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šæ Grab the popcornā¦Employment Hero vs Hostplus. A public dispute goes nuclear between the double unicorn and superannuation giant Hostplus.
š° Two in five Australian SMEs admit to payroll errors, as small businesses struggle with the complexities of modern awards.
š„ Thereās no such thing as a free lunch- cashback rewards collecting data. But is it any different to your Woolies rewards?
š¦ Time & attendance app Deputy achieved unicorn status this month, breaking Australiaās 2-year tech-unicorn draught.
šø Five ANZ startups raised $36.4 million this week, including Marmalade, a payment solution for SMEs that allows them to pay their invoices on demand.
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The highs š Ā and lows š of small business life
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Our tech this month
āļøAnother month, another organisational tool. We were impressed with the look of Amie, a one-stop shop for your to-dos, calendar, and email.Ā Plus, their website is slick.Ā
šSometimes, you just want things to look pretty - including your email signature. Check out Signature Hound to create your stylish sign-off - itās free.Ā
š¤Weāve just discovered Bluedot, an AI-powered Chrome extension for Google Meet. The tool lets you record, transcribe, and summarise your meetings accurately. We have tested it out with a few internal meetings and itās looking pretty promising!
Productivity hack š©āš»
For a while now, weāve been using Coupler, a tool that connects multiple data sources into one spot, producing simple reports in a single source of truth. Weāve connected Hubspot and Xero data to Google Sheets, allowing us to match the sales pipeline data to cash flow forecasts accurately. Coupler offers a better team plan if you have multiple users, but thereās also Coefficient, which has a better free plan but is more expensive when you want to add more users. Currently, Coefficient doesnāt connect with Xero, but weāll see whether that changes over time.Ā
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(changing the way people think about accounting)
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