Episode #25

Determined. Agile. Vision. Evolve. (feat. Dave Olsen, CPA)

recorded 8/23/2021

Dave Olsen, CPA | CEO

Nimbl & Nimbl Staffing

South Jordan, UT

2 from Brigham Young University accounting to information systems to programming to EY

5 the CFO of a 5 person startup isn’t a full-time job

7 Are you a multitasker or an entrepreneur?

9 from India to the Philippines in 2012…

***shout out to Cathy Tio at Nimbl Staffing***

10 Putting your business pants on in 2017…

***shout out to Patti Scharf, CPA***

13 The birth of Tanalytics… the death of Tanalytics…

***shout out to Jason Staats, CPA, MBA***

15 Where did the name Nimbl come from?

18 Your brand should be a reflection of you…according to Scott Scarano 🥶

***shout out to our sponsor Practice Ignition***

21 What brings you the most joy?

23 Reverse engineering, kinda like our friends at Acuity CFO Online Bookkeeping Accounting and Business Tax?

***shout out to Matthew May & Kenji Kuramoto***

24 To Scale by leveraging your own experiences through your team

***Get your Nimbl Staffing on today at Nimblstaffing.com***

25 Rebranding, a worthy $10k investment!

***shout out to Reed Hill***

27 Let’s hear about your app-stack…

***shout out to Intuit QuickBooks, Xero, Gusto, Bill.com, Asana, Front***

29 Let’s talk about A World Without Email, and our buddy Cal Newport…

30 Let’s teach our clients how to work with us…from the start

31 Two hour response times… YIKES!!

***shout out to Jason Fried at Basecamp***

36 Is your tech-stack scalable? Will it still work if you double or triple in size?

***shout out to our sponsor Reach Reporting***

39 So Dave, what does the future hold for Dave Olsen and Nimbl?

40 CFO work and building financials models in Google Sheets vs any platforms…

42 Dave’s current focus: Growth and Scaling and Team Training

***shout out to Kenji Kuramoto & Matthew May, again***

***shout out to Scott’s mom, he’s trying not to curse now***

46 Zachary’s philosophy: Hire with your gut, fire quickly.

47 Let’s talk about the Book of Mormon… and the great outdoors of Utah

51 Living and working through COVID

***shout out to Amanda Aguillard CPA CISD & ▪David Leary▪***

***shout out to Bronco Mendenhall***