SME Financial Pain Points and AI CFO Tool Interest Survey Question Title * 1. What is the primary industry of your business? Childcare & Education Construction & Trades Creative Industries E-Commerce Fitness Studios Franchise Freelancers & Solopreneurs Healthcare Manufacturing Non-Profit Professional Services Real Estate Restaurants & Cafés Retail (Brick-and-Mortar Stores) Transportation Other (please specify) Question Title * 2. What are the TOP THREE pain points your business is currently facing, specifically in regards to its finances? 1st 2nd 3rd Question Title * 3. How do you currently address or solve these financial pain points? Question Title * 4. Which accounting software do you currently use? Xero Wave Sage FreshBooks QuickBooks Online MYOB Other (please specify) Question Title * 5. How do you use your accounting software to solve financial pain points? Select all that apply. External accountant helps here Tax functionality helps here Tracking expenses helps here Generating custom financial reports helps here External bookkeeper helps here Payroll functionality helps here Generating standard financial statements helps here 3rd party app connected to accounting software helps here Internal finance staff help here Invoicing clients helps here Inventory functionality helps here Analysis and overview dashboards help here Other (please specify) None of the above Question Title * 6. Do you use financial statement analysis to make business decisions or solve financial pain points? No Yes Question Title * 7. If you don't use financial statement analysis, why not? Question Title * 8. If you do use financial statement analysis, who performs this task and which tool or services do you prefer? Question Title * 9. How interested are you in trying a new AI CFO tool? It would connect to your accounting software and provide 'ChatGPT-like' services where it would provide plain-English advice based on your accounting software financial statements and have question answering functionality for you to probe deeper into that advice. Very interested Somewhat interested Neutral Not very interested Not interested at all Question Title * 10. How much would you be willing to pay per month for a conversational AI tool that could explain your financial reports, provide business advice, and answer questions based on these reports? $0 $1 - $40 $41 - $80 $81 - $150 $151 - $300 More than $300 Question Title * 11. What is the size of your business in terms of the number of employees? 1 2-10 11-20 21-50 51-100 More than 100 Question Title * 12. What is your role in the business? Owner or Director Senior Manager or C-Suite Manager or Team Leader Employee or Specialist Other (please specify) None of the above Question Title * 13. What is your age? Under 25 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65 and above Question Title * 14. What is your gender? Non-binary Male Female Prefer not to say Question Title * 15. What City and Country are you located in? City Country Question Title * 16. (Optional) If you wish to be included in the survey participation draw to win one of three AUD $50 digital Mastercards please provide your email address. Done