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Monthly Archives: August 2010

We’ll be right back with a better Wave

Rob Maurin posted this in Wave features and news on Monday, August 30th, 2010.

As we’ve hinted recently, here and on Twitter, we’re working on some big changes to Wave Accounting that will make it even easier for small businesses to manage their accounting and bookkeeping.

As part of that development, we’ve decided to put customer acquisition on hold. Starting today, we will not be allowing any new registrations until we roll out our upcoming version.

Existing customers have nothing to fear: your service will continue uninterrupted. You can log in as you always have, at my.waveaccounting.com or using the login link at the top. In a few weeks, we’ll be giving you a shout with information about the new Wave and how your data will migrate. Until then, keep on doing what you’re doing.

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What if you’re not already a Wave customer? Head back to the home page and add your email address under the “New Wave coming soon” messsage. We’ll be sending out advance invitations in a few weeks.

For media or partnership queries, please contact us for access to the existing application, or for your own advance invitation.

We’re really looking forward to showing off the new functionality. This is going to be awesome.

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Do you run your business in the morning or at night?

Rob Maurin posted this in Small business news on Saturday, August 21st, 2010.

According to a study from the University of Education in Heidelberg, Germany (via a nice article in Inc. magazine), morning people are more proactive, and therefore better equipped to run a small business.

As a nighthawk, I can’t say I love their conclusions, though I take some consolation in the author’s assertion that nighthawks are “smarter and more creative, and have a better sense of humor.”

I’ve always loved getting stuff done at night. But the truth is that at night I’m usually cleaning up messes and getting on top of a backlog. That’s a good thing, in its way. But the early risers appear to be the sort to initiate actions, rather than just respond to situations.

Where do you stand in the continuum? Are you morning or night? Are you starting actions and charting new courses, or do you spend your energy steering the ship to keep on track? I wonder if, in order for a morning person to be proactive, he or she needs a nighthawk to take care of the housekeeping details.

(This entry originally appeared in an earlier version of the Wave Accounting blog for small business.)

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