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From Idea to Successful App Where do I go from here? Gretchen Salyer Director, Partnerships
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Small Business Owners ProAdvisors Developers/Partners
• 3rd party developers/partners who find innovative ways to use the QuickBooks platform to deliver for small businesses and accountants
• Power users with deep product knowledge
• Key influencers who recommend QuickBooks to others
18,000 209,000 5 Million • Small businesses of 1-50
employees (1-20 is QuickBooks’ “sweet spot”)
• Self employed individuals
We Serve Three Types of Customers, and the Ecosystem Around Them:
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QuickBooks Online Growth…
How the times have changed… • It took us 7 years to get our first
100,000 customers
• By Q4 of FY15, we added 110,000 new subscribers
• Today, more than 59% of new users now choose QBO
• 20%+ of new users through global and self employed
51 Subs Q3 2001
100K Subs Q4 2007
150K Subs Q1 2010
500K Subs Q1 2014
8 quarters in a row with accelerating growth rate
1,075,000
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Intuit’s Partnership Strategy Focuses on:
Fueling small business success
Growing Business
Awesome Experiences
Making developers successful
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“We’ve seen a 51% increase in the number of QBO users connected to our solution”
“We’ve seen a 35% increase in trials since joining Apps.com”
"Integrating with QuickBooks meant reaching 95% of the small-business community and solving a problem 80% of them face"
Making Developers Successful
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Introducing… Our new Partner Program
Reach targeted customers Grow your revenue Preferential support
Investing More than Ever Before
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Grow Your Business with Intuit Product & Technical Support
Access to ~1.2M QBO
Users
Access to our Partner Portal
& Forums
Featured in Intuit
Marketing Co-Marketing
Investment In Product Placement
VIP Placement @ Events
Dedicated Intuit SPOC
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Visit developer.intuit.com/partnerprogram
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Our Time Together Today
Introductions Panel Discussion Audience Q&A Closing Remarks
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Meet the Panelists
Fathom
Daniel Walls Director and Co-Founder
@fathomhq
Shopify
Niko Downie Business Development
Manager @Shopify
LivePlan
Sabrina Parsons CEO
@mommyceo
Stitch Labs
Jake Gasaway Co-Founder, VP of
Platform @JakeGasaway
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