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Save time and improve accuracy with the innovative "Broadcast Bar".
Simplify data entry, efficiently invoice, and keep everyone 
up-to-date.  Easily and instantly update project notes, chats, and time records for invoicing all in one shot. When you enter an update in the broadcast bar, it is sent to three places: the project's notes, the project's time entries for invoicing, and the project's chat room to let everyone know, now.  One entry.  Three instant updates.


Manage your entire project life-cycle.
Create a proposal, turn it into a project, collaborate with other team members via built-in chat, enter time records and turn those time records into invoices.  A complete solution.

Manage Projects.
Projects are where you get your work done! Projects are the cornerstone of the application. Notes, tasks, chat rooms, time entries, and invoices all live within the context of a project.

Chat in Real-Time.
Collaborate with team members in real-time chat rooms.  Instantly know who is doing what.  Get answers to your questions. Discuss project topics.  


Track Time.
Record time you spend on project tasks.  Open or create an invoice, and then click the 'Apply un-invoiced time' link to instantly create an invoice item for that time

Get Paid.
Getting paid is one of the great parts of working on projects! Creating the invoice is usually no fun. Here though, you can instantly create invoice items from the time you are tracking.


Do it all in Style.
iPhone interface included.
Bid-Build-Bill's UI was designed from the ground up to be clean and simple.  The layout is consistent throughout the application. Each color was hand selected to present a coordinated and pleasing color scheme.  And, there's even a simple iPhone friendly UI.


Stop jumping around to different apps.  
Get everything in one place.

See in one place what's coming up, which proposals to focus on based on a short description and their revenue potential, and expected income from invoices.  Also track your history of which proposals were won, and which got away.  

About & Contact

I participated in a programming competition to design a starter website/application within 48 hours.  Details of the competition are at www.railsrumble.com.  My application, BidBuildBill, is web-based software for managing projects from proposal through completion and payment.  

This is a friendly competition and entries are judged based on the finished product.  Anyone can sign up to be a judge at www.railsrumble.com.  

Any questions, please email me at scott@bidbuildbill.com.

_ Scott Meade






Any questions, please email me (smeade) at scott@bidbuildbill.com.

Screen Casts

The Broadcast Bar:
See how the innovative Broadcast Bar helps you avoid duplicate work, efficiently create invoices, and keep everyone up-to-date.




Real-time Chat Rooms:
Watch a real-time chat between two team members. (no audio) 






Instant Invoicing:
See how un-invoiced time entries can be applied to an invoice in a single click.






The Bonus Video.
Watch it being made:
My screen recorded during thirty-odd hours of the creation of BidBuildBill. Sped up, resulting in 8 minutes of hyper-active video.







Additional Features.
With every project you can also:

Take Notes.
Chats are great for real-time collaboration.  Notes are another way to record important information about a project and to share information with others.  

Track Tasks.
Tasks are specific things that need to get done. Tasks are assigned to a user and have a due date.  


Get Help.
Help is just a glance away.  Every screen has context-sensitive information to help new users get up to speed quickly.