In the life of any startup, there are some special milestones. Getting funding is good. Launching is good. But nothing beats getting the traction you were hoping for in the market.
Today, just shy of our one-month mark, and well ahead of schedule, we welcomed our 1,000 customer.
What does this mean for us? Well, first of all (to paraphrase Sally Field) it means you like being able to kiss manual entry goodbye. You like having a full accounting and expense tracking tool at your fingertips wherever you go. And we suspect you like free, too. Fundamentally, it means we’re on the right track, and that the tools we’ve created with you in mind have resonated the way we had hoped.
We also take this traction as a mandate to keep on building tools that will continue to simplify the back-office tasks of small business owners, freelancers and entrepreneurs. And boy, do we have a doozy of a list sketched out already. Expect a big roll out from us before Christmas, and then a bunch of ambitious improvements early in the new year.
Thanks to the first 1,000 Wave customers. We’ve cleared a wall for your photos — send ‘em on over! And we welcome the next 1,000, and the 10,000 after, and more to follow.
We’re super excited to finally unveil what we’ve been working on: an application that changes the way small business owners handle their accounting.
I know, I know… “accounting” and “excited” generally don’t fit too well together. But once you see what we’re up to, I think you’ll agree.
- We built tools that minimize your manual entry and save you time.
- Those tools are made for non-accountants. You don’t need 6 months of training to get up to speed with Wave. Most actions are as easy as dragging and dropping.
- Wave is a complete accounting solution, if that’s what you need. Your accountant will love the reports and tools, even if you never use them yourself. If all you want to do is track your money in and money out, you can do that too.
- With Wave, you can track your personal finances and your business finances all in one place. A lot of small businesses use the same bank accounts and credit cards for business and personal stuff. An accounting textbook might tell you not to do this, but we built Wave for you, not the textbook. If that’s your reality, Wave makes it easy for you.
- Wave is free. There’s no “but.” Even if you use all the tools, every day, and create lots of invoices for hundreds of customers, you won’t need to pay a thing. You can find more details here.
We really look forward to hearing your feedback and answering your questions. If there’s anything we can do to help get you started, drop a note to our ace support team.
Want to know more? See the resources below. Or you can jump right in and sign up. Either way, welcome to a new way of running your business. It’s finally here.
—Kirk
Want to know more?
No more manual entry:
By connecting Wave with your bank and credit card accounts, you may never need to manually enter an expense again. We crunched some numbers quickly and I think you can save a couple of hours every month just for inputting 100 transactions. You’ll save even more time on other tasks, like making sense of your money. (Click to enlarge.)
Smart number crunching—Wave does the work for you:
We built Wave to be smart, so that it can do the heavy lifting for you. When Wave sees an expense — let’s say a book purchase from Amazon — the smart tools will automatically put it in the right place for you. The more you use Wave, the more it learns how you want your money to be handled.
Wave handles business finances and personal finances:
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.
Get on the advance list
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.
Find out first: