I was sittin there just chillin
instead o doin billin
when this green leaf spoke to me
“for a wee nominal fee
I’m able if you’re willin”

I just got an email asking me to write a poem.
I am a busy guy so I need to get going.
But then I found out I couldn't win since I work at FreshBooks
I decided to stop rhyming.

I've got so many projects to bill!
Thinking about it makes me quiet ill.
But with Freshbooks on my side,
I've got no reason to hide,
I'll just click, click, click, click and go chill.

Working is needed
Invoicing is tiresome
Getting paid is cool

Who said Haiku had to rhyme.


I once knew a lady named banker
Who slept while the ship lay at anchor
She awoke in dismay
When she heard the mates say
"Now hoist up the top sheet and spank her!"

Ok - so it's not billing - but it's fun and her name was banker after all

The life of a contract programmer
is far from what you'd think
We'd toil all day for another's dream
and it drives us to the brink

For a lucky few, in early days
the riches seamed too good
Then a bubble burst and we got it worst
our future dreams went mute

Honestly, my time is not free
and billing is such a chore
Invoices weren't paid, and I didn't get laid
until the paycheck was at the door

Now I ride a wave, just like yesterday
my client base grows a new
The only change is I'm Freshbook paid
and I get some more then you.

Paul

Last edited by pwoods (Apr 22/2008 4:03 pm)

Our business once had no outlooks,
Our software was created by crooks,
No help with invoices,
We thought we had no choices,
But now it works perfect with freshbooks.



It's true we found that billing and taking credit cards couldn't be easier.

There was a wee bank account ol' and dusty,
Alas, neither payee nor payer were trusty.
When Freshened with vigor,
its ledgers did quiver,
See, not only the Irish are lucky.

Last edited by risingline (Apr 22/2008 4:38 pm)

Spending endless nights on your books
Hardly a way to grow a business
Hiring accountants and managers
That's not a modern private practice.

Those onsite accountants naught
but deadweight to sink small ships
on the way to war with behemoths
like IBM, HP and Microsoft.

Yet leave not the books untended,
as we grow. Creative accounting
a danger to more than Enron,
private and business funds blended.

Employees multiply like rabbits
and incoming invoices. We need
order to stop the cash bleed,
for hard work to bring benefits.

Excel, Filemaker, Quicken:
long the list of failed solutions.
Bits of paper, at our wits end,
unbilled hours, staggering tension.

Multiple sites, overlapping currencies,
external contractors, globalisation:
modern accounting with broadband
that's what a new business needs!

In Toronto, a small team struggled
with numbers, creative endeavour,
to help us bill. Freshbooks' fervour
sees all our accounting resolved.

Roses are red.
Violets are blue.
Clients never used to pay me;
But with Freshbooks, they do.

I wish I had billed
While the details were still fresh
Now I have no cash

Like a vision through the foggy night....you arose.
A behemoth afraid of no one.
Ugly, scary, hairy.
Full of pus and nastiness.

I knew you would be tough.
Probably a wee bit rough.
But I take no guff.
And no inhaling when I puff.

Billings.

I will slay you.
I will play you.
I will obey you.
Not.

FreshBooks came in that night.
FreshBooks brought light to my life.
FreshBooks showed me the way.
FreshBooks slayed the beast.

Billings.

Heads I win. 
Tails you lose.

FreshBooks:  1
Billings:  0

The End.

"Upload complete." Woot!
Open Freshbooks ... "Invoice Sent"
Breathe deep with relief.