It has been an incredible year at Acuity and we have much to be thankful for this holiday season. At a recent company-wide year-end meeting, Sammy Siddique, our Cloud Accounting Team Leader, shared an incredible quote from a 1994 Rolling Stone interview with Steve Jobs:
“Technology is nothing. What’s important is that you have a faith in people, that they’re basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they’ll do wonderful things with them. It’s not the tools that you have faith in — tools are just tools. They work, or they don’t work. It’s people you have faith in or not.”
While our main focus is helping entrepreneurs leverage the best technologies to streamline their financial processes, we think the quote above perfectly sums up Acuity’s 2016. This year, we learned that we’re only as strong as our team – who happen to be complete rockstars. Yes – technology helps us help our clients grow, scale efficiently and do amazing things, but these tools would be nothing without the relationships. We love what we do and we so appreciate the opportunity to serve the crazy, exciting and ever-evolving entrepreneurial community.
Before we hit the ground running in 2017, we’re looking back on an incredible year. Based on your engagement, here’s what our community considers to be the top moments of 2016. Thanks for such an incredible year, and cheers to whatever this new year holds.
Top 2016 Twitter Moments
Our very own @KenjiKuramoto was recently recognized by @TieAtlanta as one of 2016’s top #entrepreneurs. #ATL pic.twitter.com/hww6dUalSF
— Acuity (@Acuity_co) October 12, 2016
What happens in Vegas…will be reported back to you all week 😏 Excited for @AccountexUSA with our #forwardthinking friends. #accountexusa — Acuity (@Acuity_co) November 15, 2016
#xerocon is a place where you make friends for life while changing the industry forever. @kenjikuramoto @TheTechCPA pic.twitter.com/U0lWXWgZNq
— Advisorfi.com (@advisorfi) August 17, 2016
Who does Forbes go to at #XeroCon to talk about accounting for startups @kenjikuramoto @Acuity_co of course https://t.co/VdF8oSAUbV — Matthew May (@TheTechCPA) August 26, 2016
We 💘 loved our tour of @GustoHQ. Might have to adopt their no shoe policy back home 😉 #xerocon #xerocon2016 pic.twitter.com/s842RIOkYB
— Acuity (@Acuity_co) August 17, 2016
Top 2016 Office Moments
We’re throwing it back to the most epic internal moments of 2016. This team is truly magic. TBT…
To when Tyler realized they just don’t make chairs like they used to.
To when Graham became a grandpa. Hello, sweet Sophia Olivia!
To the Atlanta Tech Village Block Party – great day to be at the office.
To the Intuit Roadshow – looking good Cloud Accounting!
To the Xero Roadshow – congrats to Kenji on his XPAC induction.
Top 2016 Blog Moments
The purpose of our blog is to serve as your guide to everything accounting, entrepreneurship, finance and more. We aim to be your go-to-source for tips, tricks and tools to help you grow your business. Based on analytics, here’s what our community considers to be the best/most helpful blog posts of the year:
A Partnership for Acuity and Apple? Genius.
When you get a call from Apple Inc. – you answer. So, when Apple called this year to ask Acuity to partner with them as their in-store small business accounting expert, we said HECK YES!
Top 5 Ways to Spend Less Time on Back Office Accounting
40% of entrepreneurs and small business owners say bookkeeping and taxes are the worst part of owning a business. That’s why we gathered the top 5 tips to help you get your time back while not letting those back office tasks slip through the cracks.
Top 5 Best Business Automation Tools for Your Small Business
Since we know you’re busy building a business, we researched far and wide to find the top five business automation tools to help automate your day while growing your business.
How to Raise Sufficient Capital
If there’s one saying entrepreneurs definitely understand, it’s “money doesn’t grow on trees.” In this post, we user our expertise to advise you on how to raise investment capital, and some of the important facts to consider when doing so.
Our world traveler, DMac, has slowly but surely made his way around the globe, and his journey isn’t over yet. A few highlights include: Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, England, Czech Republic, Serbia, Croatia, Jordan, Israel, Egypt and India.
Happy holidays to you and yours. Thank you for all of the support from our incredible clients, team and partners. Full steam ahead into 2017!
