Mel’s role in Xero is to champion the profession of Bookkeepers while representing them back to Xero to develop the product to reflect their needs and requests. She comes from a business background, having run a number of small businesses from

BlueHub talk to Glen Foster, Head of Partner Channel at Xero

Nov 8th, 2016 25m 42s

Glen has been involved in technology for accountants for 12 years. He worked with practices to ensure they made the most of the technology available and provided services such as installations and sever management. After a coffee with Gary Turn

BlueHub talk to Blake Oliver, Xero Ambassador.

Nov 1st, 2016 34m 32s

Blake started out on the path to being a cellist in an orchestra. He was working in a music store and tutoring when the bookkeeper in the company left suddenly during the busy season. He saw an opportunity for a regular role and despite his lac

BlueHub talk to Steven Renwick from Satago

Oct 25th, 2016 25m 32s

Steven has a varied background having started in bio tech and pharmeceuticals following a PhD in genetics. He went on to complete an MBA after discovering an interest in business information systems while consulting and this was the starting po

BlueHub talk to David Tuck from Chaser

Oct 18th, 2016 30m 55s

Matt talked to David, the founder and CEO of Xero add-on Chaser, recognised at 2016’s add-on partner of the year. David qualified as an accountant through the Deloittes grad scheme and went on to head up SME finance teams in businesses that all

BlueHub talk to Garrat Knight from Expensify

Oct 10th, 2016 37m 9s

Garrat has been with Expensify for over 4 years, working up the ladder to Sales Lead for the UK, US and Australia. His describes Expensify as a tool for “expense reports that don’t suck.” Expensify aim to take the pain out of expense reporting

BlueHub talk to Emma Northcote-Green from Fresh Financials

Oct 4th, 2016 24m 29s

Fresh Financials started out life as Platinum Numbers back in 1999, explains Emma. It was a very traditional bookkeeping service, on-site visits spent sifting through paperwork. Back in 2012 Emma started looking for an alternative way of workin

BlueHub talk to Matt Wilkinson from Bizink

Sep 20th, 2016 42m 50s

Today’s guest was Matt Wilkinson from Bizink. Matt is originally from Liverpool and emigrated to New Zealand in 2010. Before leaving the UK, Matt gained experience in eCommerce, setting up his own business after university. He continued gaining

BlueHub talk to Andrej Glezl from Datamolino,

Sep 6th, 2016 23m 38s

Matt had a chat with Andrej Glezl, CEO of Datamolino. Andrej went into business with his brother after working in law. He is from a family of accountants so there is a great deal of knowledge of the industry and the pain points businesses need

BlueHub talk to Helen Cockle from Crunchboards

Sep 6th, 2016 25m 25s

Helen joined Matt to discuss Crunchboards and the accounting industry. Helen has been at Crunchboards since a few months after its launch nearly two years ago. Her back ground was initially in recruitment for the accountancy sector but while on

BlueHub talk to Rebecca Drake from Receipt Bank

Sep 6th, 2016 18m 31s

Joining Matt today was Rebecca from Receipt Bank. Rebecca has worked for Receipt Bank for a year but due to the speed of change and the evolution of the product it feel like significantly more. She is in the marketing team as a community manage

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