The Tech Gap

October Podcasts are Up!

Great news for all you podcast listeners (and the numbers are growing exponentially at Intersection Live) --- the October episode of Tech2Go is up and available. Of course the EASIEST way to to listen is simply to SUBSCRIBE. I use iTunes for this and I never miss an episode of any of my favorites. 

This month we've added a NEW regularly scheduled, recurring podcast series featuring columnist and nationally recognized accounting software consulting guru Doug Sleeter. Doug is a great friend and, as you'll soon hear, a great speaker and is simply THE most knowledgeable and well-informed expert in his field. Small Business Consulting 2 Go -- episode 1 -- can be found right here.

We are now recording our regularly scheduled podcasts via Talkshoe which means you can join us LIVE if you so choose. We always announce our upcoming schedule so if you're available, please join us. Go to www.Talkshoe.com and establish a FREE account. You'll then be able to join us LIVE. If you decide to download the small (safe) client you can actually chat with each other and us as we record. And, if we have time, we'll even take questions from the audience!

  Finally --- a word of thanks to our sponsors. ADP sponsors Tech2Go and BillQuick is our Small Business Consulting 2 Go sponsor. Please go out of your way to thank these two visionary companies for helping us bring you great content in a super convenient format.

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Ridgely Evers, the original visionary behind QuickBooks, releases a competing Web-Based Business Management System for the "True Small Business"

A long time ago, in a land far, far away, a man named Ridgely Evers went to work for a company called Intuit --- and he built a product called QuickBooks. Fast forward to 2007 and he's formed a start-up company called NetBooks (http://netbooks.com/) and launched a “Software as a Service” that includes sales management, customer relationship management, vendor relationship management, inventory and production management, shipping, bookkeeping, and reporting. The service is reportedly designed to meet the specific needs of what Evers calles the "True Small Business": those 5 million owner-operated, self-funded companies employing half of US workers.

The data is protected in a highly secure hosting facility that features bank-grade security, redundant infrastructure and continuous data backup: a much safer environment for business-critical data than on a local hard drive. It partners with PayCycle, UPS, and VerticalResponse and is priced at $200/month for up to five users plus a bookkeeper and an accountant. Support is included --- customers can choose between quarterly and annual billing AND NetBooks guarantees this price for the duration of the customer relationship.

This is another example of SaaS becoming “mainstream” --- and seems well positioned between QuickBooks Online and NetSuite.

I’ve looked at this product in depth and was pretty impressed. Ridge Evers is a VERY knowledgeable guy. If you give it a try please let me know what you think --- comments open.

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Join us for LIVE podcasts

We're now recording all the Intersection Live regularly scheduled, recurring podcasts via TalkShoe --- so this is an open invitation to join us LIVE.

You'll need a [free] account at www.TalkShoe.com ---- once you sign up you'll be issued a PIN number which will allow you to dial in and listen LIVE as we record Tech2Go and also our latest program, SmallBusinssConsulting2Go, featuring The CPA Technology Advisor's regular columnist and nationally recognized expert DOUG SLEETER.

SmallBusinessConsulting2Go will be recorded on Friday (09/14/2007) at 4:30 PM EDT --- Phone Number: (724) 444-7444, Talkcast ID: 52132.

Tech2Go will be recorded on Monday (09/17/2007) at 02:30 PM EDT --- Phone Number: (724) 444-7444
Talkcast ID: 48985

Remember --- in order to participate LIVE you must have a TalkShoe account. Once recorded the podcasts will be available to ALL via our website (www.CPATechAdvisor.com) and on iTunes.

Please join us as we record --- we'd LOVE to hear from you. And let us know here what you think of "live" podcasting .... comments open!!

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