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“Ever wanted to automate your business admin and save hours to do more of what you love?’
Thriday provides a highly intuitive user experience. It leverages AI to allow you to reconcile and categorise your business transactions automatically and offers an easy tax submission experience without involving a Tax agent.
As of today, we have served 1200 Customers, saving them ~8 hours a week, and they earned 3% interest banking with us.
Unlike older accounting platforms, which are way too challenging to use and navigate, often requiring an accountant to handle their admin, Thriday allows users to be on top of their financial admin easily by automating complex and time-consuming tasks.
Download the Thriday App to explore the simplicity of accounting while earning 3% Interest today. Visit Thriday.com to read our customer reviews.
(Go and speak to different users of the product and the people in the chain: households buying the product, shopkeepers selling the product, churned users, and users using competitor's products. In the case of B2B products identify the decision makers, the influencer, the blocker, and the end-user)
(There are separate tables for both B2C and B2B products, put down your your ICP’s in a Table Format, use this as a reference.
This table makes it super clear for anyone to understand who your users are and what differentiates them)
B2C/B2B Table
Criteria | User 1 | User 2 |
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Name | Sole Traders | Sole trader |
Age | 21-30 | 28-40 |
Demographics | Australia - Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane | Australia - Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane |
Product | Fitness App | Contractor |
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Perceived Value of Brand | Not heard much about it | Not mature enough |
Marketing Pitch | Peaked interest to look at the webpage to get more info. | Asked for differentiating features. |
Goals | Basic accounting ease. | Better Tax Management UX. |
Frequency of use case | 3-4 times a week | Once week |
Average Spend on the Product | monthly subscription | monthly subscription |
Value Accessibility to product | High | High |
Value Experience of the product | Intrigued to use | Intrigued to use. Friction to convert data. |
Note: This is not an exhaustive list, you know your product better, add/remove as per the context! | |
B2B Table:
Criteria | ICP1 | ICP2 |
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Name | | |
Company Size | | |
Location | | |
Funding Raised | | |
Industry Domain | ||
Stage of the company | ||
Organization Structure | ||
Decision Maker | ||
Decision Blocker | ||
Frequency of use case | ||
Products used | ||
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Organisational | ||
Goals | ||
Preferred Outreach Channels | ||
Conversion Time | ||
GMV | ||
Growth of company | ||
Motivation | ||
Organization Influence | | |
Tools Utilized in workspace | ||
Decision Time | | |
Note: This is not an exhaustive list, you know your product better, add/remove as per the context! |
We have multiple users of a product and not all of them can be our ICP for whom we make our strategies, we need to prioritize.
(use this ICP prioritization table)
Criteria | ICP 1 | ICP 2 |
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Adoption Curve | Low | High |
Appetite to Pay | Low | High |
Frequency of Use Case | High | Medium |
Distribution Potential | High | Medium |
TAM |
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Key Industries: Construction, Professional, Scientific, Tech and Rental Highering and real estate. (30%) | $360 * 79500 = ~2M | $360 * 99,000 = ~36 M |
(Before you begin, you need to know what your product is, what are its features, what is the problem being solved by your product?)
(Build your core value proposition by exact what your product does and what problem are you solving)
AI-powered automated financial admin tasks, such as auto-reconciliation and categorisation and auto-allocating income.
Problem | Value Proposition |
Time-consuming Financial Admin | AI-powered automated financial admin tasks, such as auto-reconciliation and categorisation, auto-allocating income. Leaving no room for errors. |
Complexity and clunky UX | It is a user-friendly platform, with no prior accounting knowledge and no setup or training required. |
Lack of integration and different applications for payroll, banking, tax, and inventory. | All-in-one financial management tool. Eliminating the need for multiple apps and integrations. This includes in-house Payroll, bookkeeping and tax management tools. We operate as a registered banking entity that provides an interest-generating business transaction account to help automate your financial administration. |
Lack of Financial Knowledge | Provide resources, community and networking events, and exclusive customer support to guide you. |
Tax management is complicated and needs an Accountant | We also provide easy bookkeeping and ATO lodgment services. |
(Let's begin by doing a basic competitor analysis)
Factors | Thriday | Xero | MYOB | HNRY | Quick Books |
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What is the core problem being solved by them? | Simplifies financial admin | Accounting solutions for complex businesses. | Payroll and accounting for tax compliance. | Tax obligations, Automates income tax, GST and compliance for Sole-traders | Bookkeeping and financial management for small businesses with global scalability. |
What are the products/features/services being offered? | Automated bookkeeping, BAS lodgement, AI-powered categorization, built-in business banking. | Payroll, financial reporting, multi-currency support, integrations with 1,000+ apps. | Payroll, invoicing, GST/BAS compliance, inventory management, Single Touch Payroll (STP). | Tax calculations and lodgements (income tax & GST), automatic deductions for self-employed individuals. | Invoicing, expense tracking, payroll integration, project tracking, mobile app support. |
Who are the users? | Australian sole traders and small businesses seeking automation for financial admin tasks. | SMBs globally; accountants and bookkeepers needing advanced features and integrations. | Australian SMEs requiring payroll and compliance tools; accountants managing multiple clients. | Sole traders and freelancers in Australia/New Zealand who want hands-off tax management. | Global small businesses looking for scalable bookkeeping solutions with mobile access. |
GTM Strategy | All-in-one solution. | Partners with accountants. Global Scalability through integrations and usability. | Focuses on Australian Tax compliance. Partners with Accountants. Localised marketing campaigns | Promotes simplicity via digital marketing for sole traders. Emphasizingemphasizing 'No accountants needed'. | Global reach through digital ads; focuses on ease of use for SMBs across industries worldwide. |
What channels do they use? | SEO, Partnerships | Partnerships, paid ads, events, webinars | Digital marketing campaigns, direct sales, partnerships | Social Media ads, content marketing, affiliate partnerships. | Google Ads, Social media, partnerships worldwide. |
How have they raised funding? | Raised funding | Raised capital through IPO and stock offerings. | Acquired for 2 Bill | Raised $35 mill from Investors | Owned by Intuit. funding from Intuits operations. |
What pricing model do they operate on? | Tiered Subscription + Add ons | Tiered Subscription | Premium and essential subscription models. Feature specific plans | Percentage of income. | Tiered Subscription. |
Brand Positioning | "All-in-one financial admin solution for Australian sole traders." | "The most trusted accounting software for SMBs globally." | "Australia’s go-to accounting software for SMEs needing compliance tools." | "The easiest way to manage taxes for self-employed professionals." | "Global leader in bookkeeping software that scales as your business grows." |
UX Evaluation | Optimised Interface. Tied to its own banking. | Feature rich, steep learning curve, complex. | User friendly. Outdated designs. | SImple interface. Lack of broader accounting features. | Clean UI. Cluttered due to feature overload. |
What is your product’s Right to Win? |
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What can you learn from them? |
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(Then let's try to understand the market at a macro level and evaluate the trends and tailwinds/headwinds.)
Now it’s time for some math, calculate the size of your market.
TAM = Total no. of potential customers x Average Revenue Per Customer (ARPU)
SAM = TAM x Target Market Segment (percentage of the total market)
SOM = SAM x Market Penetration/Share
TAM = 680k * 360 = 245 Million
SAM: 200k * 360 = $72 Million
SOM: 72M * (2/5) = 28 Million
(keep in mind the stage of your company before choosing your channels for acquisition.)
Early-stage scaling requires experimentation and quick feedback to understand where to invest and where to cut down on costs.
(*) = Potential Channels to consider and experiment
Channel Name | Cost | Flexibility | Effort | Speed | Scale |
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Organic | Low | High | High | Slow | High |
Paid Ads* | High | High | Medium | Fast | Medium |
Referral Program* | Medium | High | Medium | Fast | High |
Product Integration | Medium | Low | High | Medium | High |
Content Loops | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium | High |
partner | Medium | Low | High | Slow | High |
Social Media * | Low | High | Medium | Fast | Medium |
App Store Optimisation * | Low | High | Medium | Fast | Medium |
(Understand what is already being done, what is working out well and what needs to be stopped)
Step 1 → Define the CAC: LTV ratio. If your product has a healthy CAC:LTV ratio, proceed with paid ads.
LTV = ARPU * Gross Margin / Churn rate = 360 * 60% / 10% = $2160
CAC should be 30% of 2160 = $ 648
Step 2 → Choose an ICP
ICP = Sole traders, with Annual Revenue <200k.
Hypothesis: Early stages, might not have accounting knowledge. They will find the ease of use attractive and may easily be aquired due to less infrastructure to transfer
Step 3 → Select advertising channels
They would spend most time on either Google, youtube or LinkedIn.
Let's focus on YouTube + Reels.
Step 4 → Write a Marketing Pitch for each ICP segment &
Step 5 → Customize your message for different customer segments to ensure relevance
PMF segment: ICP - 28-40 year olds, ~120k Income, Construction/Rental/Hiring/Tech/Real estate industries.
Marketing pitch:
ICP 1: 21-28 “Ever wanted to automate your business admin and save hours to do more of what you love?’
Thriday will do all the accounting for you. All you need to do is to use the transaction account to perform business transactions, and our innovative AI platform will reconcile, categorise you invoices, do the bookkeeping and keep your tax details ready to submit.
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ICP 2: 28-40
Financial admin slowing down your business. Let’s automate it for you, so can do more of what you love!
No more clunky platforms and manual accounting. Thriday automates is all. Thriday provides an easy user experience, to automatically reconcile and categorise your business transactions. Automated income allocation sets you up for easy bookeeping and tax submission. No need for an accountant, because Thriday does all for you.
Read our customers experience, saving them upto 8 hours a week, and also earning 3% interest banking with us.
Start a Free Trial now! and Download The Thriday App Today <QR code>
Step 6 → Design at least two ad creatives (e.g., images, sketches, videos, text ads) that reflect your marketing pitch.
Reel 1:
Video 1:
(Understand, where does organic intent for your product begins?)
Step 1 → Identify complementary products used by your ICP
Step 2 → Use the selection framework
Channel Name | Time to go live | Tech Effort | New users we can get (monthly) | New Users we can get in Month 1 | New Users we can get in Month 2 | New Users we can get in Month 3 |
Integration Partner 1 | | |||||
Integration Partner 2 | | |||||
Integration Partner 3 | | |
Step 3 → Collaborate with necessary stakeholders.
Step 4 → Map the customer journey
Step 3 → Design the wireframe with the new integration
Step 3 → Run pilot tests before launching
Step 3 → Measure post-integration metrics
Thriday integrated with Easy companies early on to acquire any sole trader while creating an ABN.
I'm not sure which other partners they can leverage.
However, they have recently developed an entire API suit, which opens up many exploration opportunities.
(For B2B companies, if referral does not make sense you'll take a crack at a partner program for your product)
Step 1 → Flesh out the referral/partner program
Step 2 → Draw raw frames on a piece of paper to get the gist.
(Don't spend a lot of time on design. This is for you to communicate how the referral hook will look)
we hope this helped you break the cold start problem!
Reminder: This is not the only format to follow, feel free to edit it as you wish!
Thriday already has a partner program: https://www.thriday.com.au/partner-program
Here we will explore a referral program:
Existing home page of the app:
Referral Icon
A pop-up that triggers the of completing a task.
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