4. Did you know… Source: US Small Business Administration, Aug. 2007 (Small and medium businesses are defined as firms with between 1-500 employees) Small and medium businesses play a large role in US international trade
5. Did you know… The value of the US Dollar has strengthened by ~25% YTD against most currencies CAD vs USD AUD vs USD EUR vs USD INR vs USD
Thanks for joining us. We’re really excited about QuickBooks 2009 and we believe that it is our best release yet. Before we start, lets take a look at some of the new features.
Before we start – lets look at a few trends that we noticed with businesses in the US. Small Businesses, i.e. QuickBooks businesses (the way we look at it) make up 97% of all exporters and make up for about 30% of value in exports.