intuit partner platform - apis: where cloud avenue and main street meet
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Presentation by Intuit Partner Platform at the Mashery "Business of APIs" conference, San Francisco, October 2012."APIs: Where Cloud Avenue and Main Street Meet (Unlocking the value of APIs to the Small Business Market)"TRANSCRIPT
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APIs: Where Cloud Avenue and Main Street Meet (Unlocking the value of APIs to the Small Business Market)
Alex Barnett, Group Manager – Developer Relations
@alexbarnett
Intuit – A 30 Year Old Startup
Intuit’s mission: “To improve our customers’ financial lives so profoundly…they can’t imagine going back to the old way”
Just four years ago, about 17 million people used products hosted on Intuit
Today, 45 million customers rely on Intuit’s connected services offerings
Our Connected Services
Small Businesses
Developers
ConsumersFIs
Accountants
Government
Employees
Suppliers
Intuit and Small Business
Payroll
1M Payroll Users#1 Payroll provider in US
QuickBooks Online
360K subscribers28% Annual Growth
Payments
300K Payments Users
QuickBooks
5M QuickBooks Customers
Small Businesses wanted more…
They wanted always on, always connected access
to their business
They wanted their data anywhere
They wanted feature capabilities that QuickBooks didn’t offer
They needed third-party apps that connected
with QuickBooks
Enabling the Ecosystem
1. Data & Platform Services Expose Core Services
2. Developer Delight Services Easy to Consume
3. Customer Acquisition & Monetization Distribution Services & Targeted Access
Intuit Partner Platform
Today’s Developers and Partners
Customer is “Best4YourServices”, a website design company with 2 employees: • 1 sales / finance person• 1 website designer
The company uses 5 apps to run their business:
Manage finances
Capture and manage leads / opportunities / customers / create estimates
Manage project work and collaborate with customers
Create, send and manage invoices to customers
Manage payments and bills to vendors
A Look at Intuit Anywhere
Lead name is “Fishing Supplies”
Lead name is “Fishing Supplies”
Estimate includes items
Lead has “Accepted” Estimate
Lead is now “Customer”
From MethodCRM,I can navigate to QuickBooks Online
Customer name is “Fishing Supplies”
Estimate includes items
From QuickBooks Online,I can navigate to Mavenlink
The widget has let me Single Sign-Oninto Mavenlink
I can create a new project from a
QuickBooks Estimate
Use Estimate from QuickBooks Online: “Fishing Supplies”
Estimate items are used to create deliverables for project
I can manage app data access“Go to My App Center”
App connected via Intuit Anywhereappear in MyApps
Navigate to apps that are Intuit Anywhere enabled
Is how I can revoke app access to my data
How I can discover more apps that work with my data
Customer is “Best4YourServices”, a website design company with 2 employees: • 1 sales / finance person• 1 website designer
The company uses 5 apps to run their business:
Manage finances
Capture and manage leads / opportunities / customers / create estimates
Manage project work and collaborate with customers
Create, send and manage invoices to customers
Manage payments and bills to vendors
A Look at Intuit Anywhere
Get New Customers
Beta Partners
The Latest in APIs: Customer Account Data
External clients
APP
Developers
App Use Cases• PFM• Account Verification• Synchronized Billing and
invoicing solutions• Credit monitoring• Cash management• Revenue Forecasting• Fraud prevention• Debt reduction• And much more!
Bank/CU PFM
• Top US Banks • Community & Regional
Banks/Cus & consumers
Intuit Products
11 million users
Financial
Institutions
Customer Account Data – Powers…
IPP
Millions ofEnd Users
SaveUp Walkthrough
What SaveUp customers are saying…
SaveUp is a great website. The fun games have become a part of my every day routine. My goals are to pay off my student loans and save money. SaveUp lets me see all my account balances in one place. It’s a great way to keep myself honest and on track.
SaveUp is a great way to organize all aspects of my financial life and keep myself on track in one simple spot. The chance to win great prizes only sweetens the deal. Watching all the little steps makes my financial journey that much easier. Thanks SaveUp!
What SaveUp customers are saying…
SaveUp is a great website. The fun games have become a part of my every day routine. My goals are to pay off my student loans and save money. SaveUp lets me see all my account balances in one place. It’s a great way to keep myself honest and on track.
SaveUp is a great way to organize all aspects of my financial life and keep myself on track in one simple spot. The chance to win great prizes only sweetens the deal. Watching all the little steps makes my financial journey that much easier. Thanks SaveUp!
Intuit’s mission: “To improve our customers’ financial lives so profoundly…they can’t imagine going back to the old way”
In conclusion: Enabling the Ecosystem
1. Data & Platform Services Expose Core Services
2. Developer Delight Services Easy to Consume
3. Customer Acquisition & Monetization Distribution Services & Targeted Access
Intuit Partner Platform
people
Thank You!
Alex Barnett, Group Manager – Developer Relations
@alexbarnett