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Mason James spreads happiness, one WordPress site at a time

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Ever wonder how other FreshBooks customers run a business? Customer portraits connect you with your fellow FreshBooks peers to share guidance and inspiration. Mason makes people happy with their WordPress experience. He currently runs one of the largest commercial WordPress support teams on the planet, at WPMU DEV.  Passionate about helping others,  WP …



Customer Portrait: Travis Safford shares how his job at Giant Robot Engine makes him a better person

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Ever wonder how other FreshBooks customers run a business? Customer portraits connect you with your fellow FreshBooks peers to share guidance and inspiration. “My job makes me a better person.” That’s not something we usually get to hear too often.  And yet, that …



Customer Portrait: Influads experiences the reward of hard work and focusing on quality

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Ever wonder how other FreshBooks customers run a business? Customer portraits connect you with your fellow FreshBooks peers to share guidance and inspiration. Anibal Damiao of runs his business, InfluAds, out of Copenhagen, Denmark; an advertising network that differentiates itself by …



Customer Portrait: Ashlee Firsten explains the science of Aromachology

by Amanda Rappak  |  December 21/2011  |  , , ,
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Ever wonder how other FreshBooks customers run a business and do what they love? Customer portraits connect you with your fellow FreshBooks peers to share guidance and inspiration. The Toronto-based small business Aromachology is making major headlines as its one-of-a-kind scents gain popularity all over North America. Founders Kirsten Menkes and Ashlee Firsten …



Customer Portrait: Kevin Lee on living the LA dream

by Amanda Rappak  |  December 19/2011  |  , , ,
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We met Kevin Lee at our customer event in Los Angeles (the first stop on the RoadBurn 2.0 tour) and loved his insightful perspective on working in the City of Angels. He breaks down some of the LA cliches about what it’s …



Customer Portrait: Joel Marshall explains how simplicity is the key to success

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Ever wonder how other FreshBooks customers run a business and do what they love? Customer portraits connect you with your fellow FreshBooks peers to share guidance and inspire you. We recently sat down with longtime FreshBooks customer, Joel Marshall. It turned out to be a little bit of a catch-up since we last talked with …



How Cape Town creatives go paperless with FreshBooks and Podio

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Are you still dreaming of the paperless office? Meet Francois (@francoisbotha), an ambitious business owner in Cape Town who manages his whole business in the cloud – only the creative ideas are sketched out on paper. Maybe that’s why he looks so relaxed? Francois uses FreshBooks …



5 Simple rules for writing solid business plans

5 Simple rules for writing solid business plans

Feedback on your idea has been nothing but positive and you’re feeling ready to set sail into entrepreneurship. But wait, now it’s time for the business plan. Where do you start? Your goal is to develop the brilliant ideas haphazardly scribbled in your mental …



Classic FreshBooks: 7 ways I’ve almost killed FreshBooks

by John Coates  |  February 18/2011  |  , , ,
Classic FreshBooks: 7 ways I’ve almost killed FreshBooks

After launching the new website redesign, we all took a moment to reflect and reminisce about classic FreshBooks, and in our moment of silence we all picked one thing about the old blog that was their favorite. By almost unanimous decision we decided that our favorite memory was a post Mike wrote …



5 Myths about starting a business

by John Coates  |  January 20/2011  |  , ,
5 Myths about starting a business

If you’re getting fed-up or bored at your current job, you’ve probably considered switching to freelance work or even starting your own business. Compared to reporting to the office for the daily grind, operating from home and controlling your work day can is a great alternative — but is it really? While working for yourself …




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