Accounting

Accounting: Harder Than it Looks, Especially for Startups

Accounting is almost as old as business itself, and mostly unchanged through the centuries. It’s still basically just a process of recording expenses and revenues then figuring up what you actually have in the bank. Simple, right? Not necessarily. Even the most basic bookkeeping requires more than simple arithmetic. Someone also needs to track the numbers according to strategic objectives,…

Measuring the True Cost of QuickBooks

The blog that follows is an extract of a whitepaper titled “Life After QuickBooks” produced by Sage Intacct. For many small and mid-sized businesses, Intuit QuickBooks is the preferred choice for financial software in the organization’s early days—and for solid reasons. QuickBooks is well-known and easy to use, and it offers the basic functionality that almost any business can use…

“Standing Pat” with QuickBooks Can Cost More Than You Think

The blog that follows is an extract of a whitepaper titled “Life After QuickBooks” produced by Sage Intacct. For many small and mid-sized businesses, Intuit QuickBooks is the preferred choice for financial software in the organization’s early days—and for solid reasons. QuickBooks is well-known and easy to use, and it offers the basic functionality that almost any business can use…

The New Wave of Financial Management Technology

The blog that follows is an extract of a whitepaper titled “Life After QuickBooks” produced by Sage Intacct. For many small and mid-sized businesses, Intuit QuickBooks is the preferred choice for financial software in the organization’s early days—and for solid reasons. QuickBooks is well-known and easy to use, and it offers the basic functionality that almost any business can use…

The Top Five Limitations of QuickBooks

The blog that follows is an extract of a whitepaper titled “Life After QuickBooks” produced by Sage Intacct. For many small and mid-sized businesses, Intuit QuickBooks is the preferred choice for financial software in the organization’s early days—and for solid reasons. QuickBooks is well-known and easy to use, and it offers the basic functionality that almost any business can use…

Do Startups Need an Accountant?

Your specialty is running your business. Leave the financial detail to an accountant. If you and your accountant use cloud-based accounting software, you’ll be able to keep track of what your accountant does, and always be able to see your company’s financial situation at a glance. We have witnessed and/or either worked with companies that have attempted to do their…

12 Reasons Cloud-Based Accounting is Taking Off

Business owners usually wear several hats. The thinking cap, the creative beret, the sales and marketing topper. Not too many want to don the green visor – the once-popular headwear of accountants. Shuffling piles of paperwork, figuring out how to enter transactions, reconcile accounts, keep track of payables and receivables, generate invoices, close period ends…all are necessary to the running…