A fillip for Xero [NZX: XRO] investors: the company has bagged top slot on a Forbes list of top 100 most innovative growth companies.
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The Forbes success follows a run of positive press in the key US market, including a top choice ranking in US PC World comparison of online accounting software and a nod in Fortune.
Xero still has a mountain to climb against Intuit, the monolithic, cash-rich and increasingly cloud-savvy North American incumbent, but this all helps.