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We’re growing ridiculously fast here at KashFlow HQ in London (SE1) with customer growth percentage well into the double figures every month. The team has grown very quickly from just two people not very long ago to thirteen today. We now need to hire a smart, articulate individual to join our customer support team. Being a quick learner and being able to communicate well by email is much more important than any type of industry experience, so the role may … …Read more

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If you’re in the web-hosting industry then you have no doubt heard of WHMCS. It’s the absolute cream of the crop when it comes to automated billing and client management and support. Whilst it’s suitable for (and used by) many other industries that want to give their clients a combined billing, management and support  interface, it’s gained a lot of traction in the web hosting space. We like to be associated with the “best of breed” and a lot of … …Read more

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One of the blogs I read quite often is JoelOnSoftware by Joel Spolsky. Joel and his blog are a bit of a legend in the software startup space and is a must-read for anyone building a software business. A recent post there with the title “Figuring our what your company is all about“ caught my eye. Specifically a quote he had on there: “Kathy Sierra taught me that if you can’t explain your mission in the form, ‘We help $TYPE_OF_PERSON be awesome at … …Read more

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I’ve not had a good ol’ rant for a while. So forgive me while I indulge myself. Something that’s always annoyed me is automated Direct Messages on Twitter. So when you follow someone you get a tweet “sincerely” thanking you for following them. There’s no sincerity in automated messages! But what’s got my back up today is James Caans twitter feed. I’ve been fortunate enough to meet James Caan on a few occasions. Once at a small breakfast meeting when … …Read more

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If you’re building a business that uses a website to sell a product/service or to collect information from visitors then you’ve probably found out that getting people to your website is just the first step in a long process. Once they’re on your site you need to make sure they do what you want. That might be buying a widget, subscribing to your mailing list or – as in our case – registering to try the software. For us there’s … …Read more

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We’re quickly getting lots of new applications integrated with KashFlow. One of the problems we’ve run up against is the sheer number of different e-commerce systems out there. Those like OpenMindCommerce and and EasyWebstore are easily dealt with – just go to the vendor and work with them to get the integration done. But what about the likes of OSCommerce, ZenCart and Magento where there is no central company to talk to? Enter CarryTheOne. CTO first started as a simple proxy … …Read more

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In 2007 KashFlow won the Software Satisfaction Awards in the Web-based Accounting Software category. Last year we were shortlisted wih Sage, Quickbooks and MYOB in the main Small Business Accounting Software – and amazingly, we won. Last week at a black-tie dinner at the Royal Courts of Justice this years winners were announced. KashFlow won both the Web-Based Accounting Software category and the main Small Business Accounting Software category. Rather then a panel of “experts”, the awards are voted on by … …Read more

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A number of KashFlow customers have got in touch recently to tell me about an email they received from Sage. Earlier this year we offered our online accounting software for free to anyone that could send us a copy of their boxed accounting software. A little video on YouTube demonstrating the future of boxed software got over 27,000 views and really helped fuel our campaign. Sage then launched a campaign offering small businesses 25% off their software if they trade … …Read more

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One of the reasons the KashFlow office will never be paperless is because of the many To Do lists to be found on my desk. I’m aware there are plenty of web apps out there for this kind of thing, including Remember the Milk which lots of people rave about. But for me, nothing beats the portability and speed of access of a small notebook. Besides the obvious function of making sure you don’t forget things, To Do lists are really … …Read more

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If you’re an international company  planning a US launch of a product, the UK is often used as a testing ground. But what to do when the UK is your main market? Sage released a dire web-based (and I use the term loosely) accounting system called Sage Live in January this year which was pulled within in a month of launch due to security issues with it that were flagged up on this blog. Sage own a South African company … …Read more