[djt]

Xero was started by someone involved with MYOB. MYOB's software is a nightmare for SMB's, so they probably started there as small businesses are happy to put their finances in the cloud. Once they grow their businesses out I can imagine Xero will grow with those businesses (ie payroll). Xero seem to be embracing API hooks into other systems too, very smart play as they can potentially include things like payroll etc etc later down the track.

[rileyjamesx]

We realise we can't build it all. So the API enables Xero to stay flexible, if you really need additional features there will be suitable add-ons. We have Payroll in Australia.