Comments on: FreshBooks Releases First Quarterly Industry Benchmark Report http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/14/freshbooks-releases-first-quarterly-industry-benchmark-report/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:52:41 -0800 hourly 1 By: The Far Edge » Blog Archive » FreshBooks Adds Collaboration Tool To Online Billing Service http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/14/freshbooks-releases-first-quarterly-industry-benchmark-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2736190 The Far Edge » Blog Archive » FreshBooks Adds Collaboration Tool To Online Billing Service Thu, 07 May 2009 20:32:27 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23302#comment-2736190 [...] has steadily added useful features to its billing service over the past few years, including benchmark reports on aggregated business data, an open API, and data mining from users. Competitors in the online [...] [...] has steadily added useful features to its billing service over the past few years, including benchmark reports on aggregated business data, an open API, and data mining from users. Competitors in the online [...]

]]> By: FreshBooks Adds Collaboration Tool To Online Billing Service | The Good NET Guide http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/14/freshbooks-releases-first-quarterly-industry-benchmark-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2735985 FreshBooks Adds Collaboration Tool To Online Billing Service | The Good NET Guide Thu, 07 May 2009 18:41:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23302#comment-2735985 [...] has steadily added useful features to its billing service over the past few years, including benchmark reports on aggregated business data, an open API, and data mining from users. Competitors in the online [...] [...] has steadily added useful features to its billing service over the past few years, including benchmark reports on aggregated business data, an open API, and data mining from users. Competitors in the online [...]

]]> By: FreshBooks Adds Collaboration Tool To Online Billing Service | Newsfed - Aggregate local and tech stories with related videos and tweets! http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/14/freshbooks-releases-first-quarterly-industry-benchmark-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2735867 FreshBooks Adds Collaboration Tool To Online Billing Service | Newsfed - Aggregate local and tech stories with related videos and tweets! Thu, 07 May 2009 17:04:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23302#comment-2735867 [...] has steadily added useful features to its billing service over the past few years, including benchmark reports on aggregated business data, an open API, and data mining from users. Competitors in the online [...] [...] has steadily added useful features to its billing service over the past few years, including benchmark reports on aggregated business data, an open API, and data mining from users. Competitors in the online [...]

]]> By: FreshBooks Adds Collaboration Tool To Online Billing Service | Viningmedia Nieuws http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/14/freshbooks-releases-first-quarterly-industry-benchmark-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2735848 FreshBooks Adds Collaboration Tool To Online Billing Service | Viningmedia Nieuws Thu, 07 May 2009 16:53:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23302#comment-2735848 [...] has steadily added useful features to its billing service over the past few years, including benchmark reports on aggregated business data, an open API, and data mining from users. Competitors in the online [...] [...] has steadily added useful features to its billing service over the past few years, including benchmark reports on aggregated business data, an open API, and data mining from users. Competitors in the online [...]

]]> By: FreshBooks Adds Collaboration Tool To Online Billing Service http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/14/freshbooks-releases-first-quarterly-industry-benchmark-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2735787 FreshBooks Adds Collaboration Tool To Online Billing Service Thu, 07 May 2009 16:23:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23302#comment-2735787 [...] has steadily added useful features to its billing service over the past few years, including benchmark reports on aggregated business data, an open API, and data mining from users. Competitors in the online [...] [...] has steadily added useful features to its billing service over the past few years, including benchmark reports on aggregated business data, an open API, and data mining from users. Competitors in the online [...]

]]> By: GoogleFanBoy http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/14/freshbooks-releases-first-quarterly-industry-benchmark-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2502671 GoogleFanBoy Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:23:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23302#comment-2502671 What if your startups has no customers and no revenue? How can I use FreshBooks then? --Cyprus Gang What if your startups has no customers and no revenue? How can I use FreshBooks then?

–Cyprus Gang

]]> By: smallbusinessbrief.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/14/freshbooks-releases-first-quarterly-industry-benchmark-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2502507 smallbusinessbrief.com Wed, 15 Oct 2008 11:40:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23302#comment-2502507 <strong>FreshBooks Releases First Quarterly Industry Benchmark Report...</strong> The data allows businesses to see how they stack up against other companies in their fields on a number of criteria, including the amount of revenue generated from new versus recurring clients and overall invoice totals.... FreshBooks Releases First Quarterly Industry Benchmark Report…

The data allows businesses to see how they stack up against other companies in their fields on a number of criteria, including the amount of revenue generated from new versus recurring clients and overall invoice totals….

]]> By: cfolounge http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/14/freshbooks-releases-first-quarterly-industry-benchmark-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2502246 cfolounge Wed, 15 Oct 2008 04:02:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23302#comment-2502246 I'm starting to see more of these biz models as invoicing and revenue recognition become more complex (and a pain in the ass). I’m starting to see more of these biz models as invoicing and revenue recognition become more complex (and a pain in the ass).

]]> By: Kevin Reeth http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/14/freshbooks-releases-first-quarterly-industry-benchmark-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2502054 Kevin Reeth Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:21:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23302#comment-2502054 Fyi, we recently released the ability to synchronize FreshBooks invoices and payments with our Bootstrap online accounting software (http://gobootstrap.com.) Now users can track their deductions and net profit to go with their income. Kevin Reeth CEO & Co-Founder, GoBootstrap.com Fyi, we recently released the ability to synchronize FreshBooks invoices and payments with our Bootstrap online accounting software (http://gobootstrap.com.) Now users can track their deductions and net profit to go with their income.

Kevin Reeth
CEO & Co-Founder, GoBootstrap.com

]]> By: thermopyle http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/14/freshbooks-releases-first-quarterly-industry-benchmark-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2501927 thermopyle Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:49:23 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23302#comment-2501927 <blockquote>Professions available for reference include Engineering, IT Services, Legal Offices, and some more obscure professions like “Musician”.</blockquote> I see no such data. Just the general categories of: All Industries Web Professionals IT Services Design Marketing

Professions available for reference include Engineering, IT Services, Legal Offices, and some more obscure professions like “Musician”.

I see no such data. Just the general categories of:

All Industries
Web Professionals
IT Services
Design
Marketing

]]> By: Freshbooks launches benchmarking features — mathewingram.com/work http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/14/freshbooks-releases-first-quarterly-industry-benchmark-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2501908 Freshbooks launches benchmarking features — mathewingram.com/work Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:35:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23302#comment-2501908 [...] a very powerful tool for companies to use, particularly small and medium-sized businesses that are trying to gauge how they compare to their peers in the industry. Congrats to Mike and the rest of the team. [...] [...] a very powerful tool for companies to use, particularly small and medium-sized businesses that are trying to gauge how they compare to their peers in the industry. Congrats to Mike and the rest of the team. [...]

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » FreshBooksが四半期毎産業ベンチマークレポートを公開へ http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/14/freshbooks-releases-first-quarterly-industry-benchmark-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2501889 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » FreshBooksが四半期毎産業ベンチマークレポートを公開へ Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:17:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23302#comment-2501889 [...] ［原文へ］ [...] [...] ［原文へ］ [...]

]]> By: mehdi akiki http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/14/freshbooks-releases-first-quarterly-industry-benchmark-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2501787 mehdi akiki Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:51:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23302#comment-2501787 As an advocate of transparency, I encourage such initiatives. I think that this is going to be useful for all of us business owners as well as workers. As an advocate of transparency, I encourage such initiatives.
I think that this is going to be useful for all of us business owners as well as workers.

]]> By: Laura http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/14/freshbooks-releases-first-quarterly-industry-benchmark-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2501595 Laura Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:11:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23302#comment-2501595 Where is the public data? When you write, please be clear where the source of your information. I hate people who write something and can't back them up. Where is the public data? When you write, please be clear where the source of your information. I hate people who write something and can’t back them up.

]]> By: Bobby Fishkin http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/14/freshbooks-releases-first-quarterly-industry-benchmark-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2501593 Bobby Fishkin Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:11:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23302#comment-2501593 In a few years, I'm sure investors will use this data to say to a particular company "you are paying your engineers/lawyers/musician 20% more than average and you need to get within the norm-- it doesn't matter that they are better, you are out of line". While I think that transparency in these regards is generally speaking a very good thing I also imagine that exposing more and more of this data over time will have unexpected consequences. Some activities of companies are not quantifiably comparable to the activities of others. The market deals with this through implicit knowledge. But if explicit knowledge can become over time so available and so ubiquitous that implicit knowledge over time degrades in quality (like the voter databases of the GOP in Virginia- they didn't rely on them for so many years that they didn't feel the need to maintain them- now they are in disrepair). My worry in trying to create statistically driven industry standards is that the qualitative differences between good and bad businesses, even when they are important, fail to be appreciated. It requires ecosystems, social networks among investors, and a sharp set of eyes on all sides to sort and separate the wheat from the chaff. Bobby Fishkin CEO reframeit.com In a few years, I’m sure investors will use this data to say to a particular company “you are paying your engineers/lawyers/musician 20% more than average and you need to get within the norm– it doesn’t matter that they are better, you are out of line”. While I think that transparency in these regards is generally speaking a very good thing I also imagine that exposing more and more of this data over time will have unexpected consequences. Some activities of companies are not quantifiably comparable to the activities of others. The market deals with this through implicit knowledge. But if explicit knowledge can become over time so available and so ubiquitous that implicit knowledge over time degrades in quality (like the voter databases of the GOP in Virginia- they didn’t rely on them for so many years that they didn’t feel the need to maintain them- now they are in disrepair). My worry in trying to create statistically driven industry standards is that the qualitative differences between good and bad businesses, even when they are important, fail to be appreciated. It requires ecosystems, social networks among investors, and a sharp set of eyes on all sides to sort and separate the wheat from the chaff.
Bobby Fishkin
CEO reframeit.com

]]> By: Ken http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/14/freshbooks-releases-first-quarterly-industry-benchmark-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2501589 Ken Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:08:12 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23302#comment-2501589 Smart use of company data for PR. SurePayroll, the online payroll service we use, was first to do this with their monthly Small Business Scorecard report (ADP later copied them). They are one of the first SaaS companies and a great payroll service if you need one. BizBuySell also does a great job of this with their quarterly reports on business-for-sale transactions. This data-driven journalism is a relatively new trend, but I think it's very powerful. Data doesn't usually tell lies, so it's a great source for news. Smart use of company data for PR. SurePayroll, the online payroll service we use, was first to do this with their monthly Small Business Scorecard report (ADP later copied them). They are one of the first SaaS companies and a great payroll service if you need one. BizBuySell also does a great job of this with their quarterly reports on business-for-sale transactions. This data-driven journalism is a relatively new trend, but I think it’s very powerful. Data doesn’t usually tell lies, so it’s a great source for news.

]]> By: carhughes http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/14/freshbooks-releases-first-quarterly-industry-benchmark-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2501586 carhughes Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:06:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23302#comment-2501586 Well i hope that FreshBooks does well. The market could stand to use more competition and help keep Intuit on its toes. Well i hope that FreshBooks does well. The market could stand to use more competition and help keep Intuit on its toes.

]]> By: Samantha http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/14/freshbooks-releases-first-quarterly-industry-benchmark-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2501574 Samantha Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:52:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23302#comment-2501574 It seems more like a product feature to me, ripe for an acquisition by one of the new technology payroll folks like PayCycle (http://www.paycycle.com). It seems more like a product feature to me, ripe for an acquisition by one of the new technology payroll folks like PayCycle (http://www.paycycle.com).

]]> By: James Collier http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/14/freshbooks-releases-first-quarterly-industry-benchmark-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2501572 James Collier Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:52:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23302#comment-2501572 another example of the amount of data that can be found, held, organised and used on the web another example of the amount of data that can be found, held, organised and used on the web

]]> By: kev http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/14/freshbooks-releases-first-quarterly-industry-benchmark-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2501568 kev Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:49:11 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23302#comment-2501568 It's good Idea. http://www.oxyshopping.com It’s good Idea.
http://www.oxyshopping.com

]]> By: Roy http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/14/freshbooks-releases-first-quarterly-industry-benchmark-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2501547 Roy Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:29:01 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23302#comment-2501547 Yeah, but you'd have to be careful, for example, if you're one of three Widget Factories in your state, narrowing by state could reveal a lot of (I assume) confidential information about your competition. Yeah, but you’d have to be careful, for example, if you’re one of three Widget Factories in your state, narrowing by state could reveal a lot of (I assume) confidential information about your competition.

]]> By: Dealyzer http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/10/14/freshbooks-releases-first-quarterly-industry-benchmark-report/comment-page-1/#comment-2501537 Dealyzer Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:22:22 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/?p=23302#comment-2501537 OK OK

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