Small business owners: Simplify your life with one financial tool that does it all

Are your finances as organized as you’d like them to be? Come on, be honest. For most business owners, the answer is a reluctant no.

As your company grows, you will have more expenses, contractors, KPIs and hands managing it all. If your communication happens through email, over the phone, in messages, and via spreadsheets, you will hit a wall sooner or later.

Eventually, you cave and sign up for a few services that help you keep things under control. But as your business grows, you add on another and another. Before you know it, you’re juggling not just a bunch of payments but all those logins and passwords.

That’s why you need one platform that can do it all, including taking some of those repeatable tasks off your plate. We have a great solution: Our sponsor, NetSuite.

Upgrade to software that works for you

If you run a business, you need the right software. That’s where NetSuite comes in. It’s the world’s No. 1 cloud business system for good reason. If you’re bogged down in spreadsheets stored locally on your computer, you’ll love that you can access all your data in one place whenever you want.

It’s so much more than just accounting software. NetSuite gives you visibility and control over your financials, HR, inventory, e-commerce and more — all in one place, instantaneously. Whether you’re doing a million or hundreds of millions in revenue, you can save time and money with NetSuite.

Stop paying for multiple systems that don’t give you the information you need when you need it. Ditch the spreadsheets and all the old software you’ve outgrown. Now is the time to upgrade to NetSuite.

See it in action for yourself. Head to Netsuite.com/kim and get a free product tour.

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