Culture & Events - FreshBooks Blog https://www.freshbooks.com/blog Information and inspiration on how to start a business, grow your business, tax tips, freelancing & more from FreshBooks! Sat, 13 Aug 2022 00:02:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.1 Your Voice: More Than a Roundtable https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/your-voice-roundtable-series https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/your-voice-roundtable-series#respond Wed, 08 Jun 2022 19:38:23 +0000 https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/?p=73799 The Canadian small business landscape has changed immensely in the past 2 years. Many businesses are still struggling, while others are thriving. Wherever your business falls, the challenges and impact on growth are undeniable. Understanding the government’s role in supporting small businesses is imperative to surviving and thriving. Equally so, policymakers must understand the challenges […]

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]]> https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/your-voice-roundtable-series/feed 0 We #StandWithUkraine https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/we-stand-with-ukraine https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/we-stand-with-ukraine#respond Fri, 18 Mar 2022 18:31:23 +0000 https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/?p=70247 Our hearts are with the people of Ukraine. Each and every day, we have teammates struggling to protect family, friends, and those they care about from the dangers and utter destruction war brings to communities. It hurts me to know the pain this war has caused.  I want to start by saying that we send […]

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]]> https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/we-stand-with-ukraine/feed 0 Happy Holidays From the FreshBooks Creative Team https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/happy-holidays-freshbooks-content https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/happy-holidays-freshbooks-content#respond Tue, 22 Dec 2020 08:30:41 +0000 https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/?p=58382 It’s the time of year when people lean into certain rituals and traditions, things like resolutions for the year to come, and reflecting on the year that’s passed. Sure, they can be useful activities to understand what worked and didn’t work in 2021 and how that can inform the next 12 months. It sure is […]

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]]> https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/happy-holidays-freshbooks-content/feed 0 FreshBooks Launched a New Logo. Here Is How and Why We Did It https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/new-logo https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/new-logo#respond Tue, 13 Oct 2020 13:03:02 +0000 https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/?p=62573 TL;DR We have a new logo. FreshBooks launched a new logo and updated our look. We’ve lived with our old logo for nearly 15 years and it’s worked hard for us. We liked it, our first designer Jeff designed it back when we were working out of our founder’s parents’ basement. We still like it. […]

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]]> https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/new-logo/feed 0 Open Letter From the Founder of FreshBooks Regarding COVID-19 https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/covid-open-letter-freshbooks https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/covid-open-letter-freshbooks#respond Fri, 20 Mar 2020 18:50:32 +0000 https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/?p=62035 Saturday, March 21, 11:13 a.m. Preface: I want to acknowledge that some have found this letter insensitive, especially those small business owners who are experiencing great hardship at this time. I take full responsibility for how this letter was written and apologize for offending anyone who felt this way. Please know this was not my […]

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]]> https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/covid-open-letter-freshbooks/feed 0 🎸 FreshBooks on Spotify: Rad Spotify Playlists for Your Workday https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/spotify-playlists https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/spotify-playlists#respond Fri, 08 Nov 2019 13:00:17 +0000 https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/?p=61050 FreshBooks is back on Spotify! It’s been a minute since we’ve put together the ultimate mixtape for you, but we are kicking off November and nippy fall days with a wayback playback of the 90s greatest hits. This playlist will put an extra pep in your step on the worksite or get your creative juices […]

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]]> https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/spotify-playlists/feed 0 Happy Thanksgiving to Our Canadian Customers! https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/happy-thanksgiving https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/happy-thanksgiving#respond Mon, 14 Oct 2019 13:00:24 +0000 https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/2007/10/05/happy-thanksgiving/ Happy Thanksgiving! We hope all our Canadian customers, partners and blog readers have a very relaxing and indulgent holiday! For our Canadian customers, we want to express our gratitude to you (not just today, but all year round). It means a lot to a Toronto-born company that you trust us to help your business thrive […]

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]]> https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/happy-thanksgiving/feed 0 Meet 3 Businesses That Are Reshaping the World for the Self-Employed https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/meet-3-businesses-reshape-the-world-challenge https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/meet-3-businesses-reshape-the-world-challenge#respond Fri, 27 Jul 2018 13:00:28 +0000 https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/?p=59949 The Reshape the World Challenge sponsored by FidelityLabs wrapped up last month. Here’s how it all went down. At FreshBooks, our mission is to reshape the world for self-employed professionals and their teams. But this can’t be done alone. So in May—with the help of our sponsors Fidelity Labs—we launched the Reshape the World Challenge. […]

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]]> https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/meet-3-businesses-reshape-the-world-challenge/feed 0 Happy Thanksgiving to Our U.S. Customers! https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/happy-thanksgiving-us https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/happy-thanksgiving-us#respond Thu, 23 Nov 2017 14:00:12 +0000 https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/?p=58069 Happy Thanksgiving to all our customers, partners and blog readers in the U.S. We hope you have a relaxing and indulgent holiday! No matter what country you’re located in, the life of a small business owners is a busy one. You are amazing multitaskers, wearing so many different hats day-to-day. You are also blazing trails—creating […]

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]]> https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/happy-thanksgiving-us/feed 0 6 Tips for Running a Book Club at Your Workplace https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/6-tips-for-running-a-book-club-at-your-workplace https://www.freshbooks.com/blog/6-tips-for-running-a-book-club-at-your-workplace#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 16:40:17 +0000 https://www.freshbooks.com/?p=9124 Reading more books is one of those New Year’s resolutions that rarely sees due closure. After a strong January and a couple of good reads behind, there usually comes a big slump when it’s tempting to get back to binge-watching Netflix shows every evening. If this sounds all too familiar, then starting a book club […]

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