an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . january 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message outright type private industry online accounting bookkeeping taxes schedule c founded 2008 headquarters mountain view california key people kevin reeth co founder ben curren co founder steven aldrich ceo owner godaddy website outright.com outright is a us accounting and bookkeeping application that assists small businesses and sole proprietors with managing their business income and expenses . it also provides them with a means to organize and categorize expenses for filing a schedule c. 1 2 3 contents 1 history 2 items & services 3 reviews 4 references 5 external links history edit the bootstrap website existed for only a few months before being renamed outright kevin reeth and ben curren worked together at intuit in 2006 and then later at a web application firm called esomnie llc . as a product manager and software engineer respectively the two were heavily involved in the development and marketing of quicken products . kevin and ben had become increasingly frustrated with the complexity of doing taxes for small businesses so in 2008 they founded a company and website called bootstrap . 4 5 6 the website was renamed outright just a few months after launch though it continues to be operated by bootstrap inc. 7 in 2009 the company raised a total of 7.7 million funding from sequoia capital first round capital shasta ventures and softtech vc among others . 5 8 9 today the website manages 1.2 billion in transactions from small businesses and independent contractors . 6 10 on july 17 2012 outright.com announced in an email to all customers that they had been acquired by godaddy.com . 11 items & services edit outright.com tracks and manages business income expenses and tax liabilities . users input their business account information and outright structures that information into reports and prepares it in a way that can assist with tax submissions . 12 the online only tool does not involve any software installations and can import financial information from paypal freshbooks odesk and other financial management tools . 2 5 12 13 14 15 16 the website has the following features reports income and expenses for sole proprietors filing a schedule c or 1040 manages w 9s for paying independent contractors freelancers and anyone outside of company staff for 1099 filings 17 outright also has an ebay bookkeeping selling manager app that imports transaction data from ebay and paypal accounts to help ebay sellers manage their finances . 18 19 reviews edit pcmag gave outright plus 2.5 5 praising its user interface ; however they criticised its limited features saying it would be ok for a sole proprietor or very small business and recommending quickbooks online for those seeking a fuller featured solution . 20 tech republic said outright was worth a look comparing it to intuit s mint.com but cautioned that while it offered better tax calculation facilities than mint.com it offers no way to actually pay taxes . 21 small business trends recommended it for sole proprietors finding it lacked features such as payroll necessary for businesses with employees . 22 macworld in 2010 scored it 3.5 5 saying it was easy to get data into the application but was critical of some missing features that outright said would be added at a later date . 23 references edit by mickey meece new york times . on to plan b starting a business . retrieved march 25 2010 . a b by kathy yakal pc magazine review of outright . accounting & tax . retrieved march 25 2010 . by karen klein businessweek . advice for tax procrastinators 2009 . retrieved march 29 2010 outright.com home page . retrieved march 25 2010 . a b c ty mcmahan 2009 11 16 . outright lends a hand to small businesses with 5.5 m funding . wall street journal blog . blogs.wsj.com . retrieved march 25 2010 . a b by anthony ha venturebeat . bootstrap launches financial management site for businesses that don t like financial management . retrieved march 29 2010 ben kepes cloud ave. accounting 2.0 at cloudave . cloudave.com . retrieved february 16 2009 . by paul o brien outright blog . outright raises 5.5 m with sequoia capital . retrieved march 25 2010 by silicon valley san jose business journal . outright.com launches with 2m funding . retrieved march 29 2010 reagan d. lynch contributor to outright blog . simple non cluttered accessible bookkeeping . outright.com . retrieved march 25 2010 . godaddy acquires outright establishes mountain view office . techcrunch . july 18 2012 . a b by leena rao techcrunch . outright tracking more than 1 billion launches w 9 management service . retrieved march 29 2010 by howard greenstein inc. small business web leverage and cooperation . retrieved march 29 2010 by tom abate san francisco chronicle . outright software tools free to freelancers . retrieved march 29 2010 outright.com partners . retrieved march 29 2010 . by scott blitstein webworkerdaily . outright teams up with paypal & expensify to ease your bookkeeping woes . retrieved june 04 2010 outright news collect and manage w 9 forms online ; free . retrieved june 04 2010 by kevin reeth outright blog . one complete picture . retrieved august 11 2011 by vangie beal ecommerce guide essentials . ebay integrates outright bookkeeping solution . retrieved march 29 2010 yakal kathy . outright plus review . pc mag . retrieved 14 january 2014 . nawrocki matthew may 7 2013 . outright review . tech republic . retrieved 14 january 2014 . mccue tj aug 12 2009 . review outright simple online bookkeeping for sole proprietors . small business trends . retrieved 14 january 2014 . battersby jeffery . outright . macworld . retrieved 14 january 2014 . external links edit outright official website outright blog v t e accounting software comparison of accounting software open source non web gnucash homebank kmymoney rca open source application tryton turbocash web based adempiere apache ofbiz compiere erpnext idempiere intars ledgersmb odoo openbravo tryton freeware big4books microsoft office accounting express nolapro outright zipbooks retail acumatica agresso ame accounting software aplos software aria systems banktivity cgram software cheqbook clearbooks coda financials financialforce.com fortora fresh finance freeagent gem accounts intacct invoiceit kerridge liberty accounts microsoft dynamics ax microsoft dynamics gp microsoft dynamics nav microsoft dynamics sl microsoft money microsoft office accounting professional microsoft small business financials money moneydance myob netsuite newviews nosa xp open systems accounting software oracle applications pastel accounting quickbooks quicken reckon sage 50 accounting sage 300 sap business one traverse wave accounting xero you need a budget file formats nv2 ofc ofx qc qfx qif xbrl related topics list of carbon accounting software category commons portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title outright & oldid 741826820 categories accounting softwarecompanies based in mountain view californiacompanies based in silicon valleycompanies established in 2008financial software companiesinternet companies of the united statestax softwareweb applicationshidden categories articles with a promotional tone from january 2014all articles with a promotional tonepages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 29 september 2016 at 22 20 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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