Before I tell you about our cool news I wanted to mention Oaklandish which is ”.. a hybrid enterprise offering fresh apparel & custom goods that celebrate ‘local love & original Oakland charm”.  If you have any friends in Oakland (California) ask them about this cool, locally grown brand that seems to have grown out of nothing.  Of course, it hasn’t grown out of nothing. It’s grown out of someone’s hard work. Their logo, on the left, reminds me of that. The tree that we can see is actually supported by a root system as big as the tree itself. No roots – no tree!

And, its the roots of the billFLO tree (the businesses that use billFLO) that deserve the congratulations for some very cool news. We saved our first tree! Thats right, our users have sent as many electronic invoices as there are pieces of paper in a tree (about 9,000). How cool is that! It makes me feel really good that we’ve built a product that is getting businesses paid quicker and is actually helping the environment. So, thanks to all the billFLO seller users who have saved our first tree!

Stretching the tree root analogy just a little bit further, we at billFLO are growing more roots to grow the billFLO tree even bigger. Like I mentioned in our annual report post, we have big plans for 2009 and I’m happy to say that we’re “bang-on-target” to acheive those goals. I can’t wait to tell you more, so please stay tuned!

Oh yeah, we’re finally on twitter and planning to make it a big part of billFLO for 2009! Follow us on @billflo

billFLO Ian

I cant wait for 2009 to get going! It’s shaping up to be a really great year for us. We’re planning a big launch early this year that will really bring our vision from dream to reality. In the meantime, I thought it would be fun to look back at 2008, Anoowa Inc’s first year in business. 

So, I havent written a full-on annual report, its more of an executive summary … in numbers! Now, before we get started, I do have to say a quick thanks to all the great people and businesses that are using billFLO. There wouldn’t be any numbers without them. Enjoy…

1 – the number of trees billFLO users have saved by sending their invoices electronically

1 – the number of new babies added to the company!

3 - the number of products we launched in our first year

12.9 – the average number of days a billFLO seller company gets paid in (not bad, hey?)

15 - the number of countries billFLO is used in

20 – the percent of users that get billFLO through word of mouth

Thousands – the number of businesses who have downloaded billFLO

Wednesday – the day most billFLO seller invoices are sent

December – our biggest month, in terms of transactions

Your thoughts?

billFLO Ian