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Lessons for the Working Woman

by Holly Perez

Intuit and the Intuit Financial Freedom Foundation sponsored the Women’s Conference in Long Beach, Calif. During the two-day event, we distributed thousands of journals and made personal connections with women…

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The Power of Suggestion: Customer Interaction that Works

by Dina DiNucci

If you’ve opened a business, you’ve experienced it.  “YOU SHOULD ….serve sandwiches, paint your walls a different color…”and so on.   Plenty of well-meaning friends and customers volunteer their advice on things you should do to improve your business.  When you’re first starting out, the more suggestions - the more you wonder if you’re doing ANYTHING ...

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Was That an Intuit Websites Ad I Saw on TV?

by Angus Thomson

That’s a question I’ve been asked several times since we launched our Intuit Websites advertising campaign last week. The ads will be airing on tv and radio throughout the fall. You can find them on a broad range of cable tv stations, as well as a variety of news, sports and music radio programs.

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40 Companies Join Intuit for Entrepreneur Day

by Jan Bosch

This afternoon Intuit will host 40 start-up companies selected for Intuit’s first Entrepreneur Day. Our objective is to find ways to grow together through open innovation and partnerships.
 
Thank you to everyone who submitted. It was great to see the enthusiasm, interest and applications from many small and startup companies and we wish ...

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What is a “Follow Me Home”?

by Laura Messerschmitt

In my last post, How We Build QuickBooks, I talked about Intuit’s tradition of “Follow Me Home’s”. But, what exactly is a Follow Me Home and how does it work?

Scott Cook, Intuit’s founder, started the concept of the Follow Me Home from day one. He would hang out at the local…

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How We Build QuickBooks

by Laura Messerschmitt

I often get asked how we decide what features to release in QuickBooks each year. Being a product manager, I’m involved from beginning to end - I get to work with designers, developers, marketers and talk to small businesses (my favorite part!) - so I thought I would share a quick overview of the process. We go through a few key steps to develop each release…

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Final Call for Proposals: Intuit Entrepreneur Day

by Cassie Divine

 
Have ideas? We’ll listen. Apply to join us for Intuit Entrepreneur Day by the September 17th deadline.



Intuit Entrepreneur Day will bring a number of start-up companies and entrepreneurs to our campus in Mountain View, Calif. to look for ways to grow together through open innovation and partnerships.
 
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Open Innovation: Breaking down barriers

by Jan Bosch

Innovation is the lifeblood of any company – those that fail to innovate wither over time. Traditionally, innovation processes tend to be internally and technology focused, best illustrated by the large R&D labs of several large product companies, e.g. Xerox PARC, AT&T Bell Labs and Philips Research.
During the last decade, however, two developments ...

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Call for Proposals – Intuit Entrepreneur Day

by Cassie Divine

Have ideas? We’ll listen. Apply to join us for Entrepreneur day.
 
Think of Entrepreneur day as a first date – an opportunity to bring bright, like-minded people and businesses together and look for ways to grow together through open innovation and partnerships. You’ll be among a select group of entrepreneurs and startups with ...

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Learn to Leverage Local at Next Cram Session - August 12th, 12 Noon Pacific

by Jason Wisneski

In our first Cram Session, we looked at how three different entrepreneurs each started their own business and listened to their tips and takeaways. In our second Cram Session, we focused on Social Marketing, looking at how to use social media and how to integrate your online conversation with your offline activity.

We’re continuing the series next week, August 12th at 12 Noon PT with the theme “Leveraging Local”. For this online session, we’ll be focusing on how you can leverage your local community to help start a new business or grow your existing business. Our three featured panelists will be…

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