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Outright, Inc. relocates to Mountain View, CA

A few weeks ago, we packed up our home in Campbell and headed north, braving the risk of freezing temperatures and wind swept winters!
(about 30 minutes closer to San Francisco)
In need of more space to stretch our legs, and a more convenient location for the entire team, Mountain View struck us as the ideal location. [...]

Posted by: Paul O'Brien, July 19, 2010

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eBay Recognizes Outright.com Most Innovative App

eBay, Inc. today announced the recipients of the 2010 Star Developer Awards at eBay DevCon 2010, recognizing Outright.com the most innovative application among a wide variety of solutions that have helped foster the success of buyers and sellers on eBay.
Our simple online bookkeeping for self employed professionals, facilitates over 2 billion dollars in [...]

Posted by: Paul O'Brien, June 9, 2010

Enter Daily to Win the Outright Small Business Week 50/50 Challenge

In honor of National Small Business Week, we here at Outright are giving our users the chance to honor their favorite small businesses and score a little cash bonus in the process!
Last week we introduced the first in our continuing series of home business profiles. (Over the next few months, we’ll be offering up everything [...]

Posted by: Jennifer Escalona, May 24, 2010

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Find Certified Bookkeepers with new Business Profile Pages

Today, with an announcement that Outright's platform has eclipsed two billion dollars recorded for micro businesses, following rapid adoption from only 6 month ago, we're pleased to add a series of features to help bookkeepers get started and entrepreneurs succeed. With a directory of bookkeepers, we're helping self employed professionals connect with qualified financial [...]

Posted by: Paul O'Brien, May 12, 2010

Comments: 1

Subscribe to Your Small Business Topic

Minutes after we opened this community, requests came in for a way to subscribe to only the topics of interest to you.
Perhaps you are a bookkeeper who wants to help answer tax topics, a developer who has dealt far too much with banks and wants to help, or an online merchant passionate about Etsy; I'm [...]

Posted by: Paul O'Brien, March 30, 2010

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Outright is Seeking Programming, Legal and Etsy Business Bloggers!

Outright’s Community is expanding and we’re looking to bring even more great content to our community of small business owners and sole-proprietors! We’re searching for three bloggers. Are you one of the bloggers we're looking for? Be sure to read all the details before applying.
The Positions:
The Business of Web Development (or Programming) Blogger – [...]

Posted by: Jennifer Escalona, March 11, 2010

Comments: 1

Mariette Knoblauch is Here to Make Taxes Less Scary.

I am an accountant, but I wasn't always an accountant, and I know how confusing, complicated, and downright frustrating all this tax stuff can be.
You don't want to deal with all these rules and paperwork. You have a great idea for your business, and you want to design the most awesome hats, serve the most [...]

Posted by: Mariette Knoblauch, February 9, 2010

Top 10 Things to Consider When Starting Your Own Business

Outright’s CEO and co-founder, Kevin Reeth, was on WGN News today to talk about the “Top 10 Things to Consider When Starting Your Own Business.”

Have an honest conversation with yourself
Figure out your value proposition
Find a paying customer
Build your network and pipeline, not with advertising but with Linkedin, Facebook, and Twitter profiles
Delight every customer
Set up a [...]

Posted by: Paul O'Brien, January 25, 2010

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Empowering the Self-Employed for Tax Season with Automated 1099 e-Filing and Online Communities

Helping entrepreneurs control their fate this taxseason, we’re launching RightTaxesNow.com, a dedicated website with tax advice and online petitions to demand legislative support of small business tax-relief. We’re excited to announce that the site accompanies the release of a fully online and automated 1099 e-filing service.
The growing unemployment rate has forced more people than [...]

Posted by: Paul O'Brien, January 21, 2010

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Outright Raises $5.5M with Sequoia Capital

This year has experienced tremendous demand for cost effective small business solutions because of the growing ranks of unintentional entrepreneurs. Advancements in open platform technology have also given a slew of start-ups the ability to create alternatives to expensive software. We’re excited to share that the VC community has taken notice, offering backing to a [...]

Posted by: Paul O'Brien, November 16, 2009