Presented to International Congress of Accountants 2017 in Erzurum, Turkey. The Economist rates accounting as one of the most likely professions to be disrupted by technology and automation. This presentation surveys current software companies and startups that will be shaping the future of accounting, and offers advice on how accountants can continue to add irreplaceable value for clients against this background of change.
Human Factors of XR: Using Human Factors to Design XR Systems
Startups Shaping the Future of Accounting
1. A Survey of Startups Shaping
the Future of Accounting
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• Affordable subscription, zero upfront investment
• Cloud software for desktop & mobile, works anywhere
• Simple; designed for the business owner, not an accountant
• Powerful integrations (banking, e-invoice, payments, e-commerce)
Paraşüt Overview
Designed specifically for micro & small businesses
CONFIDENTIAL
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What We Do
EXPENSES
PAYROLL
NOTIFICATIONS
ONLINE
PAYMENTS
API for 3RD PARTY
INTEGRATIONS
E-INVOICE
INTEGRATION
ACCOUNTING
INTEGRATION
INTEGRATIONS
WITH BANKS
AUTOMATION
DATA
IMPORT/EXPORT
SHARE INVOICES
OVER EMAIL
REPORTS
MOBILE
GOVERNMENT
BANKS
COMPANY
USING
PARAŞÜT
SALESINVOICES
CUSTOMERS
SUPPLIERS
EMPLOYEES
PURCHASEINVOICES
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Micro
< 10 emp.
Small
10-99 emp.
Medium
100-499 emp.
Large
500+ emp.
3mm
300k
12.3k
1.5k
Market Segments
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Our Investors Our Accomplishments
7000subscribers
CBInsights: Listed in 250 top private companies changing
the face of financial services around the world
TOBB: Top 100 Startups
Second place 2016 & 2017
SaaS startup of the year ‘15-’16,
Most innovative startup ‘14
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“At the bottom of the stack of systems, is usually a database
on top of which an application is built. If the data and app
power a critical business function, it becomes a “system of
record.” There are three major systems of record in an
enterprise: your customers, your employees, and your
assets. CRM owns your customers, HCM, owns your
employees, and ERP/Financials owns your assets.”
- Greylock Partners, “The New Moats"
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SaaS in Turkey
Micro & small enterprises are underserved markets for software
SaaS
91%
9%
99% of businesses are micro & small
Micro, <10 Employees
Small, 10-99 Employees
Medium, 100-499
Employees
Large, 500+ Employees
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Employment Value Add Sales Exports
SMEs majority of economic output
SME Large Enterprise
22% 17% 17% 17% 16%
14% 20%
7% 10%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Czech Rep.
Poland
Brazil
M
exico
Russia S. Africa W
orld Avg
Turkey
Turkey
SoVware as % of business IT spending low
Hardware SoVware Services
Largemarketof3mm
businesses
Lowsoftwarespendingin
micro&smallsegments=
growth
30%
60%
80%
16%
33%
60%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
Small Medium Large
SoVware penetra[on
low
EU28 Avg Turkey
82% 66%
47%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Small Medium Large
Though many ready for
cloud soVware
No SoVware but internet
Business Using SoVware
91%of small businesses have
internet
E-Transformationinitiatives from Turkish Revenue Administration driving digitization of
all businesses
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“Systems of engagement™ are the interfaces between users
and the systems of record and can be powerful businesses
because they control the end user interactions.”
- Greylock Partners, “The New Moats"
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“The next generation of enterprise products will use different
artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to build systems of
intelligence™…We can categorize three major areas where
you can build systems of intelligence™: customer facing
applications around the customer journey, employee facing
applications like HCM, ITSM, Financials, or infrastructure
systems like security, compute/ storage/ networking, and
monitoring/ management.”
- Greylock Partners, “The New Moats"
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When financial data is automatic, real time, and
interconnected, it will become intelligent. At this moment,
accounting will be transformed.