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Slowly whittling away at an online accounting suite for small businesses. Stubbed out the underpinnings, and just did the first major design iteration. Should

by carpal 19y ago

Slowly whittling away at an online accounting suite for small businesses. Stubbed out the underpinnings, and just did the first major design iteration. Should show it to the first potential users in a month or two.

aaroneous 19y ago
I've used Quicken and Quick Books. With both, I've found myself simultaneously limited by the inflexibility and shortcomings of the applications, and overwhelmed at the complexity and obtuseness. Personally, I'd love to find a small business accounting system that's not aimed at the MBA//Accountant market, and is flexible enough for different types of companies.
- carpal 19y ago
  That's exactly the problem I'm solving. Glad to hear there's a market for it.
  - fortes 19y ago
    Yeah, I'm curious what you're doing. I've tried all sorts of things, and ended up settling on an excel spreadsheet :(
  - run4yourlives 19y ago
    There's a huge market for it, but nailing it seems to be an issue for everyone. I'd advise not to try solving everyone's problem, or you'll be another Quicken! I'd love to hear more about this... make sure you keep hacker news posted!
thinkcomp 19y ago
I started working on a similar product in 2001. Got it done, but it's tough.
dkokelley 19y ago
Is this something designed to replace Quickbooks entirely? Something like this would be nice for my situation. I can't run quickbooks from Ubuntu, and I don't like booting into Windows whenever I need to do anything.
- rms 19y ago
  Try GNUCash? It's not bad.
  - dkokelley 19y ago
    Yes I've used it, and it is pretty good. The problem is I need a platform independent application... Or a dedicated windows computer to replace the other partition on my notebook's hard drive.
    - rms 19y ago
      Yeah... I can't say I've tried it, but I think you can get older versions of Quickbooks working in WINE. And there is always a virtual machine. There's also a number of web based accounting software, like the online version of Quickbooks, NetSuite, and Intacct.
- deleted 19y ago
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- carpal 19y ago
  Yes, it is. Browser-based, so that you don't run into sharing issues (common in small companies), or platform issues (common with cutting-edge companies).

by carpal 19y ago

aaroneous 19y ago

I've used Quicken and Quick Books. With both, I've found myself simultaneously limited by the inflexibility and shortcomings of the applications, and overwhelmed at the complexity and obtuseness. Personally, I'd love to find a small business accounting system that's not aimed at the MBA//Accountant market, and is flexible enough for different types of companies.

carpal 19y ago
That's exactly the problem I'm solving. Glad to hear there's a market for it.
- fortes 19y ago
  Yeah, I'm curious what you're doing. I've tried all sorts of things, and ended up settling on an excel spreadsheet :(
- run4yourlives 19y ago
  There's a huge market for it, but nailing it seems to be an issue for everyone. I'd advise not to try solving everyone's problem, or you'll be another Quicken! I'd love to hear more about this... make sure you keep hacker news posted!

thinkcomp 19y ago

I started working on a similar product in 2001. Got it done, but it's tough.

dkokelley 19y ago

Is this something designed to replace Quickbooks entirely? Something like this would be nice for my situation. I can't run quickbooks from Ubuntu, and I don't like booting into Windows whenever I need to do anything.

rms 19y ago
Try GNUCash? It's not bad.
- dkokelley 19y ago
  Yes I've used it, and it is pretty good. The problem is I need a platform independent application... Or a dedicated windows computer to replace the other partition on my notebook's hard drive.
  - rms 19y ago
    Yeah... I can't say I've tried it, but I think you can get older versions of Quickbooks working in WINE. And there is always a virtual machine. There's also a number of web based accounting software, like the online version of Quickbooks, NetSuite, and Intacct.
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carpal 19y ago
Yes, it is. Browser-based, so that you don't run into sharing issues (common in small companies), or platform issues (common with cutting-edge companies).