Sarah Scrafford at WebPreneur Blog has a handy list of the 20 most useful iPhone apps for entrepreneurs. Most of these would be useful for anybody dealing with a busy work life. Let me highlight the apps that would be most useful for entrepreneurs specifically:
iBillTo: Financial transactions take place whether you’re in the office or not, so it’s important that you have a way to enter them from anywhere you happen to be. Using iBillTo, you’ll be able to keep track of client billing information, so it’s all available to you whenever and wherever you need it.
Attendance Countdown: Don’t let your working hours get away from you. Use this app to count exactly how many hours you’ve spent working, and count down how many you have left available.
That last app could be a good solution for a problem that I suspect many self-employed people face. When you are setting your own schedule, sometimes you need motivation because you don't have that boss over your shoulder. Knowing exactly how much you worked and how much time you were dilly-dallying at Starbucks could be that motivation.
For other self-starters, the problem is not getting motivated to work, but getting motivated to stop working. Having a log of your working hours could push you out of workaholic mode.
One problem for entrepreneurs who use mobile devices like the iPhone for their business is that it is almost impossible for them to write that usage off as a business expense under current law--even though they are able to write off many other business expenses. I reported on that subject earlier this year.
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bensin of FL 4:03PM February 22, 2009