The importance of your Accountant in an ‘Automated World’

Should I Sack My Accountant? As featured on LifeHackerAU..http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2014/12/should-i-sack-my-accountant/ A lot of people ask me if accountants are going out of business. As the head of accounting of a company that allows small business owners to easily do many of the things their accountant used to do, as well as being an accountant in publicContinue reading “The importance of your Accountant in an ‘Automated World’”

From Accountant to Business Advisor – Market your Firm in the Cloud

From Accountant to Business Advisor – Market your Firm in the Cloud. A very interesting article from the WorkflowMax blog. Quite a detailed look at how the traditional accounting firm can and should make the move to become a “firm of the future” to avoid becoming stale and out of date. It opens by challengingContinue reading “From Accountant to Business Advisor – Market your Firm in the Cloud”

Xero CEO Rod Drury on small business in 2014…my thoughts

Xero CEO Rod Drury cuts to the chase and notes that you run a business to make money so that you can go on holidays and buy beach houses and basically have a great lifestyle. This echoes my comments from my piece on running a smarter business using technology to help you quite simply “makeContinue reading “Xero CEO Rod Drury on small business in 2014…my thoughts”

The Benefits of Credit Card Funding

By Odysseas Papadimitriou Reposted from Mashable Thinking of using your credit card to finance your startup? For some entrepreneurs, it’s the only way to get their new business off the ground. Still, it comes with plenty of risk. The Benefits of Credit Card Funding The ability to retain maximum equity:  People willing to take theContinue reading “The Benefits of Credit Card Funding”