Episode 56 | Recorded February 18, 2022

Today, we’ve got Eminem x 2 ... no, wait, M&Ms...and we’re going to let Matthew translate all things crypto, the Kenji plague, and his journey from employee to Tech CPA.

Matthew May, CPA joined Acuity to translate accounting for entrepreneurs.  He does this by helping navigate tax and accounting rules and speaking entrepreneur, not an accountant; now, most people want to chat him up about cryptocurrency and blockchain. Matthew also likes to volunteer in the Georgia technology community and serves on the board of the Atlanta Technology Angels. He’s also got a seat on the Venture Atlanta Advisory Board.

Marcus Mire, our honorable repeat co-host, is an entrepreneurial CPA helping clients become more efficient using cloud accounting and proactive tax planning at his firm, MireGroup CPAs.

1 Eminem envy?

3 Matthew’s Before

Shoutout Arthur Andersen, EY, Austin, Atlanta, and Kenji Kuramoto

5 Kenji and Matthew take over the world

Shoutout Acuity, stupid multiples, and the Baylor Bears

7 Old v. New – which way works better in accounting?

9 On being the Fall Guy

Shoutout KPMG, Deloitte, and EisnerAmper

11 Building the product that serves the underserved

13 Best part of escaping the Big Four

15 Building the change-management muscle

Shoutout Tupac, Black Sabbath, Bowie, and anyone else who sings about change

17 Talking equity, profit sharing, and employee ownership models

Shoutout Catching Clouds, Patti and Scott Scharf, and Lisa Gilreath, Acuity’s COO

21 80 years of marriage, the rules of drinking, and abstinence?

24 A tropical token story ...

Shoutout BBI, St. Thomas, Ethereum, Bitcoin, Ivy Rose, and Blue Ivy

27 From the sidelines – Matthew’s crypto expertise, and why he doesn’t play

Shoutout AICPA Engage, Xerocon San Diego, and Consensus

33 NFTs – what are they, really?

Shoutout Budweiser, Drink While You Think, and Andy Warhol

38 Matthew’s killer stablecoin idea

Shoutout U.S. Treasury, Tether

40 Name your price – what would entice Matthew to sell Acuity?

Shoutout VerifyIQ, Super Bowl ads, and angel investing

43 Tech + CPA + Entrepreneur

Shoutout Cherry Bekaert, Entrepreneurs' Organization

46 AAAlliteration

Shoutout all the A-words, Ackerman (the Jason variety), and acronyms

48 Eggs, kegs, dope-ass tailgating, and bonding

Shoutout Coley and JW

52 One is the loneliest number in entrepreneurism

Shoutout EMINƎM, Proof, Matthew Meyer, AccountingWEB San Diego, XPAC (the Xero Partners Advisory Council), Scott’s imaginary publicist, the very real Gaynor Hardy, and Drip Blue Dream

Matthew May, Founder, VP Sales and Marketing, Acuity

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thetechcpa/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/thetechcpa

Website: https://acuity.co/

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/drink-while-you-think/id1593236213

Marcus Mire, CPA

Website: https://mire.group/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MireCpa

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/make-it-count-with-marcus-mire-cpa/id1561004984