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FreshBooks in Canadian Business Magazine

by Justine Smith  |  September 21/2012  |  ,

FreshBooks in Canadian Business

Today FreshBooks is featured in a great magazine, Canadian Business. They did a good job of telling the FreshBooks story, how our co-founder and CEO gives back to the startup community and capturing the FreshBooks vision for what it’s like to build a tech company outside of Silicon Valley.

A highlight for us:

Every Wednesday, Mike McDerment, the co-founder and CEO of FreshBooks, a Toronto-based online accounting service, has dinner with an aspiring entrepreneur he thinks he can help. There are rules for these meals. One, the entrepreneur gets to pick the restaurant (though it has to be a place that McDerment hasn’t eaten at before), and two, McDerment picks up the tab.

Mosey on over and read the article in full

{Photo: Jennifer Roberts for Canadian Business)


  • Stephanie

    What a fantastic idea to give back to the startup community! Love it, and Congrats on the article!

  • http://tum.bz Frederick Dubois

    I agree with Stephanie on this one, great idea!
    Congrats for the coverage.

  • http://www.coldad.com Nader Mah

    A creative idea by McDerment. It will let him to know different challenge for small companies and it gives the authority for his business. The only concern could be “Does McDerment also listen to new suggestions or just talk?”

  • http://www.okas-consulting.com Jennifer

    Well done! Love the concept!

  • Rebecca

    Freshbooks has changed our working lives and given us, a small Canadian company, the ability to focus on what we do best and not get bogged down by administration. Congratulations on the acknowledgement of a great service/product.

  • http://www.buildcircle.com Dan Heitbohmer

    Hi Mike, thanks for making my startup life simple! Keep up the good work and Kudos to your team, they are awesome!

  • http://www.montrealrunner.com Ruth Hovsepian

    It’s wonderful when businesses give back and encourage those who are just starting out. Freshbooks is a great product and has made it much easier for me to track and invoice clients. Keep up the great work and I’m proud to be working with a successful company!

  • http://www.foreverhealthy.ca Debbie Carroll

    Congratulations! Great article! Keep up the good work!

  • http://www.ricklynrenos.ca Ricklyn Renos

    This is the best tool a small business can ever get. Thank you all so much. I wish I knew about it 3 years ago.

  • Vance Palache

    Love it fantastic idea Congrats on the article!

  • http://www.backupfresh.com Jamie Smyth

    Great job guys! I post all the time that Freshbooks changed my life.

  • http://www.ufcleaning.co.uk Adam Lahouidek

    good job

  • http://www.karneval-fasching-kostuem-kostueme.de/ Faschingskostüm

    by adding the fresh books in canadian magazine you have just stumble on the media . now you will be very famous person of the world i think.


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