On 9 July, we announced that the Xero Beautiful Business Fund is back for 2024. Just as we did last year, we’re giving away more than NZ$750,000 to eligible Xero small business customers across Australia, Canada (excluding Quebec), New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, the UK, and the US.
We want to recognise the role of our accounting and bookkeeping partners in driving small business success and we’d love your help to encourage your clients to enter the Xero Beautiful Business Fund. By referring your clients, you could win a range of prizes. Read on to find out how, and what you can win.
Spread the word using ready-made tools
Please spread the word about the Xero Beautiful Business Fund so we can help make the future brighter for small businesses. You can use the Xero Beautiful Business Fund toolkit, which contains key information and a range of assets from email templates to draft social media posts, flyers and imagery, to share the details with your clients.
It’s easy for your clients to enter
Because many business owners are strapped for time and just want to focus on running their business, we’ve made the entry process so simple that it can be done in one sitting.
Entrants need to complete an online form, and prepare and upload a 90-second video to the competition website. In their pitch video, entrants should provide a brief background about their business, the category they’re entering, their need for funding, and their plans for the future. It’s important they be future-focused, detailing how the fund would benefit their business and their goals.
Businesses can apply in each of the four catgeories, so your clients can go all out to increase their chances of winning.
Entries close on 27 August 2024 at 5 pm NZT.
Refer your clients for a chance to win
There are prizes up for grabs if you refer your clients to the Xero Beautiful Business Fund!
When small businesses enter the fund, they’ll be asked if they were referred to the fund, and if they were, to name their accountant or bookkeeper and the firm in their entry. Here’s the place in the entry form where a business owner enters the name of their referrer:
For each successful referral, you’ll have a chance to win:
- For 1 to 9 eligible referrals, you’ll be entered into a Visa gift card draw (one entry into draw per referral) with five to be won worth NZ$200 (or equivalent currency). T&Cs apply.
- For 10 or more eligible referrals, you’ll be entered into the draw to win the chance to go to Xerocon in 2025, including a travel voucher to the value of NZ$7,000 (or equivalent currency), plus a Xerocon pass for one person. T&Cs apply.
If you refer any clients to the fund, remember to ask them to list you as their referrer.
2023 grand prize winner: Iridium Business Solutions
Last year, the team at Iridium Business Solutions in South Africa was active in referring clients to the Xero Beautiful Business Fund. They won the draw for the grand prize and had the chance to attend Xerocon London this year.
Check out the video below which features Simon Magner, Managing Director at Iridium Business Solutions to hear how they got involved with spreading the word about their fund to their clients:
You play a vital role in assisting your clients’ success and guiding them through the challenges of running a business. Whether you work with clients that have been up and running for a few years or many, or have clients that experienced some setbacks, the Xero Beautiful Business Fund can serve as an additional helping hand.
Our aim is to empower small business owners to realise their ambitions. Together, we can make a positive impact in our local communities by supporting aspiring entrepreneurs and fostering the growth of small businesses through the Xero Beautiful Business Fund.
