#Xerocon San Diego: The Jamies of Hubdoc (acquired by Xero)

August 26, 2019 / 20:35/E106

At Xerocon 2019 in San Diego, Blake and David met up with Jamie McDonald and Jamie Shulman - The Two Jamies - of Hubdoc, which was acquired by Xero last year for $70 million in cash and equity. This year, Jamie McDonald was appointed to the role of Executive GM, Product, Accounting and Global Services at Xero. Jamie Shulman, Hubdoc Co-Founder, continues to serve as Co-CEO. The guys talked bank feeds, big Wow moments, some Hubdoc growing pains, the importance of showing up, and more.

Show Notes

00:57 – Meet one of the Two Jamies - Jamie McDonald, Executive GM, Product, Accounting and Global Services at Xero
01:44 – Jamie M talks career, and his new promotion
02:45 – What’s ahead for Hubdoc? Jamie M discusses the acquisition, some of Hubdoc’s newest time-saving features, and plans for building a more powerful platform
05:10 – Jamie M talks about Hubdoc’s global positioning and how working across multiple time zones is maybe his least favorite part of his job
05:57 – Touching on the Xero-Stripe integration – one more way to save time and eliminate headaches
07:31 – Keys to being successfully acquired – show up everywhere, listen, really listen, do lots of stuff that adds value, repeat
10:14 – The other Jamie, Hubdoc Co-Founder and Co-CEO, arrives!
11:00 – Has fetching docs (Hubdoc’s forte) become a new pain point for accountants and bookkeepers?
13:15 – Do we really want to live in a world without bank feeds? Why said feeds and fetching soar above the manual-entry alternative
16:15 – Jamie M talks about the potential for new business with the plethora of US banks and how Hubdoc is focusing on building an innovative, powerful, and reliable API that targets the accounting, bookkeeping community
17:58 – Jamie S pontificates on how the new Wow moment – machine learning – is helping offset some of Hubdoc’s challenges with fetching
19:14 – Here’s to another 10 years (and more) of success!

Connect with Jamie McDonald

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamiemcdonald/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jamiemcdonald

Connect with Jamie Shulman

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamieshulman/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JamieShulman

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