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03-10-2016, 09:48 PM
Why your small biz should abandon spreadsheets for a more sophisticated financial management system
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Research suggests (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/88-of-spreadsheets-have-errors-2013-04-17) that as many as 88% of spreadsheets contain mistakes, many of which can prove costly. Why, then, are entrepreneurs still using them to run their small businesses?
With such a large margin for error, entrepreneurs who choose this route are putting themselves at risk unnecessarily. Our business management capabilities have come a long way, particularly when more intuitive, efficient software (http://quickbooks.intuit.ca/spreadsheets/) exists to help SMB owners accomplish the same tasks in a fraction of the time it takes to manually enter data into a spreadsheet.
In the natural evolution of business bookkeeping, spreadsheets were once a **vel, time-saving tech**logy. Today, however, we have more sophisticated tools in our arsenal. Below are four reasons to consider an alternative to spreadsheets – a switch that could save your small business a fortune. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/10/ditching-spreadsheets-brandspeak/)
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Research suggests (http://www.marketwatch.com/story/88-of-spreadsheets-have-errors-2013-04-17) that as many as 88% of spreadsheets contain mistakes, many of which can prove costly. Why, then, are entrepreneurs still using them to run their small businesses?
With such a large margin for error, entrepreneurs who choose this route are putting themselves at risk unnecessarily. Our business management capabilities have come a long way, particularly when more intuitive, efficient software (http://quickbooks.intuit.ca/spreadsheets/) exists to help SMB owners accomplish the same tasks in a fraction of the time it takes to manually enter data into a spreadsheet.
In the natural evolution of business bookkeeping, spreadsheets were once a **vel, time-saving tech**logy. Today, however, we have more sophisticated tools in our arsenal. Below are four reasons to consider an alternative to spreadsheets – a switch that could save your small business a fortune. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/10/ditching-spreadsheets-brandspeak/)
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