Top 10 Life-Changing Apps and Services for Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses

7. Quip

Quip is a collaboration app that makes it easy for teams to work together on documents. Notes, documents, spreadsheets and to-do lists can easily be shared with and edited by team members, and an embedded chat system makes it easy to collaborate without relying on email. Files can be imported from a number of sources, including Evernote, Dropbox and Google Drive. Quip is free for personal use, and is available to groups or companies for a monthly subscription fee.

6. Wave

Specifically created with the small business or independent entrepreneur in mind, Wave is a free accounting tool that makes tracking payments, expenses and finances easy. Businesses and users can track sales, receive payments, create, send and manage invoices, and pay employees.

The app can even generate its own accounting reports so businesspeople can be ready for tax season. Best of all, for those who flunked math, the creators promise an intuitive and easy interface with no accounting jargon. Wave’s basic features are free to use, with certain services available via a pay-as-you-go method. The company’s services apps are available here.

5. Evernote Scannable

Even in our digital-sutured world, running a business can still involve stacks of paper documents. Evernote Scannable lets you automatically scan documents, contracts, receipts, meeting notes, or basically any other piece of paper you might encounter. Scan a business card, and the information can easily be turned into contacts with LinkedIn details. The app also works with Evernote, and its proprietary ScanSnap Scanner.