Guides
Plain answers to the questions people search before they call.
Written for the person about to spend money on software and nervous about it. No filler, no funnel, and a fair bit of what we would say on the first call anyway.
- Guide / BuildWhen to replace the spreadsheet with an app, and how.The signs a business has outgrown its spreadsheet, what a custom system actually involves, what it costs in shape, and the mistakes that turn a good idea into a bad build.
- Guide / AutomationIntegrating with Xero, done properly.What Xero's API can and cannot do, when an off-the-shelf connector is enough and when you need code, the limits that catch people out, and the mistakes that put wrong numbers in your accounts.
- Guide / AutomationPower Automate for a small business: what it is good for, and where it breaks.If you already pay for Microsoft 365 you already have Power Automate. What to use it for, the four ways it fails in small businesses, and when to move a workflow to code.
- Guide / IncubateFinding a technical co-founder for equity in Australia.The five ways a non-technical founder gets software built, what a fair equity deal looks like, why fifty-fifty is usually a mistake, and the questions to ask before anyone writes code.
- Guide / The trapsThe Notifiable Data Breaches scheme, for a business commissioning software.Who the scheme applies to, what counts as a breach, what you have to do inside 30 days, what it can cost, and the six questions to ask anyone building software that holds your customers' data.