by Franka Winchester, an EO San Francisco member and general partner at Pacific Crest Group

When I co-founded my accounting firm in 2003, my objective was to help business owners focus on the core activities that would help them succeed. We realized that as companies start to grow, back-office operations can become a distraction, and that accounting was intertwined with human resources and computer operations. Here are two tips we offer clients when they want to develop reliable systems in support of accounting, HR and IT initiatives: