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Xero – not an overnight success

These days, if you are a small business and looking for that vital accountancy software to help with your growth, Xero would most likely be in your shopping list, if not on the top of it. Those in the industry like myself, have been amazed at the growth of Xero, as they march towards their first million subscribers. Just like most companies, Xero’s success has not been an overnight success. Years of hard work fuelled with large sums of venture capital and public listings are now beginning to pay. Xero was founded in November 2006 with founder investment of NZ$1.5 million and listed…

Nightmare of segmenting Techcelerate, CapsuleCRM and Mailchimp Databases whilst keeping them cleaned and in sync

How do you segment multiple databases, keep them clean and in sync? If you know an easy way, please do let me know. Techcelerate maintains 3 vital databases among many for operational management. These being: 1. Techelerate.org (Drupal 5) with 1893 community profiles used predominantly for event registration 2. Mailchimp for weekly newsletter with 1844 profiles. 49 profiles seems to be missing. 3. Capsule for sales conversion and membership renewal management. Unfortunately, Capsule does not easily display total number of profiles held. Mailchimp automatically updates when a new profile is created on Techcelerate website, which makes life lot easier. Unfortunately,…