Comments on: Xero’s New UK Managing Director http://www.hartnall.com/2009/07/xeros-new-uk-managing-director/ Attempting to convert random thoughts into sentences. Mon, 03 May 2010 08:46:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Share Investor http://www.hartnall.com/2009/07/xeros-new-uk-managing-director/comment-page-1/#comment-3264 Share Investor Mon, 03 May 2010 08:46:29 +0000 http://www.hartnall.com/?p=404#comment-3264 Below is my Q & A with Rod Kelvin. Thanks for you r question. Its in there.... http://shareinvestornz.blogspot.com/2010/04/share-investor-interview-xeros-rod.html Below is my Q & A with Rod Kelvin. Thanks for you r question. Its in there….

http://shareinvestornz.blogspot.com/2010/04/share-investor-interview-xeros-rod.html

]]> By: Kelvin Hartnall http://www.hartnall.com/2009/07/xeros-new-uk-managing-director/comment-page-1/#comment-3173 Kelvin Hartnall Tue, 20 Apr 2010 00:35:49 +0000 http://www.hartnall.com/?p=404#comment-3173 I have a concern about focus at Xero at the moment and maybe you can address this in your Q&A. I am concerned about maintaining focus on building the best online accounting system for the SME market. I believe there is a significant opportunity here, but that there is still a lot to do to maintain Xero's position as a leading SME accounting solution. For example, reporting is still very rudimentary, there is no stock control, the functionality in a number of the modules is quite basic, etc... I have been concerned with the amount of time being spent on building Xero Personal which is a completely different target market. I understand that for many SMEs there is a fine line between personal accounting and their business accounting, but I think that providing a solution to solve this for small business owners doesn't require all the Xero Personal features. E.g. maybe it just requires an add-on to the Expense Claim module to allow expenses to be pulled out of a personal creditcard statement, etc... I am still a Xero investor as well as customer, and I find a number of the features of the product extremely innovative. My only concern is that they do not divide their focus between two very different markets. I have a concern about focus at Xero at the moment and maybe you can address this in your Q&A. I am concerned about maintaining focus on building the best online accounting system for the SME market. I believe there is a significant opportunity here, but that there is still a lot to do to maintain Xero’s position as a leading SME accounting solution. For example, reporting is still very rudimentary, there is no stock control, the functionality in a number of the modules is quite basic, etc… I have been concerned with the amount of time being spent on building Xero Personal which is a completely different target market. I understand that for many SMEs there is a fine line between personal accounting and their business accounting, but I think that providing a solution to solve this for small business owners doesn’t require all the Xero Personal features. E.g. maybe it just requires an add-on to the Expense Claim module to allow expenses to be pulled out of a personal creditcard statement, etc…

I am still a Xero investor as well as customer, and I find a number of the features of the product extremely innovative. My only concern is that they do not divide their focus between two very different markets.

]]> By: Share Investor http://www.hartnall.com/2009/07/xeros-new-uk-managing-director/comment-page-1/#comment-3147 Share Investor Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:21:51 +0000 http://www.hartnall.com/?p=404#comment-3147 Here is the link to make a comment: http://shareinvestornz.blogspot.com/2010/04/share-investor-q-reader-questions-to.html Here is the link to make a comment:

http://shareinvestornz.blogspot.com/2010/04/share-investor-q-reader-questions-to.html

]]> By: Share Investor http://www.hartnall.com/2009/07/xeros-new-uk-managing-director/comment-page-1/#comment-3146 Share Investor Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:20:53 +0000 http://www.hartnall.com/?p=404#comment-3146 I am looking for questions from Xero followers for a Q & A with Rod Drury. Have any Kelvin? I am looking for questions from Xero followers for a Q & A with Rod Drury. Have any Kelvin?

]]> By: Kelvin Hartnall http://www.hartnall.com/2009/07/xeros-new-uk-managing-director/comment-page-1/#comment-552 Kelvin Hartnall Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:50:04 +0000 http://www.hartnall.com/?p=404#comment-552 Interesting questions. Now that they have raised additional capital and have enough for a few years of additional losses, I am no longer concerned about time to profitability. In this case they are the start-up swooping in with an edge, so the interesting question will be how much of the market they can capture from the incumbents. It is a question of the amount of growth possible for Xero (currently very rapid) and a question of future sustainable margins. I have some thoughts around this which I hope at some point to blog further on at some point. Interesting questions. Now that they have raised additional capital and have enough for a few years of additional losses, I am no longer concerned about time to profitability. In this case they are the start-up swooping in with an edge, so the interesting question will be how much of the market they can capture from the incumbents. It is a question of the amount of growth possible for Xero (currently very rapid) and a question of future sustainable margins. I have some thoughts around this which I hope at some point to blog further on at some point.

]]> By: Share Investor http://www.hartnall.com/2009/07/xeros-new-uk-managing-director/comment-page-1/#comment-535 Share Investor Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:42:07 +0000 http://www.hartnall.com/?p=404#comment-535 Kelvin, how much better is Xero's service and software than its competitors and will that relate into revenue and profit? If so what do you think the time frame would be for profit and is Xero's technology so far ahead of the pack that some little upstart wont just swoop in and get an edge? Kelvin, how much better is Xero’s service and software than its competitors and will that relate into revenue and profit?

If so what do you think the time frame would be for profit and is Xero’s technology so far ahead of the pack that some little upstart wont just swoop in and get an edge?

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