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How to interview (and choose) a startup bookkeeper

Startup founders, if you’re looking for a bookkeeper, be sure to ask these questions.
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Product update - April 2022

We shipped some exciting new features this month and as always, we are excited to share them with you. We love feedback, so please tell us know what else we can build for you at feedback@puzzle.io
Check out Puzzle.io’s April 2022 product update. Discover new features like CFO mode, enhanced speed, automated credit card linking, and on-demand bookkeepers. Learn how these improvements can streamline your startup's financial management.
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Product update - March 2022

We shipped some exciting new features this month and as always, we are excited to share them with you. We love feedback, so please tell us know what else we can build for you at feedback@puzzle.io
Explore Puzzle.io’s March 2022 product update. Discover the new data accuracy meter, one-click tax asset tagging, shortcut buttons for transaction categorization, comprehensive burn tracking, and continuous automation improvements. Enhance your financial management today.
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Puzzle has been named a next generation player in the modern CFO stack.
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Explore Puzzle.io’s February 2022 product update. Discover native integrations with Mercury, Ramp, and Rippling, the advanced general ledger, custom rules, one-click transaction splits, and continuous automation improvements. Enhance your startup’s financial management.
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The CFO in Crisis Mode: modern times call for new tools

Esteemed venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) outlined a call for new tools to built for the office of the CFO, after decades of complacency by the two monopolies that sit at the core of the CFOs office - the accounting ledger and ERP.
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Puzzle's Stripe Integration: Automate Revenue Recognition in Minutes (January 2026)

No more sifting through cluttered spreadsheets or navigating third-party connectors to import transaction data to your general ledger. Puzzle’s Stripe integration enables both formation and growth-stage companies to stream high volumes of Stripe transactions directly into our accounting software.
Puzzle's native Stripe integration automates revenue recognition in minutes. Connect Stripe directly to accounting software without third-party connectors. January 2026
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We've rebuilt the integrations page from the ground up. Now you get at-a-glance account health status, manual sync on demand, and faster issue resolution. Less time managing connections, more confidence in your data.
Puzzle's new integrations page gives you instant visibility into account health, manual sync on demand, and faster setup. See what's new and how it helps you trust your books.
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AI-native accounting tools are helping firms close books faster and deliver more value. This guide shows you how to safely adopt AI while strengthening your role as an advisor—starting with just one client.
Learn how accounting firms are using AI to cut month-end close time by 50%, automate up to 98% of transactions, and refocus on advisory services. Practical strategies for adopting AI-native accounting tools.
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QuickBooks may feel like the safe choice, but it comes with costs that don't show up on your invoice: manual work that eats into margins, integrations that break when you need them most, a vendor that's actively competing for your clients, and complexity that creates risk your firm absorbs. If any of this sounds familiar, you're not alone — about 40% of firms we talk to cite QuickBooks dissatisfaction as a primary driver for exploring alternatives.
Tech-forward accounting firms are discovering QuickBooks' hidden costs: manual work that limits advisory capacity, integration failures, and a vendor that competes with you. See what leading firms are doing instead.
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With the new Deel × Puzzle one-click setup and integration, startups can automatically sync global payroll and contractor data directly into Puzzle’s real-time general ledger—no spreadsheets, no manual journal entries, no guesswork, no more silos.
With the new Deel × Puzzle one-click setup and integration, startups can automatically sync global payroll and contractor data directly into Puzzle’s real-time general ledger—no spreadsheets, no manual journal entries, no guesswork, no more silos.
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