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King Recognized by CPA Societies

This spring, GrowthForce CEO Stephen King received two accolades from the Certified Public Accountants industry.

King Named to TSCPA Board

In March, King was named to the Board of Directors of the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants. TSCPA is a nonprofit, voluntary, professional organization representing Texas CPAs.

"Steve has been instrumental in providing guidance to the Board of The Houston CPA Society," said Nancy A. Rutledge, Houston CPA Society executive director.
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Steve King, CEO

King Receives Visionary Award

Kathy Ploch, left, past president of the Houston CPA Society, presented King with the Visionary Award on May 20.

"Steve challenges everyone to think 'big box'", stated Houston CPA Society Executive Director Rutledge. "His challenges are welcomed by his conservative CPA peers."
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Upcoming Events

How to Unleash the Power of QuickBooks - Learn How QuickBooks works, not just what it does

Discover what you and your employees really need to know to unleash the power of QuickBooks with hands on computer training with a Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor. Class includes 8 hours of personal training.

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
8 a.m. - 5 p.m. CST
location:
Administaff Training Center
19001 Crescent Springs Drive
Kingwood, TX 77339

The cost is just $299 per person. Discounts are available for multiple attendees from one company. Each attendee will receive a comprehensive QB training procedure guide and CPAs are eligible for eight hours of CPE credit.

Taught by GrowthForce Senior Manager of Accounting Systems, Margaret F. Gow, CPA*, Advanced Certified QB Pro Advisor

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Friday, July 9, 2010

GrowthForce eNewsHello *|FNAME|*,

In this month’s GrowthForce eNews, we share updates from the 2010 Advanced Training Conference for Intuit Advisors. We introduce some exciting new products: webKPI and SmartBase, which utilize the latest Web technology to help business owners make more informed business decisions.

We also share a Vistage management tip, links to latest blog posts, upcoming events and other exciting news. So take a break from the summer heat, grab a cool drink and take a moment to find out how new technologies can help your business.


Scaling New Heights ConferenceScaling New Heights

An Advanced Training Conference for Intuit Advisors

Three members of the GrowthForce team attended a QuickBooks advanced training conference in Atlanta in May. Titled "Scaling New Heights," the conference offered GrowthForce managers a first glimpse of the latest QuickBooks products and training on how to use them. We are excited to share some great QuickBooks "tips and tricks" with our clients and eNews readers.

Intuit Statement Writer is an Excel-based report writer application that creates a permanent connection to the QuickBooks data file. Click here to read what Marsha Gibb, Service Center Associate has to say about this great way to generate advanced reporting in QuickBooks.

Margaret Gow, Advanced Certified ProAdvisorMargaret Gow, Senior Systems Manager became certified in QuickBooks Field Service Management at the conference. This add-on utilizes GPS and cell phones to track technicians in the field and allows them to secure payment on the spot. It is designed for businesses which dispatch technicians. Click here to find out more about Field Service Management.

The conference was also a chance for GrowthForce to introduce SMARTBase, a proprietary QuickBase product that integrates Customer Relationship Management, Project Management, Time Tracking and QuickBooks (See SMARTBase feature article in this eNews.)

While at the conference, King and Gow enrolled in the newly-formed National Advisor Network (www.nationaladvisornetwork.com), an association of Advanced QuickBooks Pro Advisors and Intuit Service Providers. NAN is a forum for the highest level of QuickBooks experts to exchange questions, issues and technical articles with each other, thus providing a bigger QuickBooks knowledge base for their clients. Check out our new blog where we share best practices from our collective experiences.


GrowthForce Partners with webKPI

webKPIGrowthForce has announced a partnership with California-based technology company webKPI. The business founded by two CPAs leverages a Web portal to provide automatically-generated dashboards of a business’ Key Performance Indicators from a client’s QuickBooks files.

QuickBooks LinkGrowthForce has long been a proponent of tracking Key Performance Indicators (KPI), the information a business needs to measure in order to run a profitable operation. Typical KPI's are related to cash position, sales operating margin, return on equity and other financial metrics that can help a business evaluate its performance results. Click here to learn more about how webKPI can help grow your business.


Introducing SMARTBaseSMARTBase

Would you like to have a single place to enter and track all customer information and contacts and link that to your financial data? If so, you need to find out about SMARTBase, the new GrowthForce product which utilizes Intuit’s QuickBase to integrate Customer Relationship Management, Project Management, Time Tracking and QuickBooks. Click here and find out how SMARTBase can help streamline your project management.


Vistage Tip

12 Trends that will define business in the "New Normal"

"Business as usual" is undergoing a transformation brought on by changing consumer tastes and dramatic economic pressures. Companies now have to find new ways to appeal to consumers scarred by the economic crisis.

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Vistage is the world’s largest CEO peer group

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