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I need your help please.
This month at the Sydney Business & Technology User Group (SBTUG) we’re covering online accounting, bookkeeping, time tracking and invoicing systems for freelancers and small businesses. But I need some guidance from you:
First, which products should we cover? I’m thinking products like Saasu, Xero, Freshbooks and Zoho. Which others should we include? – ideally we have time for five or six in total. What tools do you use in your business?
UPDATE: A few other products that have been suggested including:
Shoeboxed, MinuteDock, BankLink, FreeAgent, MYOB Live Accounts
And second, who would you recommend we ask to present on them? I’m hoping to have Marc from Saasu along and I’ve just started reaching out to Xero via Twitter. Is there someone you know who uses these products who would be an ideal presenter? Would you be an ideal presenter…
UPDATE 2: Many thanks for your help getting tonight’s SBTUG together. We now have the final agenda up with Saasu, Xero, MYOB, Shoeboxed and Freshbooks sessions, along with a big panel session with all speakers. Here’s the agenda:
5:45pm – Doors open
6:00pm – Welcome & Intro – Craig Bailey
6:15pm – Tech News – Nick Rayner
6:30pm – Facebook Privacy – Jodie Miners
6:45pm – Saasu – Marc Lehmann (Saasu CEO)
7:00pm – Xero – Sara Goepel (Xero Product Manager)
7:15pm – Pizza Break
7:45pm – Shoeboxed – Tobbi Walter (Shoeboxed CFO)
8:00pm – MYOB Live Accounts – Tim Molloy (MYOB Online – General Manager)
8:00pm – Freshbooks – Craig Bailey (Freshbooks – User & Fan :-)
8:30pm – Panel session for Q+A & Audience Suggestions
9:00pm – Finish
And if you’d like to attend, it’s on Wed 26 May, kicking off at 6pm. Full details on the SBTUG site.
You can RSVP here to let us know you’ll be coming.
Hi, really enjoyed my first SBTUG session.
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Hi, really enjoyed my first SBTUG session.
For anyone looking for an Australian based complete business management system, including full accounting and payroll have a look at http://myworkspace.com.
It also includes a Platform as a Service offering, which allows the creation of WebApplications using the myworkspace.com base and using the inbuilt website hosting environment. Also includes tradional SOAP based edge-connector webservices.
This year, celebrating 10 years of delivering SaaS solutions and looking forward to the next 10! Our new look and feel comes out in October – very excited!
Thanks Mark – this looks like an excellent offering.
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What was the outcome of this get together? Our manager said that sass the best, but we are using google apps and like the integration features of freshbooks. Xero’s pricing just seems to start at $50 realistically and we’ve heard some rigidity in what they offer. It would be great to see a followup about this topic
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