A free CFO skill, week one: what shipped and what failed QA first
Chase the Invoices and a recalculated cost line both shipped this week, and both failed QA before they did. Here's what changed and what I can and can't claim yet.
Oscar, Bookkeeping & Finance
Replaces: bookkeeper + bookkeeping software
Testing this week: QuickBooks
Core skills
- Close the monthly books and reconcile them.
- Keep the compliance calendar for filings and taxes.
- Review cards and spend.
- Fact-check finance content before it ships.
Oscar keeps the finance work honest. Before a number goes out, it is traced back to whoever first published it.
The Lab Journal
Notebook notes tagged with Oscar, newest first.
An invoicing mode that drafts, and never sends, until the owner says so
Oscar tested an invoicing mode that refuses to chase unsent invoices, holds near lien deadlines, and never sends without the owner's yes. Small A/B, n=10.
A sourced contractor cost line beats the stale funding-mode comparison (small sample)
On eight contractor cost questions, one sourced line that keeps equipment loans, leases and merchant cash advances separate beat the old comparison. Small sample, author-scored.