As far as technology goes, we are using the industry standards. Jason will be on later to describe it from a technical standpoint. We have several very large companies using it which to me is unusual. They were the first takers to tryout our software. You would think they would be the most protective over their data.
After speaking with the newer signals they see, to be tending towards the small business side. Any suggestions?
If you actually use Quickbooks on the go you would know how much of a pain in the ass it is to access it from remote desktop. For instance, on my iPad I have a hard time manipulating their terrible interface. Take a look at Levion and you will notice the difference as soon as you login.
We just got a new system like that for Levion. It was fun initially when you have no customers but when accounts are being made non stop it gets impossible to work. It did give our employees energy initially until they made us turn it off.
I don't think it's true. With 5 programmers we were able to accomplish what 50 did at method integration. We created a better interfaced, more thought out integration. We just soft launched and here is a link to our YC post http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3521108. Most startups don't have e know how but we are all pretty seasoned in creating businesses. I wouldn't really call it a startup but in a literal sense of course it is.
I am also with Levion. We welcome any feedback from fellow startups who currently use or are interested in getting started with Quickbooks. Levion requires the Windows version of Quickbooks. Since there is data parity between Levion and the Quickbooks file you can discontinue Levion at any time with all of your modified Quickbooks data intact.
Yahoo! answers does not guarantee the integrity of their information. Most of the time (in my experience), the answers are uninformed and not very applicable. Are you interested in finding people's opinions when actually you are looking for a fact/answer? I am sure some of them are useful and maybe they could secure this by a Hacker News type voting (of course this could be abused, but...).
There is no way they both are and I believe sleep is needed. The problem with learning late at night is that it takes longer; you may be sacrificing any sort of social life getting the right amount of sleep and rigorously studying. I guess there is always that sacrifice.
The article mentions "Another friend was skeptical about the concept because how can you keep up the quality if you offer the same deal for 1/2 price." It's not half price but rather a quarter of the price; Groupon takes a cut. Even though it looks great to the business to get started with these promotions, a lot of businesses are losing money from them. You have to put this into perspective with many of the traditional ways of advertising - cost to conversion for mailers, T.V. ads, etc... (you also have to consider how many of these customers return). It may turn out that Groupon is not the best solution, but I guess it depends on the business model...
Internship is synonymous with networking and this is probably a big success determining factor; at least the high level of success this article is talking about. With the competition that exists today, networking is a crucial factor.
Whittling sounds like an evolutionary advantage. Imagine if humans hated to whittle; they would hate spending time collecting little things for a big reward. This could be as simple as collecting root vegetables to feed a stoneage family or creating a arrowhead. To me it seems whittling was an important part of evolving to where we are today. Small progress/steps to lead up to something great.
Overnight success generally takes around ten years. First the person must become an expert. When you first start practicing a new skill set like playing the piano, you may be able to play, but you have definitely not reached your potential. Within a couple of years you are more competent but there are clearly people better then you. At about the 8-10 year mark, you are then an expert. There may be people better than you, but there shouldn't be a huge difference (of course this depends on the person).
Taking ten years to make it as a performer or a even a craftsman is pretty common. Rovio clearly earned their success.
Look at the laws of Hammurabbi or Moses, the ancients even knew this. Building codes are an important part of developed society and this situation would have been significantly worse without a stringent set of codes.
After speaking with the newer signals they see, to be tending towards the small business side. Any suggestions?