The verification layer for the automated close

Completion isn't verification.

Starters checks every close against QuickBooks Online independently, whoever did the work. Exceptions surface to the partner automatically, across the whole portfolio.

Built for fractional accounting firms running QuickBooks Online.

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Integrates natively with

QB
QuickBooks Online

The close is being automated. Nobody is checking the output.

The bottleneck used to be the doing. Reconciling, coding, posting entries. That is getting automated now, fast.

That moves the risk. Not whether the close got done, but whether you can trust what got posted across a hundred closes nobody on your team personally touched.

This is not new. Every partner has had a controller go quiet and learned months later that the work behind the checkmarks was never done. Automation does not fix that. It makes the checkmarks arrive faster.

~100
closes run every month, per firm
10–15
controllers carrying that portfolio
0
independently verified before sign-off

Marked complete. Flagged anyway.

A controller marks the AR aging review done. Starters does not take their word for it. It queries QuickBooks Online directly, finds the variance the close missed, and flags it to the partner. Same whether a person or an agent did the work.

AR aging review

Status: Completed

AR aging variance

Status: Open exception

Task complete. Variance still open. This is the difference between tracking a close and verifying one.

Independent checks against your clients' live QuickBooks data.

01

Exceptions surface on their own

AR aging, AP aging, and month-over-month P&L swings, checked against live QuickBooks data and flagged with account-level detail. Missing close tasks too. Nobody has to go looking.

AR aging AP aging MoM P&L variance Missing tasks
02

One view across the whole portfolio

Client health, close status, and open exceptions for every engagement in one dashboard. Sorted so the closes that need attention surface first, not the clients making the most noise.

Portfolio view Severity coding Real-time refresh
03

Ask your firm's data a question

Natural language queries scoped to what each role can see. Deterministic, not generative. It gives accurate answers because it only knows what it is supposed to know.

Role-scoped Deterministic Live QBO data
04

Clients see their own numbers

A read-only view of their own cash, burn, runway, and AR, plus a way to ask questions on their own schedule. They stop interrupting the close to ask.

Read-only Scoped to their own company No cross-client access
Why it can be trusted

Starters does not post to your books. Deliberately.

We built verification, not execution, from the first version.

A tool that posts the close cannot be the independent check on it. Starters reads from QuickBooks Online and never writes back, so we can credibly check work that anyone or anything else produced.

Encrypted credentials. Full audit trail. Role-based access enforced throughout.

The partner signs. Everyone else needs to know where things stand.

Firm Owners

You are accountable for every close your firm delivers. See which ones you can trust before a client tells you otherwise.

  • Portfolio-wide close and exception status
  • Variances surfaced without asking anyone
  • Grow the book without growing review headcount

Controllers

Carry more clients without carrying more overhead. Exceptions come to you instead of you hunting for them.

  • Exceptions grouped by client, in one panel
  • Task status across every engagement
  • Client questions answered without you

Accountants

Always know what is due, what is next, and where you are blocked. No unclear handoffs.

  • Daily task list by client
  • One place to log status and notes
  • Blockers visible to the whole team

Client Executives

Cash, burn, runway, and close progress, whenever you want them. No waiting on a reply.

  • Answers in seconds
  • Close progress in real time
  • No access to anything you shouldn't see

See it run against real books.

We're working with a small number of fractional firms directly. Tell us about your practice and we'll walk you through it on live data.

We'll reach out personally. No spam, ever.

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