Rod Drury keynote - Xerocon NZ 2013

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XEROCON ELEVATE AUCKLAND Beautiful accounting software

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Xero CEO Rod Drury's presentation from Xerocon NZ 2013. Xero is beautiful online accounting software that connects small businesses and their accountants together in the cloud.

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XEROCON ELEVATEAUCKLAND

Beautiful accounting software

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Global updateRod Drury CEO, Xero

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Doug Edwards1938-2013

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Thank you from Xero

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800 attendees. Amazing.

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AmandaArmstrong

Introducing

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1. Access to capitalHelping the entrepreneurs to understand financial management so they can plan growth properly, and credibly. Management ability often seen as a funding blocker.

2. Sales is a craft not an artMarketing and sales is a professional discipline.

3. Customer understanding is fundamentalBuild products and services around a customer need.

4. Management is a team sportTeams built on trust and complimentary skills sets will be more effective.

5. Clear differentiationIdentifying and communicating your differentiator is the foundation of any venture.

Entrepreneurial challenges

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• 135,000+ paying customers!

• 5,800 Xero accounting partners

• 350 staff

• Dual listed on NZX and ASX

• Shares up 7x since IPO

• $85m cash to invest

• Chasing a million customers

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Momentum

2012

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Wellington SydneyBrisbaneAuckland

Melbourne Milton KeynesSan Francisco

7 offices

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• 160 servers

• 10TB of financial data, over 100TB managed

• 1,300,000 requests per minute

• 320,000 average bank lines imported per day

• $33b invoices processed in NZ in 2012

• $84b invoices processed globally in 2012

Facts

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Trainers100+

Accountants4500+

Add-ons200+

Bookkeepers1200+

Developers150+

Banks4000+

Vibrant ecosystem

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Client accounting conversion

AccountsProduction

The old way

Small business owner Accountant

Data Data

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Small business Accountant

The single ledger

Bank rec

Invoicing

Expense claims

Fixed assets

Reporting

Practice management

Workpapers

Tax

Financialdata

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Bringing it all together

Bank rec

Invoicing

Expense claims

Fixed assets

Reporting

Practice management

Workpapers

Tax

Financialdata

Practice StudioXero Business

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Payroll – Australia

Tax – New Zealand

Reporting – New Zealand & Australia

Proven track record

I love this tax module guys – I just completed a trial IR10 and GST return – goodness me it is just so easy! Bloody hell why wasn’t I on this a year ago?

A very excited Xero user

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Modern PracticeUpdate

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Vendors mobilising to help

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Office 365

• 20% reduction in price. E3 plan now $29.50/user/mth

• 25GB cloud storage for email

• 92% reduction in additional storage price to $0.30/MB

• Link email to clients coming

• SharePoint out of box too hard

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Content!Open content architecture

Xero marketing templates

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Office 365 special offers

• Four special offers

• Eg. sign up to Suite Files for 12 months, only pay for 9 months

• Visit the booth today!

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Benefits of partnering with Xero

XERO PARTNER PROGRAM BENEFITSAs a partner of Xero you can get free software, training, promotional material, dedicated support and so much more. We’re on the same team – it’s a true partnership.

New Zealand Partner Program Benefits | www.xero.com/partners

Status Level STARTER BRONZE SILVER GOLD PLATINUM GROUP PLATINUM

Organisations (excluding Ledgers) 1-4 5-24 25-99 100-499 500+ 1000+ across group

Free program membership

Free Xero Partner Edition – including range of exclusive resources

Free Xero Business Edition – large plan

Dedicated Account Manager

Enablement Specialist for conversions and technical accounting queries

Free email support

Free Introduction & Essentials training

Free Marketing Resource Guide

Invitation to free Xero quarterly forums

Free directory listing on xero.com –

Free Partner banners on xero.com –

Free Xero stickers & instructional video –

Free co-branded collateral –

Free Practice Manager & Tax – –

Free brochure display stand – –

Contribution towards client events to promote Xero with 10+ attendees

– – $300 ex GST $300 ex GST $300 ex GST $300 ex GST

Access to preferential o!ers from Xero solution partners and service providers

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Free Workpapers – on release – – –

Eligibility for Xero Advertising Fund* – – –

* Terms and conditions apply

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Competitive update

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• Virtually all small business accounts in NZ available through Xero, via our partnerships.

• On average:2-3 bank accounts per business25% of businesses in Xero with multiple banks

Banking

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Partner Bank Feeds

4.5m

Yodlee1.5m

Manual3.3m

Paypal600,000

10 million bank statement lines imported every month

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Banking – the future• Bank feed self provision via online banking

• Better coverage of credit card feeds, other account types, extended data

• Batch payments upload - foster agency arrangements

• Online large bill pay• Pre-Merchant – Up to $200

• Merchant – Up to $1,000

• Bank direct >$1,000

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ASB leading the charge• Technology innovation partnership

• Preview of new FastNet Business app

• Marketing to support small business ecosystem rolling out this year

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Purchase Orders + Quotes + Stock + Projects + V2 Reporting

Finishing the platform

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Xero & farming: grass growin’ slowly

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• Over 40 firms use Xero for farming clients

• Tailored resources How-to guidesChart of accountsLivestock schedule templatesExample reports

• Email [email protected] to get them now

Green shoots

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These guys – we need your help with

In progress

Feeds important

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ReceiptBank solution – available now

Ruralsuppliers

Xero invoice

They’re here today, go have a chat!

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Future farm reporting in XeroLivestock

Transactions

Trading account

Livestock schedules

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Workpapers

API partners

• Practice staff only• Record quantities & values• Transactions from bank rec, invoices, journals• Aging (YE rollover)• Year end stock journals

• Practice staff only• Trading accounts• Schedules for livestock,

dairy, cropping etc • Reconciliation reports

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Farming Financial SystemsOSPRI

MyFarm, Deloitte

Seeds being sown

Landcorp, MAF, Tru-testSilver Fern Farms

Ballance

AHB, NAIT

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http://www.companies.govt.nz/co/1830488

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Single Ledger next steps

Bank rec

Invoicing

Expense claims

Fixed assets

Reporting

Practice management

Workpapers

Tax

Financialdata

Practice StudioXero Business

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Data and documents are separated

Financial Data Documents

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Single Ledger now has documents

Bank rec

Invoicing

Expense claims

Fixed assets

Reporting

Practice management

Workpapers

Tax

Financial dataand documents

Practice StudioXero Business

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