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Bookminders is an American company providing outsourced accounting and bookkeeping services for small businesses and nonprofit organizations, and is an innovator in utilizing a home-based professional workforce. The company has devised a unique system that compensates their home-based professionals based on the volume of transactions processed. The incentive system helps to attract and retain high performance employees and was inspired from a ''60 Minutes'' segment on Lincoln Electric, a company that successfully used employee incentives to manufacture world class products. Bookminders has a licensing program for accountants who want to build a large-scale bookkeeping practice. The program consists of Marketing & Sales Programs, Pricing & Compensation Systems and Service Delivery Processes. They also provide training programs, help systems and reference materials to address the unique challenges of the industry.〔(AccountingToday.com ) ''Accounting Today'' article referencing licensing program. Retrieved on 11-22-2011.〕 The company developed the concept of the "Cottage Corporation."〔("And the Winners Are" ) ''Pittsburgh TEQ''. Retrieved 15 June 2012〕〔Smith, Laura. ("Bookminders' Cottage Corporation" ) ''AccountingCrossing''. Retrieved 15 June 2012〕 A ''cottage corporation'' has its employees working from home and its corporate headquarters in an office building, unlike a home-based business which has its main office in a home. Bookminders has been featured in media outlets including ''Philadelphia Business Journal'',〔Curry, Jennifer. ("Financial outsourcing company Bookminders comes east" ) 23 October 2006 ''Philadelphia Business Journal''. Retrieved on 11-22-2011.〕 ''Pittsburgh Business Times'',〔("Bookminders looks to e-commerce possibilities for business growth" ) 11 September 2000 ''Pittsburgh Business Times''. Retrieved on 11-20-2011.〕 Smart Business Network,〔("Scouting Solutions" ) 30 June 2003 ''Smart Business Network''. Retrieved 14 June 2012〕 TEQ,〔("Managing Smart Growth" ) ''Pittsburgh TEQ'' article by company president. Retrieved on 11-5-2011.〕 Intuit Advisor Spotlight,〔(Bookminders.com ) PDF of Intuit Advisor Spotlight from 2002. Retrieved on 11-20-2011.〕 ''Accounting Today''〔(HighBeam.com ) ''Accounting Today'' article. Retrieved on 11-8-2011.〕 and ''The Wall Street Journal''.〔(Sun-Sentinel.com ) Reprint of ''The Wall Street Journal'' article. Retrieved on 11-20-2011.〕 ==History== In the early 1990s, Tom Joseph founded Bookminders〔(Bookminders.com ) Bookminders history on company website. Retrieved on 11-20-2011.〕 with the idea that he could attract top tier talent if he offered a flexible work environment. It’s a concept he devised when implementing an accounting system for his father’s business. His sister agreed to act as the company’s bookkeeper, but only if she could do most of the work from home. They created an arrangement in which she would go onsite each week to collect their financial data but did the data entry from home when her schedule allowed. The seed of an idea was planted in Joseph’s mind. While conventional home-based businesses usually have a goal of growing beyond the home, Joseph’s goal was to grow Bookminders into a company of home-based accountants. The company expanded to Philadelphia in 2006. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bookminders」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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