Accounting High

Accounting High Times Vol. 1 | recorded on January 27, 2023

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Episode 95 | Recorded January 6, 2023 

Sponsored by AppStream powered by The GrowthLab 

The new Expensify Fragrance:  "Consequences" by Expensify 

Don't be tardy to the Coach Mackenzie party. That's right. You're listening to VarsityTips formerly known as NiksTips with Scott and Nikole, where they sit down and discuss a hot topic to get Nik's hot takes and tips. It's the same show you've grown to know and love. We're calling it something new to fit the curriculum at Accounting High. So lace up your sneaks and stretch out because VarsityTips is now in session. 

All the shoutouts: Expensify, Clayton Oats, Amy Vetter, Kenji, Nick Pasquarosa, Blake Oliver, David Leary, Byron Patrick, GoCardless, Randy Crabtree, Ryan Lazanis, Jason Staats, AppStream, GrowthLab, Christopher Leon, Matthew Meyer, Ashley Carroll, HubSpot, Ignition, Xero, Karbon, DialPad, ChatGPT, Paul Seaton, Zapier, Chad Davis, James Ashford, Bo Burnham, Serena Shoup

Episode 94 | Recorded May 30, 2022

This episode’s sponsor: Tallyfor - Book to tax in minutes, not hours! check em out at tallyfor.com

Our Guest: Damien Martin

Greetings accounting high! Did you go to school and study for your credentials? Well according to Scott, he was born with his unique credentials and in this episode, he shares with Damien what those credentials are. Join us for a fun conversation with Damien Martin as he shares a bit about his non-traditional way of getting into tax through going to school for music, and how time is both precious and fast which is why it is so important to be intentional with the people in your life.  And we all know how much Scott despises emails and notifications so in honor of the discussion today, sit back, relax, put your phone away and open your mind because class is in session.

1 - What brings Damien to AICPA ENGAGE

Shoutout to Ron Baker

6 - College: from music to accounting

Shoutout to Blake Oliver, CPA

10 - Time is Weird

16 - Sometimes we get so focused on the meat that we don't focus on the fundamentals

Shoutout to Karbon

20 - Bringing the FUN to FUNdamentals

24 - Disconnecting from tech

Shoutout to Cal Newport’s Digital Minimalism

30 - If I had the phone in my hand, than I'm not really present

33 - Medications & ADHD

38 - There are limitations. You can work with limitations

44 - Covid and talent shortages

Shoutout to Rita Keller, Botkeeper

47 - The only way to find out if the pool is really cold is to jump in

53 - Make the time work

58 - The beauty and the curse of our devices

63 - the TaxDad

Episode 93 | Recorded May 26, 2022

In this episode, our host Scott is joined by an ACCA International Assembly Member, Xero's MVP, Speaker, APPG Advisor & Founder of Soaring Falcon Accountancy, Alex Falcon Huerta FCCA. Alex shares her story with us and her personal drive to create a working setup that would complement the lifestyle that she’s always wanted. Listen in to learn how she’s able to maintain an accounting firm and an outsourcing company while traveling all over the world.

2 - Alex’s Accounting Why

4 - What drove your independence?

10 - How do you determine if you're a mature adult?

14 - Starting the Soaring Falcon

Shoutout to Xero, Rod Drury

21 - Early stages of Soaring Falcon

24 - Outsourcing in Sri Lanka

31 - Going Back to Bali

Shoutout to M F Naja Mohamed and Hassan

33 - I went there for 10 days for a break and I got stuck out there until mid-February

35 - Meditation: It's something that I knew that I needed to continue to do, to help me get through the days

38 - Alex’s Firm stats

42 - Cost comparison for outsourcing your workload

48 - B*tches In Practice and Scarano on the Rocks

53 - More on Accounting High branding

56 - Sex… and Gender… in Accounting

62 - IRL vs the digital space

67 - We all can learn from each other

73 - Alex’s parting wisdom

Episode 92 | Recorded October 28, 2022

This episode highlights the differences between the EA brand and the CPA brand. Never heard of an EA? Hop in and listen to our teams discuss what their designations really do for them, and what it means to be a CPA and an EA.

The debate lineup:

Moderator:

Jeremy Wells, PhD, CPA, EA

Team EA:

LuSundra Everett, EA, NTPIF

Adam Markowitz, EA

Team CPA:

Brian Streig, CPA

Terrell A Turner, CPA

Emcee/Custodian:

Scott Scarano, EA

2 - Teams EA & CPA intros

6 - LuSundra’s EA journey

10 - What is an EA?

12 - Brian’s CPA journey

13 - CPA license. What it actually lets you do?

15 - CPA is state-based while EA is federal-based

20 - Not all CPAs do tax but all EAs do

23 - Branding issues for EAs

30 - I think all of us in this profession do a miserable job with the names of our businesses

35 - Education matters

38 - Tax is too broad of a field

44 - Organizational differences and no unification

48 - Scott’s two cents

52 - Results coming in!

53 - Wrapping it up

Episode 91 | Recorded January 6, 2023 

Put your party pants on because it's time for a #VarsityParty with the Queen and Kings of party FOMO. Your favorite Accounting High trio is back and reviewing the last half of their 2022. Kenji Nikole and Scott are here to ChatGPT all about their lessons learned throughout their busiest year of travel to date. From airports to conferences to the reason you probably shouldn't ever let Scotty order spicy food at a restaurant, this episode is sure to give you a good laugh. Join us for the party to find out what Kenji's favorite moment of the year was and why 2022 was Scott's best year of his life. So turn up the volume, fill up your cup and enjoy this #VarsityParty here at Accounting High. 

Shoutouts 

James Ashford, Alan Colton, Randy Crabtree, Blake Oliver, Dawn Brolin, Josh Lance, Matthew May, Ashley Carroll, Expensify, Alex Miles, Twyla Verhelst, Mike McDermott, Misty Megia, Dan Gertrudes, AppStream, GrowthLab, Heather Satterly, Liz Scott, Intuit, Keeper, Ben Stein, Kenny Song, Dan Luthi, Byron Patrick, Jason Blumer, Thrieval, Nicole Davis, Will Lopez, Lorilyn Wilson, Kristen Keats, Sherrell Martin, Sarah Prevost, Tori McKee, Andrew Wall, Viviana Borz, Peter Wen, Tallyfor, Brian Streig, Paul Glantz

Episode 90 | Recorded December 27, 2022

Don't be tardy to the Coach Mackenzie party! That's right, you're listening to VarsityTips, formerly known as #NiksTips with Scott and Nikole, where they sit down and discuss a hot topic to get Nik's hot takes and tips. It's the same show you've grown to know and love, we're just calling it something new to fit the curriculum here at Accounting High. So lace up your sneaks and stretch out because VarsityTips is now in session.

Shoutouts

Gusto, Will Lopez, David Leary, QBConnect, FreshBooks, Jason Staats, Blake Oliver, David Emmerman, Byron Patrick, Genie Whitehouse, Sarah Prevost, Dan Luthi, Keeper, James Ashford, Karbon, Ashley Carrol, Liz Mason, Paul Seaton, Jody Grunden, Summit CPA Group, Xero, AppyCamp, Deeper Weekend, Ron Baker, David Barrett

enjoy this little bonus snack from Accounting High

featuring Michael Ly, CEO of Reconciled

Sponsored by BooksTime 

check em out at bookstime.com/accountants

it's surprising how little positive affirmations we give each other in general as human beings, but to receive that from the owner or CEO of a company, that really goes a long way, way farther than we realized, and that we care to admit....

Episode 89 | Recorded September 2, 2022

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An episode that’s surely worth capping off 2022. Jason Staats, CPA, MBA and Scott (Lil Toddler) Scarano gives us another great talk about everything big and small, and I mean EVERYTHING! Career? Business? Family? Purpose? Contents? Hobbies? You name it. This lengthy episode is no short of topics that’ll make you ponder on the things that you’ve done, how far you’ve reached, and how much more you can accomplish. From all of us here at Accounting High, Wishing y’all a happy new year!

0 - Previously on #StaatSnacks

4 - The Accounting Celebs

Shoutout to Jody Grunden, CPA, Ron Baker, Blake Oliver, CPA, David Barrett

11 - Getting into Vlogs

Shoutout to Xero’s XeroCon

16 - Attention from others

23 - How do I leave the space for doing all the things I wanna do with them (my kids)?

26 - Our different universes

31 - Get yourself out of the little bubble

38 - Shilling season with Jason

Shoutout to Simon Sinek’s Infinite Game, Ryan Lazanis, CPA

44 - The old & new context of rivals

47 - It takes a level of confidence to be able to be vulnerable

53 - Jason goes podcasting

Shoutout to Gusto, Chad Davis

60 - Storytelling

Shoutout to Edward Mendlowitz

64 - It’s not because I want to compete, I just want to have a bigger impact

Shoutout to Earmark

71 - Rapping and Podcasting

Shoutout to Drew Carrick, Twyla Verhelst, CPA

77 - Fears

Shoutout to Jason Ackerman, CPA, CFP®, CGMA

82 - Kids love routine, but they don’t like authority

Shoutout to Joshua Lance, CPA, CGMA

88 - You can only grow one thing effectively at a time

92 - Building a creative empire

97 - Money = Time + Freedom

103 - Accounting High’s freshman year

Shoutout to Madeline Reeves

107 - I'm bridging all of these different parts of my life into one thing that I could enjoy doing

110 - Wrapping and Rapping up

Episode 88 | Recorded May 18, 2022

Let’s join Scott and Niks in this great conversation with James Ashford, Bestselling Author and Founder of GoProposal. This episode goes deep on positive mindset shifts and how being intentional with everything in your life can really shape who you are.  James also shares some of the secrets to his success at GoProposal and how having the right team can propel your business forward.

2 - I always wanted to run a business. I don't know where that came from since my parents aren’t business owners, they’re the opposite. They worked for big companies

Shoutout to Tony Robbins, Brad Martineau

5 - He says “You couldn't be getting this anymore wrong” I say “I'm not going to buy into any of that and I'm going to go and help him”

8 - GoProposal: I manifested that this business was built to sell from day one

Shoutout to John Warrillow

14 - How did you know when it was time to sell? “We always had a number, my wife and I, that we were heading towards”

20 - Accountants have this double burden, not only the burden that all humans have but the fact they're looking for what's wrong as well

24 - GoProposal’s Kill the King

Shoutout to Heather Elkington

27 - One of James’ BIG marketing secret

36 - We don't see the world as it is. We see the world as we are

41 - I'm very, I say blessed, but it is very intentional to surround myself with good people

46 - This was a massive storm. We weren't ready for it. But you should have been prepared for a storm

51 - You're helping people to reach up, grab a hand and pull themselves forward, but also inviting people to throw their hand back down and to drag people up as well

64 - You can't help everybody, but you can help everybody within your reach