Lisa Fletcher, CEO of B-free, receives IT's Million $ Babes' Award

About the Award:

The IT’s Million $ Babes Award is about recognising women in IT who run multi-million dollar technology businesses. They are the creators and innovators and by so doing have achieved financial success and are living their life dreams and helping transform the lives of others.


The IT’s Million $ Babes Award demonstrates that entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well in smart technology savvy women. Please visit www.itmillion.com

WHY:

We are in a world where to make a positive impact on the rapidly declining numbers of girls and women taking up technology studies and careers we need both traditional intervention programs and innovative different approaches. This is an approach that presents technology role models as the creators of productive and financially successful innovative firms. Proving that ICT is really about Innovation, Creativity and Transformation.


About B-free:

B-free has received a multitude of Awards including the ‘Microsoft Software Solution of the Year Award’ and ‘Deloitte Technology Fast 50 – Rising Star Award’. Please visit www.B-free.com.au The innovative web-based application dramatically reduces the time small business owners and individuals spend on their tax returns and budgets. Plus B-free provides an excellent tool for financial institutions to reduce loan impairment losses.


B-free Solution:

‘B-free Small Business’ solution was released in June 2005 and cuts bookkeeping preparation time from days to under an hour. ‘B-free Personal’ solution was released in May 2006 and revolutionises the way people manage personal finances by automatically summarising bank statements into budget reports and wealth forecasts. The key thing is, people who aren’t very good savers tend to spend a lot on entertainment – this gives them a 24-7 snapshot of where they are spending their money and helps them to save a deposit and invest in a home or pay a home loan off faster.


What happens in your bank account is a reflection of your life – so there are a lot more spin-offs possible. All B-free products have been developed in Microsoft .NET.