Author Ray Bradbury once said that life should be touched, not strangled. That philosophy easily applies to ZenPayroll. 

The San Francisco-based start-up provides payroll processing software-as-a-service for small business owners, but its goal is to make a complex and time-consuming chore that most entrepreneurs dread, downright pleasant and serene, says ZenPayroll co-founder and chief product officer Tomer London. London and his two co-founders offer the service at a fraction of the price much larger competitors charge.
“We wanted to understand the emotional connection small businesses have to payroll, which is often viewed as just painful and frustrating,” London says.