Year 2014

2021-05-17T03:37:15+10:00September 11th, 2014|

Highlights of my conversation with Colin Hewitt Insights into pitching and attracting the right venture capital The impact on the business of working with an investor Experience of being part of the Xero add-on eco-system Forming CodeBase a co-sharing space and the Edinburgh start-up scene Float wins emerging Add-On Partner of the Year at [...]

Analysis of the Xero International Add-On Market Place

2021-01-19T11:35:09+10:00September 8th, 2014|

Xero add-ons are kind of like apps for your iPhone. The add-ons plugs into Xero extending the functionality of the cloud based business solution. In this simple analysis, I counted the number of available solutions, by both Industry and Category across the counties Xero is offered in. Note: You used to be able to filter [...]

Problogger 2014

2017-03-01T14:28:14+10:00September 1st, 2014|

2014 Problogger event has just been held at the simply divine QT Hotels and I was there in spirit, watching the conference unfold over social media. Though everyone’s probably glad that I was not there as I’ve a horrible bout of bronchitis :( Here’s a collection of tweets that caught my eye from the conference: [...]

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