By David Wylie/contributor

A Kelowna entrepreneur has his head in the cloud.

Simon Shaw, founder and CEO of Kelowna-based tech company Bean Cruncher, wants to completely revolutionize the way accounting is done.

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Bean Cruncher was born.

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The company has customers all over the world, including Africa and Australia.

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Kelowna business owner Ryan Deacon came to the launch party at the Kelowna Yacht Club to learn more about how the software takes advantage of cloud-based computing. His web design business, Oracast, is spread out across two provinces.

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In a way, Bean Cruncher is a testament to the power of small business.

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Carola Daiber, who worked with Shaw, said within two weeks he had a workable solution in place. Over time, he refined his software.

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