Launch Alert: Coupa eProcurement Enterprise

On May 7th we launched Coupa eProcurement Enterprise. Here’s a quick link to our press release.

We’re calling Coupa eProcurement Enterprise “The World’s Simplest Purchasing System” - and I couldn’t be happier with the team’s accomplishments. Months of hard work by some pretty amazing Coupa team members made it happen.

In addition to extending our already best-in-class eProcurement functionality for small- and mid-size businesses, we’ve added the ability to gather supplier quotes & the ability to manage and process invoices. It’s a complete package - offered both as software and as a service.

If you’d like a test drive, sign up for a guided tour & we’ll meet you on Webex.

Vegas Baby! (2007 ISM Conference)

We successfully completed our first trade show this week - exhibiting at the 2007 ISM Conference in Las Vegas. Turnout was great. It was wonderful connecting with so many small and mid-size businesses on the verge of (finally) moving to a paperless purchasing system. We launched a new product - Coupa eProcurement Enterprise - at the show also. But perhaps that announcement deserves its own blog post.

Saving Your Company Money #4

the home stretch…

  • “Q” is for Quickbooks. It’s about $150 and does what you need as a startup. I’ve even heard about frims that are several hundred people still using Quickbooks.
  • “S” is for Simple IRA. This is a new one that I just found out about from a buddy. So, I’m trusting his info, but it seems like a Simple IRA can be less complex, broad investment options, some tax breaks and much cheaper than the 401K options out there. For instance, Fidelity would be $25 per year per employee or $350 for the year for the entire company. On face, that sounds ideal.
  • “T” is for telephone. We have some dedicated AT&T lines for inbound/outbound/fax, plus much of the team uses Skype. For concalls, freeconferencecall.com is free :-).
  • “U” is for utilities. We’re scrappy and cost-conscious and we like it that way. So, no Class A office space with all the amenities. This means signing up for Gas, Heat and Water with PG&E.
  • “V” is for voice mail. We’re trying out GotVmail and it’s doing the job. There are several services out there to choose from with different packages. Most important thing for us is that we could have it call our landlines/cell phones when we’re in the office.

(if i think of an “R”, i’ll get it in next time)