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Business management system for a start-up?
thatcanadiangirl | Dec 16 2006
My husband and I have started our own business less than 6 months ago, as an aside to our day jobs. We expected to get some contracts and be relatively busy, but the response has been unbelievable, with word-of-mouth causing our name to spread like wildfire. However, I still feel that I haven't got the necessary tools to manage the business. My current system goes as follows: It certainly isn't centralised or easy to maintain, and as I'd rather spend time on really dealing with the clients, rather than fudging spreadsheets together, I thought I'd ask the wise people of 43folders to suggest some applications which could help us out. We considered writing our own, but I would imagine something already exists. My wishlist goes like this: I've tried a few systems like Zoho, Sidejobtrack and a few bigger systems which are meant for larger businesses, but I just haven't found the right thing yet. I quite like the Basecamp simplicity but my husband doesn't like it, and wants something that offers a better calendar-style snapshot of the month ahead. I'm also willing to pay a reasonable price if the app really fits the bill. Would anyone have recommendations on the best apps for this type of work? Has anyone tweaked any of the systems above to meet their needs? 11 Comments
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Thanks to Berko and mwr...Submitted by thatcanadiangirl on December 18, 2006 - 2:28am.
Thanks to Berko and mwr for the recommendations. I've already downloaded Studiometry and am looking at the demo. High on the list are reminders for invoicing (in particularly recurrent service hosting) and it seems to do that. I haven't had enough time to sit down and look at all the different options, but I really appreciate all recommendations to date! Google Docs & Spreadsheets has been around a while, but it's only in the past week or so that I've started using it solidly, since my iDisk (.Mac) seems to be failing to sync properly between my two Macs sometimes. Google Docs means that I'm up to date no matter which computer I'm on and I can trust I'm looking at the latest version. Well, fingers crossed that I'll find a new system to run the business on in time for the beginning of the new year! » POSTED IN:
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