RP Staff Writer & SMB Consultant
Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor, active SMB consultant, 40+ tech stack implementations
Ryan consults for small businesses on their tech stack and then writes reviews about the tools he actually recommends to clients who are paying him real money for honest advice — which creates a useful incentive to not recommend garbage. He's set up QuickBooks, Xero, or FreshBooks for over 40 small businesses, migrated a dozen POS systems, and once spent an entire weekend helping a bakery owner switch phone systems because the old one was literally losing orders. His review methodology involves signing up for the free trial, building out a realistic business scenario with fake data that mirrors an actual client's setup, and timing how long each step takes with a stopwatch he bought specifically for this purpose. His Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor status makes him the most popular person at every small business meetup he attends, and the least popular at parties.
4 years of experience in business software.
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