Bookminders' innovative customer service solutions and our cutting-edge approach to employment have drawn notice from both local and national media.

We have attracted national attention because of our "cottage corporation" structure, in which each of our employees works from a home office and telecommutes (for more information, click on employment).

Awards

• Pennsylvania Home-Based Business Champion, 2005.  In recognition for outstanding performance by the US Small Business Administration.
• Balance Award 2004; Company of the Year.  Presented by the American Society of Women Accountants for demonstrating a commitment to work/life balance.
• People Do Matter 2000: Recognizing Innovation in Human Resources.  Honored by the Pittsburgh Human Resources Association for our unique employment model.
• 50 Best Places to Work, 2005.  Recognized by the Pittsburgh Business Times.
• Pittsburgh's 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies.  Recognized by the Pittsburgh Business Times in 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.

• October 1, 2006

Media Links

• WWDB-860AM Phila - Executive Leaders Radio Interview of Tom Joseph (October 2008)
• Daily Local News - Minding the books (2008)
• Pittsburgh Business Times - No need to commute (2007)
• The Northside Chronicle - Bookminders: Northside tech innovators (2007)
• Philadelphia Business Journal - Financial outsourcing company Bookminders comes east (2006)
• Pittsburgh TEQ - Managing Smart Growth (2004)
• Smart Business Pittsburgh - Scouting Solutions (2003)
• Intuit Advisor Spotlight (2002)
• Accounting Today - Bookminders opens a new chapter for small biz (2000)
• Pittsburgh Business Times - Bookminders looks to e-commerce possibilities for business growth (2000)
• Pittsburgh Business Times - Leave the bookkeeping to us (1998)
• The Wall Street Journal  (1995) (excerpt below)
• Entrepreneur Magazine's Business Start-Ups  (1995) (excerpt below)
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (1995) (excerpt below)

• Accounting Crossing - Bookminders Cottage Corporation (2008)
• Careers for Homebodies and Other Independent Souls, 2nd Ed., by Jan Goldberg.  Homebodies Who Offer a Service; Maria Holtz, Bookkeeper (2007; The McGraw Hill Company)
• Pittsburgh Technology Council (2002)
• Home Office Computing - Seven Great Companies to Work from Home for (October 1999)
• CNN fn: Entrepreneurs Only - Shop Talk: Cottage Corporation  (April 27, 1999)
• Small Business News - When your Image Has to Change (February 1999)
• Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - Company's Staff Work's Out of  Their Homes (May 5, 1999)
• North Hills News Record (1996)
• The Wall Street Journal Radio Network
• KDKA-TV - Interview with Bill Flannigan (August 1999)
• KDKA-AM
• Pennsylvania CPA Journal
• PNC Small Business News
• Carnegie Mellon Magazine

Following are excerpts from some of the many articles that have appeared in the media about Bookminders:

From Entrepreneur Magazine's Business Start-Ups:
"The difference between other [bookkeeping] services and ours is that we go out to their businesses and work with our clients on a weekly basis," says [Bookminders President Tom] Joseph . . . The set-up is ideal for [Bookminders] clients, who save money and time by not having to employ a full-time bookkeeper.

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From The Wall Street Journal:
Bookminders' competitive secret is its workforce: mostly experienced, skilled, college-educated mothers of young children who can't find decent part-time jobs . . . Job seekers call [Joseph] every week . . . turnover is almost nil.

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From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
"[Joseph] operates a business that I consider to be the next generation of home-based businesses . . .," says Laura Magone, consulting manager for the Small Business Development Center at Duquesne University. "He figured out a way to make everything work. He's on top of the technology, understands how to send data back and forth."

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