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The reason why you started your business may determine your failure or success

by Donald Cowper  |  January 18/2013  | 
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Your answer as to why you went out on your own to start a business might just be the most important factor deciding the fate of your venture. Two years after founding his video production company, Tom would find out …



Introducing: an easy way to create a balance sheet in FreshBooks

by Casey McKinnon  |  October 10/2012  |  , , ,
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UPDATE 2: Thanks to everyone who sent in their feedback to help make this new tool even better. Today we’ve released an update to the Balance Sheet tool which has added support for invoices with multi-currencies. FreshBooks will convert the values to the system-currency using …



Overwhelmed with running your small biz? A collaboration strategy could be the answer

by Amanda Rappak  |  October 5/2012  |  , ,
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Teamwork: The Benefits to Collaboration If you’re like most small business owners, you feel the weight of the business is entirely on your shoulders. You do everything – from planning, and sales, to marketing and finances. Of course, in an ideal world you could hire all …



Starting a business with word of mouth marketing – meet Harlie Dover

by Sandy Lai  |  July 26/2012  |  , ,
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Harlie Dover Ever wonder how other FreshBooks customers run a business? Customer portraits connect you with your fellow FreshBooks peers to share guidance and inspiration. Harlie Dover is a web and communications consultant who offers a plethora of solutions for businesses in both English and …



Contest: Show us your snazzy business cards

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If you’ve got a business card you’re proud to share, we’d love to see it! Send it to contests @ freshbooks.com and we’ll add it to our creative biz card idea board on Pinterest. The card with the most “likes” by July 10th, 2012 …



Tax Thursdays! Seven Small Business Tax Write-Offs

by Guest Author  |  January 19/2012  |  , ,
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Welcome to the FreshBooks Tax Thursdays series! We know a lot of small businesses struggle with taxes, so we’re hoping to help make it a little easier by featuring advice from leading accounting professionals every second Thursday from January to April. …



5 tips for managing client expectations

by Stefan Dubowski  |  January 16/2012  |  , , ,
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This is a guest blog post that appeared on the RightSignature blog. RightSignature is an add-on service to FreshBooks that allows you to send invoices and estimates to clients for signature with just a few clicks. It’s usually good news when a small business or freelancer lands a new customer. But the …



Taxes: The IRS introduces the 1099-K (AKA PayPal 1099) from your online payment provider

by John Coates  |  January 9/2012  |  , , ,
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If you’re a small business and receive funds via credit cards online, or other online payments from your clients, you can anticipate receiving a 1099-K this coming tax year. The 1099-K is the IRS’ latest tax form for small business, which is provided directly to the IRS from your online payment provider (such …



Tax Thursdays! Five smart questions to ask your CPA at Tax Time

by Guest Author  |  January 5/2012  |  , , ,
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Tax Thursdays - 5 Questions to ask your CPAWelcome to the FreshBooks Tax Thursdays series! We know a lot of small businesses struggle with taxes, so we’re hoping to help make it a little easier by featuring advice from leading accounting professionals …



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 …




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