How Spyder Trap
Transformed Its Business
with QuickBase Sync
Scott Storlie, Quality & Process Manager, Spyder Trap
Mark Field, Product Management, Intuit QuickBase
252
Estimated # of hours saved by
Spyder Trap per year!
That’s 6.5 weeks for a Full Time Employee!
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Who We Are
Scott
Quality & Process Management
Spyder Trap
Mark
QuickBase Product Management
Intuit
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Today’s Agenda
Spyder Trap’s Transformation
• Spyder Trap introduction
• Invoicing process improvements
• Project performance insights
• Automating commission payouts
QuickBase Sync Introduction
• Our vision for integrations
• QuickBase Sync demonstration
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• Understand QuickBase Sync & its benefits
• See how Spyder Trap transformed their business
• Learn how Spyder Trap did this
• Be inspired to transform YOUR business!
What We Hope You Get Out of This
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Our Vision for Integrations
Deep Integration
Data & Apps
Empowered Builders
No Code
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QuickBase Sync
• Save time
• Create holistic reports
• Make better decisions
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Automatically Sync Data From Cloud Apps
ACCOUNTING
BILLING Customer Service
CRM
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Get Data in just a Few Clicks!
QuickBase Sync Demo
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• Minneapolis-based marketing technology firm
• Serve companies of all sizes across industries
• Process efficiency & minimizing admin costs is key
• All we need is QuickBase & QuickBooks Online (QBO)
About Spyder Trap
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Using Sync to
Transform Key
Business
Processes
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① Invoice requests
② Project success metrics
③ Sales team commission payout
Previous Processes and Inefficiencies
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① Invoice requests
② Project success metrics
③ Sales team commission payout
Previous Processes and Inefficiencies
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• Relationship-based billing
• Transformed paper process to QuickBase
• Manual process b/w QuickBase & QBO
• QuickBase-centered process & repository
Invoices
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Previous Process
Too many steps with too
many opportunities for
human mistakes
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New Process
Removal of two steps and
residual updates to
QuickBooks are
automatically applied to
QuickBase
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Demo
Invoices, QBO Invoices
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 Reduced the number of steps for accounting
 Prevent human error by removing the additional steps
 Information is available in QuickBase the next day
 Estimate approximately 8 hours of savings per month
Invoice Improvement Benefits
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① Invoice requests
② Project success metrics
③ Sales team commission payout
Previous Processes and Inefficiencies
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• Expenses in QuickBooks, all other data was in QuickBase
• Project performance was not fully known until post mortem
• Getting QuickBooks expense information relied on accountant availability
• Reactive project management instead of proactive project management
• Lack of data in QuickBase during a project created additional, unnecessary work
Project Success Metrics Inefficiencies
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New Synced Data
Relationships are set
automatically based on
Project ID and QBO Sub-
Customer
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Demo Project
Success Metrics
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 Removed the need for manual calculations
 Real-time expense visibility by project manager
 True budget monitoring during project
 Approximately 1.5 hours of savings per project, equaling 9 hours a month
Project Metrics Benefits
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① Invoice requests
② Project success metrics
③ Sales team commission payout
Previous Processes and Inefficiencies
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• Commissions paid as invoices paid
• Who’s gets commission? Is it split? When was it paid?
• Sales process in QuickBase
• Payments in QBO
• Payouts determined manually
Sales Team Commission Payout
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New Synced Data
All required data points
sync to the invoice
allowing for simple
QuickBase reporting
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Demo
Commissions Payout
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 No need for calculations outside of QuickBase
 Simple QuickBase reporting to accounting
 No payouts are not missed
 Sales team members can see which invoices have been paid
 Estimate savings around 4 hours a month
Commissions Payout Benefits
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 Focus on what works for our business
 Less busy work, more time for full resource utilization
 Scalability – our Sync data keeps coming in, and has no real limitations
 Low administrative burden as we continue to grow
 It works, now our attention can be spent elsewhere.
Additional Benefits
252 hours
Estimated 252 hours of saving
every year at our current size.
That’s 6.5 weeks for a Full Time Employee!
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 Introduced QuickBase Sync & its benefits
 How integration helped Spyder Trap transform their business
 How Scott leveraged QuickBase Sync to enable this transformation
Wrap Up
Inspired YOU to transform YOUR business!
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 Meet the product team at the QuickBase Sync Kiosk
 Get your technical questions answered at the Tech Know Bar
 Visit the QuickBase Sync web page (quickbase.intuit.com/sync)
 Learn more about our integration plans at Tomorrow’s Product Keynote
 Email me! (mark_field@intuit.com)
More Resources
THANK YOU!

How Spyder Trap Transformed Its Business with QuickBase Sync