Connor Turland, a software entrepreneur and founder of Ceedar.ai, dives into the transformative role of AI in bookkeeping for startups. He highlights the challenges faced by founders in financial management and advocates for greater automation and transparency. The conversation explores the complexities of Canadian banking and the opportunities that upcoming regulations may bring. Turland emphasizes the importance of blending AI with human oversight to improve accuracy and demystify accounting for entrepreneurs, empowering them in their business journeys.
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Ceedar's Origin
Connor and his wife, through their agency experience, realized the unnecessary complexity of tax systems.
This sparked their desire to simplify accounting, leading to the creation of Ceedar.
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Ceedar's Goal
Ceedar aims to replace bookkeepers entirely, unlike QuickBooks, which offers broad but often poorly implemented features.
Ceedar prioritizes automation and founder control, addressing a power imbalance in the accounting industry.
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Secure Bank Integrations
Prioritize secure bank integrations using authorization tokens instead of asking for bank logins.
This improves security and addresses founders' discomfort with sharing sensitive information.
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Connor Turland (@Entrecurious)is the prototypical software entrepreneur. He found a niche from a "prior life" and is now building an AI bookkeeping SaaS.
Now, many founders struggle with bookkeeping, so this is your opportunity to learn more about the pitfalls and opportunities of that field from someone who speaks both "developer" and "bookkeeper."
Here's Connor and how he is employing cutting-edge AI in an industry that is usually very resistant to change.
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