What are you doing well and what do you want to change? That’s really what it boils down to, as simple as it gets.

You started your business. The wheels are starting to pick up speed. All of a sudden, roadblock. You need to hire someone. Or you need to start marketing to keep the sales coming in. Or maybe you’re too busy doing the work in front of you to even start thinking about what comes next. Outsourcing some of your duties can help clear some time so you can focus on what you need to do.

The short answer is no.

You know how sometimes you launch QuickBooks and get prompted with that window asking for admin credentials? I chased this for years, looking into permissions, services, hosting settings… I can go on. However, it turns out the solution was super simple. A bit ironic now that QB is getting rid of desktop products, but we still have a couple of years left of that.

The short of it is this: Intuit has been pushing hard for a few years now toward QuickBooks Online (QBO). They have also discontinued most desktop products. You can still get QuickBooks Enterprise, but even that is expected to go away sooner rather than later. There are alternatives to QBO, but it is an industry titan for a lot of reasons. It has its quirks for sure, but I typically recommend QBO for 3 main reasons: