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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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Berko - Thanks for the...Submitted by jethro. on December 21, 2006 - 4:20pm.
thatcanadiangirl;7316 wrote: Berko - Thanks for the recommendation, I think Daylite is in fact the most suitable to date! And it's also a fairly reasonable license price! They responded to my queries within minutes and the application seems to do exactly what I need. Daylite looks great, but bear in mind that it's only for Mac. If you need interoperability with Windows, as mentioned in your original post, it looks like you're out of luck. » POSTED IN:
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