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Cashflow to cloud: overcoming the financing debacle for small business | #QBConnect
From time to time, all growing small businesses with cashflow problems seek out financing. Unfortunately, many of them find it difficult to secure these small loans from big banks, especially in the timely fashion in which they are needed. In fact, lack of access to capital is one of the biggest reasons companies fail within the ...
‘Firm of the Future’: How cloud, mobile and automation are revolutionizing accounting | #QBConnect
A common perception of accountants and accounting professionals is that they are notoriously reluctant to change. Some of them may believe that they are not subject to the relentless advance of technology, because accounting practices as a whole have been the same seemingly forever. But the tools used to do the job have not stayed ...
Accounting of the future: The move to the cloud | #QBConnect
Accounting is a fundamental part of any business, and accountants are generally educated in the field of accounting alone, with very little consideration given to where technology is headed. However, within the rapidly changing tech universe, the tools themselves are constantly changing, and the days of paper ledgers and pen-and-ink signatures are, for the most part, ...
Survive and scale: How software frees up brain time for small business owners | #QBConnect
When banks shut down during the 2008 crisis, it was virtually impossible for small business owners to get loans to grow or even operate their businesses. The United States Small Business Administration played a major role in easing this problem because it has $100 billion in loan guarantees, and this money was available to small ...
Save time and paper: Automating accounting processes | #QBConnect
Despite how far technology has come over the past few decades, a great number of companies still do a large part of their business on paper. While this practice is old and familiar, it is also extremely time consuming and does not lend itself very well to accessibility or trackability. René Lacerte, CEO and founder of Bill.com ...
How Stanford is empowering women in the data science field | #GHC16
Data science is a field that women have not traditionally gravitated toward, and as a result the field is unintentionally dominated by men. In response, Stanford University began the “Women in Data Science” program, which aims to foster interest and professional participation by women in not only data science, but also in engineering and computer science as a whole. Judy Logan, ...
The politics of proactive cybersecurity | #GHC16
Just in the past few days, the media has been filled with stories of hacked emails and serious threats to national cybersecurity. Endgame Inc. is taking a proactive approach to protecting the sensitive and valuable data of its customers by not only implementing defensive countermeasures and deterrents, but by taking offensive measures as well, all within the framework of what are often ...
How GoDaddy removes glass ceilings | #GHC16
In the past, GoDaddy was known for racy advertising showcasing scantily clad women, a tactic that was targeted toward what was perceived as a male-dominated online world. In the past few years, however, the company has worked hard at creating a fully inclusive work environment, as well as overhauling its advertising to target an increasingly diverse customer base. Auguste ...
The GroundTruth Project: Reporting on gender inequality in the online world | #GHC16
In August, The GroundTruth Project and theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media’s team, announced the three winners of their “Women in Tech” fellowship, which is awarded to up-and-coming female journalists interested in reporting on topics related to both gender and technology. As part of the fellowship, the three winners are reporting live from the Grace Hopper ...
Developer empowerment: How Yelp developed its own Platform-as-a-Service | #splunkconf16
Over the past few years, Yelp, Inc. has expanded the services its offerings by creating an interactive feature called Yelp Reservations, which allows customers to interact with their restaurant of choice and to create dining reservations. Because the app has proven to be heavily data-intensive, Yelp turned to Splunk to help them manage it. Kris Wehner, SeatMe VP of ...