Saturday 26 February 2022 | No. 24
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EMPLOYMENT HERO IS AUSTRALIA'S LATEST UNICORN!
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OR THE PAST 10 YEARS, THE INTERACTIVE DISCUSSIONS OF FEATURE REQUESTS HAS BEEN THE HOME FOR OUR CUSTOMER FEEDBACK AND THOUGHTS ON HOW WE CAN MAKE XERO AN EVEN BETTER EXPERIENCE. WE’RE EXCITED TO SHARE THAT WE’RE RELAUNCHING FEATURE REQUESTS AS XERO PRODUCT IDEAS ON 5 APRIL. Just like Feature Requests, Xero Product Ideas is our way of making sure we hear directly from you on what’s important. On Xero Product Ideas you can share your ideas on the changes you’d like to see in Xero, comment on the community’s thoughts and ideas, and vote for the ideas you’d most like to see delivered.
How your feedback informs Xero’s product strategy Your ideas and votes help inform our product teams on what’s important to you. Our product teams include your feedback
in their strategy and product leadership consider it in their prioritisation. This blog post explains how Xero prioritises product improvements and requests. Your voice truly makes an impact! As an example, last year, our product team completed changes to Xero’s General Ledger Reports. This was a popular idea from Feature Requests, with hundreds of votes from the community. Another in-demand idea completed is the ability to create a packing slip. This idea had almost 500 votes from the Feature Requests community. Our product team also completed changes to contact credit limits, giving customers the ability to assign limits to profiles and get alerted when these limits are reached. This idea had hundreds of comments from the Feature Requests community and we were pleased to be able to deliver this feature change in...
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FROM THE TRENCHES ANNOUNCES A NEW CEO
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MASSIVE CONGRATULATION TO THE NEWLY APPOINTED CEO OF FROM THE TRENCHES, TRENT MCLAREN! "I'm excited to continue to represent the accounting industry in a new capacity. I've always been a big fan of David Boyar & Paul
Meissner and what they've been able to achieve in a short period of time. I take on this role with full support of my DiviPay crew & dream team. Don't worry you'll continue to see the best posts about life at DiviPay, and all the huge things coming to that platform and product. First things first on my
duties as CEO, we have the FTT Virtual Summit coming up in May and it's going to be our biggest and best one yet. A huge thank you to the accounting community for all your support. I look forward to serving you in a new capacity." - Trent Mclaren
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ODAY MARKS THE BIGGEST MILESTONE IN ALL-IN-ONE HR, PAYROLL AND BENEFITS PLATFORM, EMPLOYMENT HERO'S 8-YEAR HISTORY. THEY ARE OVER THE MOON TO OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCE THAT THEY ARE AUSTRALIA’S LATEST UNICORN, NOW WORTH A STAGGERING $1.25 BILLION.
It comes along side the acquisition of workforce management and payroll solution KeyPay, as Employment Hero continues to expand and carry out its goal
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The announcement came after the closure of a £96 million funding round lef by return investor SEEk Investments with participation from the likes of OneVentures, AirTreeVentures and other shareholders. The achievement of unicorn status reflects their continuous growth and future prospects.
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