[...] 'Bean-talk' — a golden egg for small business – Anthill Magazine [...]

If you would like a tool to manage your small business activities and Projects, you can use this web aplication:

http://www.Gtdagenda.com

You can use it to manage and prioritize your Goals (for business but also in other areas of your life), Projects and Tasks. It has a Checklists section, for the routines and repetitive activities that any business has to do. Also, it features a Schedules section and a Calendar, for scheduling you time and activities.

Some features from GTD are also present, like Contexts and Next Actions.

And it’s available on the mobile phone too, so you can access it from anywhere.

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I have consulted in various capacities with innumerable small businesses, and every one of them were afraid of the finances end of the biz. They would simply short-circuit when finance issues came up, or put all that in their paper “Pile of Denial”, or ignore it until their failing business forced them to finally face their financial demons.

I like the look of Bean Talk… it seems to present complex financial issues in a clear and easy manner, and it uses real English… not accounting jargon!

I will definitely be referring my clients to Bean Talk as a “safe place for financial guidance”.

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You also want to think about reviewing or interviewing saasu.com the easy online accounting guys. It is a pure software-as-a-service web replacement for MYOB and Quicken. Unlike lots of others these guys are a real Australian firm with thousands of users, hundreds of partners and works for Australian conditions e.g. GST, PAYG, ATO electronic lodgement while still being easy to use. Invoicing, payroll, inventory, full general ledger, multi currency etc.

Best of all it is free.

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Another useful free resource for SME’s is Anthill’s own Business Services Marketplace.

It can be accessed via this link: http://www.ifindconsultants.com/?emcc=7352E467041D

It makes the process of choosing a business to outsource too much easier. You can simply post a request detailing what you need, & have businesses respond to you.

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