Slowly whittling away at an online accounting suite for small businesses. Stubbed out the underpinnings, and just did the first major design iteration. Should show it to the first potential users in a month or two.
Is this something designed to replace Quickbooks entirely? Something like this would be nice for my situation. I can't run quickbooks from Ubuntu, and I don't like booting into Windows whenever I need to do anything.
Yes, it is. Browser-based, so that you don't run into sharing issues (common in small companies), or platform issues (common with cutting-edge companies).
Yes I've used it, and it is pretty good. The problem is I need a platform independent application... Or a dedicated windows computer to replace the other partition on my notebook's hard drive.
I've used Quicken and Quick Books. With both, I've found myself simultaneously limited by the inflexibility and shortcomings of the applications, and overwhelmed at the complexity and obtuseness. Personally, I'd love to find a small business accounting system that's not aimed at the MBA//Accountant market, and is flexible enough for different types of companies.
There's a huge market for it, but nailing it seems to be an issue for everyone. I'd advise not to try solving everyone's problem, or you'll be another Quicken!
I'd love to hear more about this... make sure you keep hacker news posted!
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Slowly whittling away at an online accounting suite for small businesses. Stubbed out the underpinnings, and just did the first major design iteration. Should show it to the first potential users in a month or two.
Is this something designed to replace Quickbooks entirely? Something like this would be nice for my situation. I can't run quickbooks from Ubuntu, and I don't like booting into Windows whenever I need to do anything.
Yes, it is. Browser-based, so that you don't run into sharing issues (common in small companies), or platform issues (common with cutting-edge companies).
Try GNUCash? It's not bad.
Yes I've used it, and it is pretty good. The problem is I need a platform independent application... Or a dedicated windows computer to replace the other partition on my notebook's hard drive.
Yeah... I can't say I've tried it, but I think you can get older versions of Quickbooks working in WINE. And there is always a virtual machine.
There's also a number of web based accounting software, like the online version of Quickbooks, NetSuite, and Intacct.
I've used Quicken and Quick Books. With both, I've found myself simultaneously limited by the inflexibility and shortcomings of the applications, and overwhelmed at the complexity and obtuseness. Personally, I'd love to find a small business accounting system that's not aimed at the MBA//Accountant market, and is flexible enough for different types of companies.
That's exactly the problem I'm solving.
Glad to hear there's a market for it.
There's a huge market for it, but nailing it seems to be an issue for everyone. I'd advise not to try solving everyone's problem, or you'll be another Quicken!
I'd love to hear more about this... make sure you keep hacker news posted!
Yeah, I'm curious what you're doing. I've tried all sorts of things, and ended up settling on an excel spreadsheet :(
I started working on a similar product in 2001. Got it done, but it's tough.