Duane Jackson - Founder, Author at IRIS KashFlow Accounting & Payroll | Free Trial - No Card Required‎ Tue, 06 Jun 2023 09:36:39 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kashflow.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/kashflow-icon-2.png Duane Jackson - Founder, Author at IRIS KashFlow 32 32 A new chapter in the KashFlow story… https://www.kashflow.com/blog/kashflow-new-chapter-iris-acquisition/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/kashflow-new-chapter-iris-acquisition/#comments Thu, 17 Oct 2013 09:41:17 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=64219 A lot has changed since I started KashFlow. Back then, things were different – phrases like “software-as-a-service/SaaS” and “cloud applications” didn’t exist, and accounting software was clunky, horrible and full of jargon. Now, SaaS is mainstream and a number of worthy competitors have sprung up with similar visions of simplifying how small business owners keep their […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/kashflow-new-chapter-iris-acquisition/feed/ 17 We’re not “KashFlow Limited” https://www.kashflow.com/blog/were-not-kashflow-limited/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/were-not-kashflow-limited/#comments Tue, 08 Oct 2013 10:07:09 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=64072 Today a company called KashFlow Limited received notice from Companies House that they’ll be dissolved. A few people have been in touch with us already about this. It’s not us – we’re KashFlow Software Limited (and always have been). The company KashFlow Limited is nothing to do with me or anyone here at KashFlow. For […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/were-not-kashflow-limited/feed/ 2 High Growth Team of The Year Award https://www.kashflow.com/blog/ukbaa-award/ Wed, 03 Jul 2013 12:35:17 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=62656 As Founder, CEO and Chief Mouthy Git, I get a lot of the glory and credit for the modest success KashFlow has had over the years. I’ve won occasional personal awards and the software itself has won a LOT of awards. But last night the unsung heroes got a look-in. Dominique, Julian, Monica, Raj, Shveta […]

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]]> The Day That Email Changed Forever https://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-day-that-email-changed-forever/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-day-that-email-changed-forever/#comments Thu, 20 Jun 2013 12:55:21 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=62528 If you’re running a small business you have a lot of email to process. Possibly more so if its a tech business. Some days I feel like I’ve done nothing but deal with emails. We all know that checking our email every 2 minutes destroys our productivity, we’ve read the articles telling us we should […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-day-that-email-changed-forever/feed/ 3 Ignore James, Do Give your Children an Unfair Advantage https://www.kashflow.com/blog/unfair-advantage/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/unfair-advantage/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:11:39 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=62464 This tweet caught my eye this morning. I went looking for the missing context and saw that Leila’s tweet was in relation to an article today in the Telegraph regarding James Caan’s appointment as Social Mobility Tzar. He makes many points I strongly agree with, such as: People from deprived backgrounds can be massively impactful […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/unfair-advantage/feed/ 3 SaaS Isn’t the Future https://www.kashflow.com/blog/saas-isnt-the-future/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/saas-isnt-the-future/#comments Wed, 29 May 2013 13:57:09 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=62409 After years of claiming it was a  passing fad and that there is no customer demand for SaaS, BigCos have now come round to accepting that SaaS is the future. SaaS isn’t the future. SaaS is the current – the now. Just as “The New Economy” became just “the economy” earlier  this  century, “Software as […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/saas-isnt-the-future/feed/ 10 Leaders vs Managers https://www.kashflow.com/blog/leaders-vs-managers/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/leaders-vs-managers/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 16:07:19 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=62395 You have to do what a manager tells you. But you follow a leader because you want to. A manager has the formal authority to demand obedience. A leaders power is informal – she stimulates, convinces and inspires people to follow her. Managers are appointed to a position. You can not be assigned the role […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/leaders-vs-managers/feed/ 1 My Accountant Wants Me To Use Sage https://www.kashflow.com/blog/my-accountant-wants-me-to-use-sage/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/my-accountant-wants-me-to-use-sage/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:02:07 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=62099 I wanted my website to work on all web browsers – it’ll get me lots more customers. But the web designer I’m paying said it makes his life easier if he only makes sites for Internet Explorer. I wanted a Mac – I find them much easier to use than PCs. But the guys I […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/my-accountant-wants-me-to-use-sage/feed/ 2 Leadership and Creating a Movement [VIDEO] https://www.kashflow.com/blog/dancing-guy/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/dancing-guy/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:32:23 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=62059 It’s Friday! So here’s a short (3min) video explaining how a movement grows. Thank you to @MissKashFlow for being my first follower and transforming me from a Lone Nut. And to the rest of my team and our customers for making KashFlow a movement. Keep on dancing.

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/dancing-guy/feed/ 1 Pitch for Skills, Not for Funding https://www.kashflow.com/blog/pitch-for-skills-not-for-funding/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/pitch-for-skills-not-for-funding/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:40:53 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=61959 What’s better than a cash injection? How about a skills injection? I can testify that hiring an experienced industry exec has had far more impact on my business than a pile of cash would have. It’s telling that a common use of cash raised by businesses is to hire talented people. Rather than spending your time […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/pitch-for-skills-not-for-funding/feed/ 2 Introducing PDF Themes https://www.kashflow.com/blog/introducing-pdf-themes/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/introducing-pdf-themes/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 22:04:08 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=60910 UPDATE 5th April We’re re-releasing this feature today after initially having to roll back the release last month – – – – – – We’re now rolling out a big upgrade to the way PDF Documents (Invoices, Quotes, etc) are produced. It addresses a number of common requests including: Higher resolution logos Give more flexibility […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/introducing-pdf-themes/feed/ 9 Dozens of new Integrations for you to try https://www.kashflow.com/blog/onesaas-integrations/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/onesaas-integrations/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 12:14:40 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=61474 Do you use any of the services or products listed below? We’ll soon be releasing a new service that connects all of them to your KashFlow account. But before we do, we want to get a few of you using it to try it out and see what we can improve before making it available […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/onesaas-integrations/feed/ 12 Get a Startup Loan in One Day https://www.kashflow.com/blog/get-a-startup-loan-in-one-day/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/get-a-startup-loan-in-one-day/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 11:29:30 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=61145 I’ve been fortunate enough to see the Startup Loans initiative take shape from close-up. I’ve seen it go from an idea in my chairman’s over-worked head to being  announced by government to being a reality. Now it’s all up and running, there are numerous ways you can get a startup loan. But there’s an event this Saturday being held […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/get-a-startup-loan-in-one-day/feed/ 1 Service Availability Issues (Now Resolved) https://www.kashflow.com/blog/service-issues/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/service-issues/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 12:37:08 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=61048 There have been intermittent issues with accessing KashFlow over the past 24-48 hours. This affected about 20% of our customers and made the system too slow for them to use. This is of course totally unacceptable for an application that you rely on for your accounting needs. I feel personally responsible for the disruption to […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/service-issues/feed/ 9 Death Penalty for Late Payers https://www.kashflow.com/blog/death-penalty-for-late-payers/ Fri, 08 Feb 2013 12:03:48 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=56415 It’s just over a year since we introduced our Automated Credit Control feature, so I thought now would be an interesting time to analyse its effectiveness… To recap, this feature lets you set up automated reminders to let your customers know an invoice is about to become due, and then nag them to death until they cough up […]

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]]> Internal Communications in a Growing Startup https://www.kashflow.com/blog/internal-communications-in-a-growing-startup/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/internal-communications-in-a-growing-startup/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:00:39 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=56414 Around a year ago this guy turned up. I’ve learned a hell of a lot from him about doing my job as CEO of a fast growing company and I’m hoping to find the time to write more about some of that. But I’ll start with one of the most important lessons I’ve learned, and that’s a […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/internal-communications-in-a-growing-startup/feed/ 4 Introducing KashDroid Android App https://www.kashflow.com/blog/introducing-kashdroid-android-app/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/introducing-kashdroid-android-app/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:59:45 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=56413 We’ve been madly beavering away on a huge upgrade to KashFlow to support multiple mobile platforms and multi-users over the last few months It looks like we’re not the only ones that have been busy coding. KashFlow customer Pale Purple have been working hard too. They’ve taken the initiative to build their own Android app for KashFlow using our API. Their blog post says: It’s […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/tradeshift-integration/feed/ 3 Marketing: Would you prefer one-size-fits-all or a size 10½? https://www.kashflow.com/blog/marketing-would-you-prefer-one-size-fits-all-or-a-size-10%c2%bd/ Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:55:24 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=56409 Today we shared an advert that we were stopped from running by a publisher. It prompted some conversation about marketing and a comment was made along the lines of “it’s not clever to exclude half the population in your advertising” Putting aside for a moment the fact that we could be excluding/putting off people due […]

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]]> Whitehall’s New Entrepreneurs In Residence – A Warning… https://www.kashflow.com/blog/whitehalls-new-entrepreneurs-in-residence-a-warning/ Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:59:03 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=53243 We recently ran a survey asking over a thousand business owners their views on what the government is or isn’t doing to make their lives easier and encourage new enterprises. The results are interesting and will be released soon…but if you recall some of the questions then you’d be forgiven for wondering if GCHQ are […]

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]]> Meet Our Adult Supervision https://www.kashflow.com/blog/meet-our-adult-supervision/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/meet-our-adult-supervision/#comments Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:27:07 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=52727 At 34, I’m perhaps not the young pup I used to be. But we’re quite a young team here at KashFlow. Dominique, who has been with me since day one – and is practically COO in all but title – is 23. Patrick, who runs our marketing team, is also 23. So by comparison our […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/meet-our-adult-supervision/feed/ 4 Working with the Prince’s Trust https://www.kashflow.com/blog/working-princes-trust/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/working-princes-trust/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 10:56:14 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=46373 Back in June I was on stage with will.i.am when he announced his donation of £500k to the Prince’s Trust. It got me thinking about how I could also give something back. I’ve written before about how the Prince’s Trust helped me to start in business when noone else would. I owe them a huge debt of gratitude – […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/working-princes-trust/feed/ 6 Generation DIY #GenDIY https://www.kashflow.com/blog/gendiy/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/gendiy/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 14:49:08 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=46379 First there was Generation X. Then there was Generation Y. It’d be easy to read the Daily Mail and believe that the current generation is Generation ZZZ, as they’re a lazy bunch of good-for-nothings. But we’ve seen where that mentality gets us. Next month, the latest youth unemployment figures will be coming out. I think […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/gendiy/feed/ 7 Join the KashFlow team: JavaScript, jQuery, HTML5, CSS, REST, Agile, Project Management https://www.kashflow.com/blog/join-us/ Mon, 03 Sep 2012 09:20:07 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=45044 TL:DR version We’ve got some exciting stuff going on. If you understand jQuery, REST, JSON, Agile  then this could be for you. We’re doing some very nice stuff but need you to join us to make it a huge success. Specifically we need a JS/jQuery developer, a Web Designer and a Project Manager to join […]

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]]> Am I paranoid? https://www.kashflow.com/blog/am-i-paranoid/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/am-i-paranoid/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:15:36 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=44073 This isn’t the first time that someone has suggested Sage like to copy KashFlow’s marketing activities. Given that Sage are often (supposedly derogatively) referred to as a marketing machine instead of a technology company, I’ve always taken it as a compliment. There have been a few things they’ve done recently that look like they’ve taken […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/am-i-paranoid/feed/ 18 Beyond SaaS, The Future Of Software Development and Delivery https://www.kashflow.com/blog/beyond-saas-the-future-of-software-development-delivery/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/beyond-saas-the-future-of-software-development-delivery/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:38:11 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=37347 Back when I launched KashFlow, my online accounting software business, the phrase “software as a service” hadn’t been coined yet. The recently popular catchall phrase ‘cloud computing’, now frantically highlighted in every marketeer’s notebook, was practically unheard of. iPhones didn’t even exist yet. Seven years later, SaaS is widely accepted as the way software (with […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/beyond-saas-the-future-of-software-development-delivery/feed/ 11 The Effect of Shorter Trial Periods for SaaS https://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-effect-of-shorter-trial-periods-for-saas/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-effect-of-shorter-trial-periods-for-saas/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 11:14:24 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=27776 A couple of months ago I wrote that we were reducing our free trial period for our online accounting software. To summarise: we have always offered a 60 day trial, one of the longest in our industry. I decided to drop it to 14 days – one of the shortest. The reasoning for this was that […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/entrepreneurs-in-prison/feed/ 19 @CainesArcade – The 9yr Old Entrepreneur https://www.kashflow.com/blog/cainesarcade-the-9yr-old-entrepreneur/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/cainesarcade-the-9yr-old-entrepreneur/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:41:36 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=22473 Watch this video and try not to smile, Inspirational stuff. Donate to his Scholarship Fund at cainesarcade.com/ Discovered via Enterprise Nation and Dan Martin

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/cainesarcade-the-9yr-old-entrepreneur/feed/ 6 I didn’t get any work done today https://www.kashflow.com/blog/i-didnt-get-any-work-done-today/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/i-didnt-get-any-work-done-today/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 08:34:50 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=21590 I had a realisation recently that other founders – especially those of a technical bent – might be able to relate to. I’d just spent a whole day in various meetings.  As I left for the day and realised my laptop hadn’t even left my man bag I said “I don’t know why I bothered […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/i-didnt-get-any-work-done-today/feed/ 7 Open Letter to Banks – API Access to Statement Data https://www.kashflow.com/blog/open-letter-to-banks-api-access-to-statement-data/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/open-letter-to-banks-api-access-to-statement-data/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 13:10:59 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=20236 As per our press release, I’ve today sent an open letter to the heads of British banks. The letter is as follows: I am writing to you today to urge that small businesses be granted secure electronic access to their own bank statement data. By failing to make this available via an API, you are […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/shorter-trial-periods/feed/ 42 (Possibly) Important Information https://www.kashflow.com/blog/possibly-important-information/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/possibly-important-information/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 20:47:41 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=15683 Just weeks after rolling out our new website, we’ve just completed a huge server infrastructure upgrade (with zero downtime- woop!). Customers rarely comment when the software is blisteringly fast, so we’ll instead be looking out for the lack of comments about things being a little slow at peak times. If you don’t use SagePay, code […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/possibly-important-information/feed/ 4 Bank Managers Blow Whistle on Software Sales Scandal https://www.kashflow.com/blog/bank-managers-blow-whistle-on-software-sales-scandal/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/bank-managers-blow-whistle-on-software-sales-scandal/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:11:10 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=15548 I received an anonymous letter yesterday. It was a bit underwhelming at first due to the lack of letters cut out from newspaper headlines. But after I read through it, I realised it was potentially pretty explosive stuff. Essentially it was copies of letters sent at the end of last year from “Concerned Business Managers” at […]

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]]> Official Twitter Meeting Point for #biz2012 https://www.kashflow.com/blog/official-twitter-meeting-point-for-biz2012/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/official-twitter-meeting-point-for-biz2012/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:47:51 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=11809 I’ve been watching the Business 2012 event take shape over the last year. With lots of exhibitors, seminars plus the likes of Richard Branson and Alan sugar involved It looks like it’s going to be the defining business exhibition of the year. It’s taking place on the 18th to the 20th March at The O2. […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/some-valentines-fun/feed/ 1 Simple and Affordable Online Payments with @GoCardless https://www.kashflow.com/blog/simple-and-affordable-online-payments-with-gocardless/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/simple-and-affordable-online-payments-with-gocardless/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:32:32 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2943 A few months ago we launched a pilot with GoCardless. At the time we only let customers who have been with us for a year or more use the service. Today they went live and announced via TechCrunch that they have backing from Accel and Y-Combinator (no small feat!). So now it’s available to all […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/automated-credit-control-for-all/feed/ 17 UnMarketing – Wheat, not Chaff. https://www.kashflow.com/blog/unmarketing-wheat-not-chaff/ Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:15:39 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2858 Trains journeys are one of the few times I get to just sit and read so I was looking forward to reading some more of Atlas Shrugged on my train home last night. I think I actually swore out loud when I realised my iPad battery was dead and I hadn’t synced the book to […]

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]]> We’re hiring – the best customer service job in London https://www.kashflow.com/blog/were-hiring-the-best-customer-service-job-in-london/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/were-hiring-the-best-customer-service-job-in-london/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:46:25 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2834 NOTE: We’re always looking to add to our support team with fast learners who are enthusiastic and pride themselves on outstanding customer service. If this is you, please do get in touch with us. Every month thousands of small businesses register to take a  free trial of our accounting software. The number of trialists and […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/were-hiring-the-best-customer-service-job-in-london/feed/ 4 Christmas Freebies For Small Business Owners https://www.kashflow.com/blog/christmas-freebies/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/christmas-freebies/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:45:48 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2825 Santa got in touch and said you’ve all been very good business owners and asked us to sort some pressies for you. So we’ve obliged: For Existing Customers and Trialists You can get PayPal Imports for free. We’ll connect to your PayPal account and regularly copy across all of your payment data. You can then convert it […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/christmas-freebies/feed/ 6 This Is Our World Now https://www.kashflow.com/blog/this-is-our-world-now/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/this-is-our-world-now/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:22:45 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2820 You know how sometimes a song pops into your head and you can’t get it out until you play it? That happened to me this morning only it wasn’t a song, it was a document… When I first got into computers and the Internet in the early-mid 90’s there was already a strong sub-culture. There was […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/this-is-our-world-now/feed/ 1 I.P.E.A. – The Four Attributes You Need to Work in a Startup https://www.kashflow.com/blog/i-p-e-a-the-four-attributes-you-need-to-work-in-a-startup/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/i-p-e-a-the-four-attributes-you-need-to-work-in-a-startup/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:48:58 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2788 KashFlow has been going a good few years now and there are over 20 of us here. But we’re still very much a start-up in terms of our culture, the way we work, and the things we’re working on. Working in a start-up is nothing like working in a “big” business. Some people simply aren’t […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/i-p-e-a-the-four-attributes-you-need-to-work-in-a-startup/feed/ 7 On the wireless: Radio 4 – In Business https://www.kashflow.com/blog/on-the-wireless-radio-4-in-business/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/on-the-wireless-radio-4-in-business/#comments Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:45:44 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2775 The other week I was interviewed by Peter Day from the Radio 4 show “In Business” to talk about the recession and how it affects a business like ours. You can listen to it here. We’ve had lots of media coverage over the years, but this one interview generated a *lot* of traffic, sign-ups and […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/on-the-wireless-radio-4-in-business/feed/ 2 The #KFXmas Party Photos https://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-kfxmas-party-photos/ Sat, 03 Dec 2011 15:34:54 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2771 Wednesday night was our Christmas party for our customers in partnership with UK Business Forums. It was a great night and we’re grateful to all of you who attended. Amanda Eatwell took lots of photographs on the night, which can be found on our Facebook page. We hope to see even more of you next […]

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]]> My #GEW Diary https://www.kashflow.com/blog/my-gew-diary/ Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:04:03 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2760 Never mind it nearly being Christmas again, Global Entrepreneurship Week is here again as from Monday. There are lots of  events going on all over the country to celebrate and promote entrepreneurship. Here are the events I’m going to: Tuesday 15h November – Fresh Business Thinking LIVE! This is billed as a conference and exhibition […]

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]]> Join us for a Christmas Party! #KFXmas #UKBF https://www.kashflow.com/blog/join-us-for-a-christmas-party-kfxmas/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/join-us-for-a-christmas-party-kfxmas/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 15:11:13 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2726 For a while I’ve wanted to get a bunch of KashFlow customers together for an informal meet-up. That thought collided with another: Smaller business with just one or two staff don’t have much of a Christmas party. They’re no fun when there’s no one to pull a cracker with. So we’ve teamed up with our […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/join-us-for-a-christmas-party-kfxmas/feed/ 42 Files in KashFlow with Dropbox https://www.kashflow.com/blog/files-in-kashflow-with-dropbox/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/files-in-kashflow-with-dropbox/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:27:15 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2706 We’ve just added integration with Dropbox into KashFlow accounting  software. This means you can upload and attach files to all sorts of accounting records such as your quotes, invoices, customer and supplier records. Even Journal entries. You can enable the integration with just a couple of clicks by going to Settings -> External Services -> […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/files-in-kashflow-with-dropbox/feed/ 34 Fresh Business Thinking LIVE! – Free tickets https://www.kashflow.com/blog/fresh-business-thinking-live-free-tickets/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/fresh-business-thinking-live-free-tickets/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:57:02 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2690 On 15th November 2011, we’ll be exhibiting at Fresh Business Thinking LIVE! at Old Billingsgate in London. I’ll be there with our experienced exhibitionist Graham Cox and Sandeep Gadhavi. From the blurb on their website: Fresh Business Thinking LIVE! is the annual event for entrepreneurs and decision makers looking to grow and improve their businesses. […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/fresh-business-thinking-live-free-tickets/feed/ 2 Software Satisfaction – Thank You! https://www.kashflow.com/blog/software-satisfaction-thank-you/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/software-satisfaction-thank-you/#comments Thu, 20 Oct 2011 10:48:22 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2653 On Tuesday evening we attended the black tie (or pink tie in our case) dinner for the announcement of the winners of the 2011 Software Satisfaction Awards. We won the web-based accounting software category back in 2007 and again in 2008. In 2009  we won both the web-based and general “Accounting Software” category. This year there was […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/software-satisfaction-thank-you/feed/ 7 As Smart Phones Get Smarter, Humans get Stupider https://www.kashflow.com/blog/as-smart-phones-get-smarter-humans-get-stupider/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/as-smart-phones-get-smarter-humans-get-stupider/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:43:17 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2632 When’s the last time you wrote something with pen and paper? My handwriting is appalling and after a few lines my fingers ache. The reason for that is because of how infrequently I need to actually write with pen and paper. Like most other people, I’m more likely to type than write. But with the […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/as-smart-phones-get-smarter-humans-get-stupider/feed/ 7 QR Codes – a Passing Fad? https://www.kashflow.com/blog/qr-codes-a-passing-fad/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/qr-codes-a-passing-fad/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:56:57 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2619 QR Codes are popping up all over the place. I’m told they’ve been very popular in Japan for a while now. I really can’t see what the big deal is. But then I thought that about Twitter when I first saw it. I wouldn’t want to be late to the party if there is a […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/qr-codes-a-passing-fad/feed/ 8 Take Money From Your Customers Bank Account https://www.kashflow.com/blog/take-money-from-your-customers-bank-account/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/take-money-from-your-customers-bank-account/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:05:11 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2538 How nice would it be to have a system that automatically raised your invoices, emailed them to the customer AND took the payment from their bank account? Well, now you can. This is something truly special, unique and incredibly useful. I believe it’s the first time something like this has been available to UK SMEs. […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/take-money-from-your-customers-bank-account/feed/ 93 My Favourite Tech Start-up of 2011 https://www.kashflow.com/blog/duedil/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/duedil/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 12:44:40 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2596 I’ve got no personal financial interest in this company. I don’t know the founder, I don’t know the investors. I just think it’s a seriously useful new product that more people should know about. DueDil pulls together information from a variety of sources (Companies House, CrunchBase , etc) on every company in the UK. The […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/duedil/feed/ 2 #FollowFriday #FF – You’re doing it wrong! https://www.kashflow.com/blog/followfriday-ff-youre-doing-it-wrong/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/followfriday-ff-youre-doing-it-wrong/#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 08:45:52 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2674 It’s Friday, yay! Friday on Twitter is “Follow Friday”. The idea is that you suggest to your followers who else they should follow by tweeting their names and putting using the hashtag #FollowFriday or the shorter #FF. But more often than not #FF tweets are useless and don’t result in any new followers for the […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/followfriday-ff-youre-doing-it-wrong/feed/ 2 Stop going around saying “I’m an Entrepreneur!” https://www.kashflow.com/blog/dont-mention-the-e-word-or-tl-or-g/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/dont-mention-the-e-word-or-tl-or-g/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:04:31 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2569 And I thought it was just me and my personal insecurities. But apparently not. I tweeted something  that hit a nerve for some and resonated with others. I’d just seen Richard Branson start a sentence with “As an entrepreneur…” and I said: At least now I know it’s not just me that tut’s when I […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/dont-mention-the-e-word-or-tl-or-g/feed/ 18 Twitter to Save ITV Ad Revenues #socialtv https://www.kashflow.com/blog/twitter-to-save-itv-ad-revenues-socialtv/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/twitter-to-save-itv-ad-revenues-socialtv/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:33:28 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2549 Back when there were just 3 or 4 channels on TV it was easy for a commercial broadcaster like ITV to deliver a lot of eyeballs to advertisers. Then two things happened. First, the proliferation of TV channels meant that the eyeballs were spread much more widely across many channels. Then came Sky+ and TiVo. […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/twitter-to-save-itv-ad-revenues-socialtv/feed/ 2 7 Reasons You Shouldn’t Bother Reading This Blog Post https://www.kashflow.com/blog/7-reasons-you-shouldnt-bother-reading-this-blog-post-2/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/7-reasons-you-shouldnt-bother-reading-this-blog-post-2/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:45:31 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2520 Statistically there are far more people on the planet that won’t bother reading this blog post than those that will. So you, dear reader, are in a very small minority. So listed here are the top 7 reasons why you shouldn’t bother reading this blog post: 1) It’s just another pointless list Blog posts with […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/7-reasons-you-shouldnt-bother-reading-this-blog-post-2/feed/ 2 Email Etiquette – When Harry Met Sally https://www.kashflow.com/blog/email-etiquette-when-harry-met-sally/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/email-etiquette-when-harry-met-sally/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:50:27 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2497 Most (but not all) of us now know that it’s not a good idea, when emailing lots of people, to put all of their addresses in the To or CC field. Use BCC so you’re not sharing email addresses without the owners permission. But there’s another email etiquette ‘rule’ that many people still break: Introductions I send an […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/email-etiquette-when-harry-met-sally/feed/ 1 Silly Startups – Names and Celebrity Investors https://www.kashflow.com/blog/silly-startups/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/silly-startups/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:47:57 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2489 Whilst browsing a listing of tech startups the other day I was struck by how randomly generated their names and pitches seemed to be. So I couldn’t resist the urge to quickly throw together a random startup generator. And for extra measure I’ve also included a celebrity investor. Click the “Gimme Some More” link to […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/silly-startups/feed/ 3 The Dumb Terminal Analogy Doesn’t Work Anymore https://www.kashflow.com/blog/the-dumb-terminal-analogy-doesnt-work-anymore/ Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:21:44 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2479 For years now people have been commenting on how we’re cycling back to the mainframe/dumb terminal set up of yesteryear. And they were right. Back in the good ol’ days you’d just have a “dumb terminal” on your desk. It didnt need much in the way of processing power and was really just a keyboard […]

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]]> 3 Marketing Lessons From The Bathroom https://www.kashflow.com/blog/3-marketing-lessons-from-the-bathroom/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/3-marketing-lessons-from-the-bathroom/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 09:58:04 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2411 When it comes to marketing insight, we’re often told to look to the likes of Apple or Coca-Cola. Less often mentioned are companies likes Proctor & Gamble or L’Oreal. But these giants have marketing down to a fine art. They need to because they’re operating in a very competitive market where there isn’t really much […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/3-marketing-lessons-from-the-bathroom/feed/ 1 Tugg Gently on Attracting Corporate Clients https://www.kashflow.com/blog/tugg-gently-on-attracting-corporate-clients/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/tugg-gently-on-attracting-corporate-clients/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 08:34:06 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2386 The tide seems to be turning against our entrepreneurial friend, Tugg Gently. It’d be fair to say he’s been in choppy waters since his first video “All Aboard To Profit Island” and last weeks episode on Social Media Success. I’ve seen many comments, such as: – He’s not even started a business before! – I’ve […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/tugg-gently-on-attracting-corporate-clients/feed/ 6 An Annoying/Funny/Time-wasting Exchange on LinkedIn https://www.kashflow.com/blog/an-annoyingfunnytime-wasting-exchange-on-linkedin/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/an-annoyingfunnytime-wasting-exchange-on-linkedin/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 10:33:45 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2358 Below is an exchange of messages on LinkedIn. I’ve changed her name to just intials and removed the name of the company, but it was a PLC. From: LZ Join my network on LinkedIn LZ has indicated you are a person they’ve done business with at XYZ Plc Hi Duane, I’d like to have a […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/an-annoyingfunnytime-wasting-exchange-on-linkedin/feed/ 4 #LondonRiots – maybe this is the “why?” https://www.kashflow.com/blog/london-riots-maybe-this-is-the-why-2/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/london-riots-maybe-this-is-the-why-2/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:57:50 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2340 As I’m writing this on Monday evening, London is having it’s third night of riots and fires. The news channels are already making a big deal about the ages of some of the people children involved and asking random people: “Why oh why oh why??”. Well maybe here are some clues: A 2008 BBC article – […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/london-riots-maybe-this-is-the-why-2/feed/ 4 All Aboard To Profit Island https://www.kashflow.com/blog/all-aboard-to-profit-island/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/all-aboard-to-profit-island/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2011 09:37:11 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2294 If you’re involved in the UK start-up scene then you’ll undoubtedly be aware of Phillip “Tugg” Gently. As his Twitter bio states, he’s a “Serial Entrepreneur, VC, Thought Leader, Start-up Guru and best-selling Business Author. Ex MI5.” You can find out much more about Tugg’s interesting journey to date, his business philosophy and his investments […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/changing-the-game/feed/ 12 A Visual Representation of the KashFlow Ecosystem https://www.kashflow.com/blog/a-visual-representation-of-the-kashflow-ecosystem/ Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:43:35 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=2263 Our eco-system is getting pretty big now with 50 integrated products or services as well as a number of our own products. As the company grows we found it was useful to have a visual representation that illustrates to new staff how it all hangs together. We wanted to show what products we have ourselves, how that fits […]

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]]> Business Owners: Give some advice to accountants https://www.kashflow.com/blog/business-owners-give-some-advice-to-accountants/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/business-owners-give-some-advice-to-accountants/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:33:12 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=2247 I had lunch yesterday with Will Farnell, one of the hundreds of accountants that use our OrbitAccounts product. He had some interesting stuff to say on the changing role of the accountant. A lot of the advice they used to give is now freely available on the internet for anyone who cares to search for it […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/business-owners-give-some-advice-to-accountants/feed/ 20 Out of Limbo – Post-mortem of a fundraising excercise https://www.kashflow.com/blog/out-of-limbo-post-mortem-of-a-fundraising-excercise/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/out-of-limbo-post-mortem-of-a-fundraising-excercise/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:01:38 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=2241 Edit: For an update to this post, see Changing The Game. It’s been something of an open secret over recent months that we, KashFlow, have been in a process/undertaking a strategic review/considering our options/[insert-preferred-euphemism] in recent months. So I thought I’d take this opportunity to update you on what’s been going on and where we’ve […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/ustartup-awards/feed/ 1 Tips to Help You Switch Off on Holiday https://www.kashflow.com/blog/tips-to-help-you-switch-off-on-holiday/ Sun, 05 Jun 2011 17:36:32 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/blog/?p=2687 So you’ve finally convinced yourself your business won’t implode if you take a holiday – great! Now you just need ot make sure you do actually switch off when you’re away. The below are six tips I’ve blatantly stolen from Josh Hall at Simply Business, the online insurance broker specialising in business insurance and public […]

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]]> Integrating with KashFlow using PHP – A step by step guide https://www.kashflow.com/blog/integrating-with-kashflow-using-php-a-step-by-step-guide/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/integrating-with-kashflow-using-php-a-step-by-step-guide/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 08:01:00 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=2220 Last week SwitchPlane published a comprehnsive blog post demonstrating how to connect to the KashFlow API from PHP. If you’ve dabbled with PHP and fancy trying to connect your site to KashFlow then it’s a great place to start. Also check out the additional resources for PHP and other languages listed on the Resources page of the […]

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]]> Updates to Orbit – Software for Accountants https://www.kashflow.com/blog/updates-to-orbit-software-for-accountants/ Tue, 17 May 2011 14:58:47 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=2198 We’ve just released a  number of improvements to Orbit Accounts, our product for accountants in practice. These improvements are available immediately (and at no extra charge) for existing customers, and are also available in the free demonstration and trialfor potential new customers. MailChimp Integration for Orbit We recently integrated the core KashFlow accounting software with a […]

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]]> New Bank Reconciliation Process https://www.kashflow.com/blog/new-bank-reconciliation-process/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/new-bank-reconciliation-process/#comments Fri, 13 May 2011 12:04:54 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=2192 Bank reconciliations in KashFlow have always been a contentious point amongst accountants that use our accounting software. There’s no option to save a reconciliation at a point in time or a number of other options accountants are used to. Instead you choose a date range and the system shows you all transactions – you then […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/new-bank-reconciliation-process/feed/ 14 MP3 OCD – Tools For Tidying Your Music Collection https://www.kashflow.com/blog/mp3-ocd-tools-for-tidying-your-music-collection/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/mp3-ocd-tools-for-tidying-your-music-collection/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:53:54 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=2180 I recently bought a Sonos Multi-room sound system and put all my MP3s on a NAS drive (Buffalo LinkStation) so they were accessible in any room from the Sonos system and via our laptops for iTunes. Much to my wifes delight, I decided to use the Easter weekend to sort out the MP3 collection so […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/mp3-ocd-tools-for-tidying-your-music-collection/feed/ 4 SaaS & Big Cos: Go Hard or Go Home https://www.kashflow.com/blog/saas-big-cos-go-hard-or-go-home/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/saas-big-cos-go-hard-or-go-home/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:24:01 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=2162 2011 has seen the big boys of the UK accounting software world, Sage and Intuit, finally enter the SaaS marketplace. After their first abortion of an  attempt, Sage went back to the drawing board and delivered a technically sound product. Six months after Intuit was initially touting an upcoming SaaS app to it’s partners, they finally […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/saas-big-cos-go-hard-or-go-home/feed/ 6 KashFlow integration with MailChimp – Email Newsletters https://www.kashflow.com/blog/kashflow-integration-with-mailchimp-email-newsletters/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/kashflow-integration-with-mailchimp-email-newsletters/#comments Wed, 30 Mar 2011 12:47:10 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=2149 Our customers are used to having all of their invoicing and accounting tasks made really easy and they often ask us to recommend products that are equally as affordable, easy-to-use and well supported. So when we recently started using MailChimp for our own email marketing we knew KashFlow customers would love it too. Until now […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/kashflow-integration-with-mailchimp-email-newsletters/feed/ 25 StartUp Britain and the concept of Enlightened Self-Interest https://www.kashflow.com/blog/startup-britain-and-the-concept-enlightened-self-interest/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/startup-britain-and-the-concept-enlightened-self-interest/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:31:38 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=2139 Start Up Britain officially launched this morning and it has been the top trending topic on Twitter for the UK most of today. Startup Britain has been founded by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs. It’s endorsed by government but not in any way funded or owned by them. As with anything that gets a lot of attention, some […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/startup-britain-and-the-concept-enlightened-self-interest/feed/ 36 Buy what we have today, not what we might have tomorrow https://www.kashflow.com/blog/buy-what-we-have-today-not-what-we-might-have-tomorrow/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/buy-what-we-have-today-not-what-we-might-have-tomorrow/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:12:09 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=2129 I got into a bit of a debate on Twitter about product roadmaps (ie, what we’re going to be adding to our accounting software product over the coming week, months and years). I thought rather than trying to explain (justify?) myself in 140 characters I should write a blog post instead. Some background Dennis Howlett […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/buy-what-we-have-today-not-what-we-might-have-tomorrow/feed/ 11 Finding a .com domain name for your startup https://www.kashflow.com/blog/finding-a-com-domain-name-for-your-startup/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/finding-a-com-domain-name-for-your-startup/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:42:51 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1515 If you’re starting a web-based business you more than likely want a .com domain name (feel free to disagree with that statement on the forums) Quite often you might start with some other domain and once your business starts growing you want to find a .com domain for it. But all the good .com’s are […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/business-forums-one-month-on/feed/ 1 Responsibility: Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody https://www.kashflow.com/blog/responsibility-everybody-somebody-anybodyand-nobody/ Thu, 17 Feb 2011 13:42:24 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=2098 An internal email was just sent to our tech team about a problem, ending with “Can someone look into this?” It reminded me of a short story about  responsibility: This is a little story about four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was sure […]

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]]> Will 2011 be a good year for Startups https://www.kashflow.com/blog/will-2011-be-a-good-year-for-startups/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/will-2011-be-a-good-year-for-startups/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 13:17:41 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=2059 As the UK recovers from recession, some of the serious challenges facing new and existing businesses are hikes in VAT, fuel duty and inflation. And with the prospect of bank lending looking decidedly downbeat plus talk of a “double dip”, you certainly could be wondering if 2011 will be a good year for start-ups. It’s […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/reporting-on-kayako-esupport-in-mssql/feed/ 1 1st Feb – Entrepreneur Country Event – 10 Free Tickets https://www.kashflow.com/blog/1st-feb-entrepreneur-country-event-10-free-tickets/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/1st-feb-entrepreneur-country-event-10-free-tickets/#comments Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:10:19 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=2034 Entrepreneur Country’s ‘The Unfair Advantage’ Forum takes place on the 1st February at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in London. We’ve been sponsors of Entrepreneur Country for a year now. It’s a great organisation. To get a feel of what they’re about, read the Entrepreneur Country Manifesto. This year we’re also sponsoring the Hyper […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/1st-feb-entrepreneur-country-event-10-free-tickets/feed/ 5 TenThings.me – Simples. https://www.kashflow.com/blog/tenthings-me-simples/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/tenthings-me-simples/#comments Sat, 22 Jan 2011 21:10:12 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=2024 On Friday night I got a peek at a new, yet-to-be-launched, social site – tenthings.me. The concept is incredibly simple. 1) Log in to it via FaceBook, 2) and then “share (up to) ten things about yourself that your friends and co-workers might not know.” Currently there are just 24 people who have registered (I’m […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/tenthings-me-simples/feed/ 3 Introducing The KashFlow Business Forums https://www.kashflow.com/blog/introducing-the-kashflow-business-forums/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/introducing-the-kashflow-business-forums/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:08:35 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=2017 Starting and growing a business is a lonely experience. Everyone thinks you’re mad and your family want to know when you’re going to “get a proper job”. The only people who can really relate to what you’re doing are others doing the same thing. When I got started, something I found incredibly valuable was business […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/new-features-released-this-morning/feed/ 5 New desktop app for fast, offline KashFlow Data Entry https://www.kashflow.com/blog/new-desktop-app-for-fast-offline-kashflow-data-entry/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/new-desktop-app-for-fast-offline-kashflow-data-entry/#comments Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:46:41 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1961 One of the things holding back adoption of web-based accounting software amongst professionals is the speed of data entry There’s lots that can be done with smart coding, AJAX and other technologies, but when it comes to accounting nothing on the web is going to compare to the speed of data entry achievable with a […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/new-desktop-app-for-fast-offline-kashflow-data-entry/feed/ 6 Startup Mistakes to Avoid in 2011 + Xmas Gift for you https://www.kashflow.com/blog/startup-mistakes-to-avoid-in-2011-xmas-gift-for-you/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/startup-mistakes-to-avoid-in-2011-xmas-gift-for-you/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 13:48:37 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1933 If your New Years Resolution includes starting (or getting serious about) your business, then firstly you need to read “Now That You’re an Entrepreneur..“, and then go and read a much more valuable post in a similar vein: “Startups Lessons Not Learned or Lame Startup Thinking” Full of great advice, with mistakes to avoid making […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/startup-mistakes-to-avoid-in-2011-xmas-gift-for-you/feed/ 3 Stay Small, Earn a Wage but Nothing More https://www.kashflow.com/blog/stay-small-earn-a-wage-but-nothing-more/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/stay-small-earn-a-wage-but-nothing-more/#comments Thu, 16 Dec 2010 10:59:48 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1923 So we’re a couple of weeks away from the latest change to the VAT rate. For businesses like mine that sell mainly to other VAT registered businesses it’s not too big a deal. The companies I feel sorry for are those selling to consumers. They have to either put up their prices (and make themselves […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/now-that-youre-an-entrepreneur/feed/ 19 How we’ll automate dealing with the 4th Jan VAT change https://www.kashflow.com/blog/how-well-automate-dealing-with-the-4th-jan-vat-change/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/how-well-automate-dealing-with-the-4th-jan-vat-change/#comments Fri, 03 Dec 2010 11:45:12 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1898 On 4th January 2011 there are some changes to VAT, the big change being the standard rate moving from 17.5% to 20%. KashFlow customers are used to having the hassle taken out of their accounting jobs, the VAT change is no exception. Thankfully we’ve been here before with the change from 15% to 17.5% at […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/how-well-automate-dealing-with-the-4th-jan-vat-change/feed/ 3 Banned from “Sage Event” https://www.kashflow.com/blog/banned-from-sage-event/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/banned-from-sage-event/#comments Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:46:00 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1889 I blogged last week about the two events I’ll be attending for Global Entrepreneurship Week. I received a phone call today from the organisers telling me it “wouldn’t be appropriate” for me to attend the GEW Party this evening as “it’s a private Sage event”. To say I was shocked would be an understatement. Not […]

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]]> https://www.kashflow.com/blog/banned-from-sage-event/feed/ 28 Intuit Finally enter UK SaaS Accounting Market https://www.kashflow.com/blog/intuit-finally-enter-uk-saas-accounting-market/ https://www.kashflow.com/blog/intuit-finally-enter-uk-saas-accounting-market/#comments Mon, 15 Nov 2010 12:08:26 +0000 http://www.kashflow.com/?p=1879 Back in April I said Intuit were planning to bring QuickBooks Online to the UK. And now it has arrived. It’s currently “in beta” which is the norm for new products. But oddly, they are charging beta users. Not normally how things are done. Companies don’t usually charge you to do their testing for them – and […]

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