The Accounting Podcast

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Show Notes

• 02:09 – Meet Kelly! 
• 03:05 – Kelly talks true crime | WGN Radio 
• 07:21 – It takes a balance - you need the 'yes' people and the naysayers to keep you from making crappy decisions
• 08:36 – The first step to changing your firm's culture - you've gotta know you have a problem! 
• 10:21 – Speaking of problems, we talk about the melee surrounding audit watchdog, PCAOB, and KPMG | WSJ 
• 10:52 – We humans tend to take a one-dimensional viewpoint when it comes to fraud
• 12:53 – You can't rely on people's personal perceptions. You have to show them concrete examples of ethical lapses to paint a really clear picture
• 13:51 – How do we remove the incentives for unethical behavior?
• 16:02 – Ethics training needs to focus on real-life, practical scenarios that actually relate to the people involved
• 18:27 – When you’re talking about a company with hundreds of thousands of employees, ethical issues are critical!
• 20:54 – Financial relationships, in any profession, can create a perverse incentive to ‘look the other way’ 
• 23:36 – What your expense reports really say about you | WSJ
• 23:59 – Kelly’s required ethics and fraud reading/listening list includes the docuseries, “Dirty Money”, a podcast called The Dropout, and John Carreyrou’s book, “Bad Blood” 
• 25:56 – Kelly gives us a brief synopsis of her film, “All The Queen’s Horses” | YouTube
• 29:04 – While she uses film as a teaching platform, Kelly has no plans to make more films. 

Connect with Kelly

• Kelly Richmond Pope
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kelly-richmond-pope-cpa-83689a5/
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/kellyrpope
  • Kelly's TEDx Talk https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_richmond_pope_how_whistle_blowers_shape_history/up-next%3E
  • All the Queen's Horses - Website: https://www.allthequeenshorsesfilm.com/
  • All the Queen's Horses - YouTube: https://youtu.be/dpr2A3S3CNk

Episode Art Photo Credit: 

• April Blankenship
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Show Notes

• 01:27 – Things to do in Tucson at 4:30 in the morning when your puppy has to go potty – listen to podcasts from former guests, like Scott Orn, of course!    
• 02:41 – If you missed our discussion on the streaming wars, go here  
• 03:24 – It’s not you, it’s me … Or is it? Gusto and Zenefits just don’t see eye to eye | Accounting Today
• 04:13 – What happens when the customer-first company puts the customer last? 
• 06:07 – Ready, set, SOAPBOX ... The gentleman debate Gusto v. Zenefits
• 07:49 – Blake sides with Gusto - data security wins over convenience
• 10:04 – David finds this to be more of an ‘immature’ publicly-held negotiation about the private agreements betwixt the two companies, and the biggest loser is, of course, the customer
• 13:33 – Another review! Thank you!  
• 15:43 – Anything you can do, Amazon can do better? | NYT 
• 18:43 – Amazon is okay with losing a bit of money on one-day Prime shipping ... Small price to pay for crushing competition, right? 
• 21:21 – What can accounting firms learn from Amazon's modus operandi?  Maybe more than you think! 
• 24:21 – Is your fixed-fee model flopping? | AccountingWEB
• 29:04 – Making sweet macro music … | Digg.com
• 29:40 – Play that funky music, accounting boy ... 
• 30:26 – Move over, Uber, bookkeeping is the hottest side hustle now! | Forbes
• 30:48 – Get these guys some L.A.-level tacos, or a whole steak ... Check out their fabulous merch! 
• 33:18 – Hey, you! Get off of my cloud! A VC’s perspective of the future of cloud | LinkedIn
• 36:11 – Fight, focus, or flight - how to win in the "Intelligent Connected World." 
• 40:08 – Piece of cake? Sage thinks so with its latest acquisition | Enterprise Times
• 42:32 – Some further insight on ‘coopetition’ from Matt Paff | LinkedIn 
• 45:30 – Robinhood’s a little less merry – They’re no longer banking on a charter | PYMNTS.com  
• 46:49 – Reading assignment for next week's show – “Can Silicon Valley remake the payday lending industry?” | NewStatesmanAmerica

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Show Notes

• 01:10 – What does David Appel do, precisely? 
• 02:15 – If accounting happens in Vegas, does it have to stay in Vegas? 
• 03:28 – Repetition is key to creating job satisfaction, personal validation, and economic value for your clients
• 05:30 – It's not about billable hours and recurring revenue, it's about creating the most economic value for not only your clients, but as many people as possible
• 09:19 – David A. gives some examples of successful subscription-based models 
• 11:15 – How do you know when you've outgrown your first accounting system? 
• 13:37 – An ounce of prevention really is worth a pound of cure when it comes to moving to a new accounting system
• 15:31 – When you provide value, using whatever it is you're selling, that thing tends to sell itself
• 16:28 – Find the value you can add by talking and LISTENING to your clients
• 19:01 – Focus on solving client problems, and billing models will fall into place 

Connect with David!

• David Appel, Head of Software and SaaS Vertical, Sage Intacct
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidappelsf/
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidappel

Episode Art Photo Credit: 

• April Blankenship
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Show Notes

• 01:39 – Laura outlines her career path from school to VP of Finance
• 02:30 – Laura liked using the Sage Intacct product so much at a former company that she wanted to become part of Sage Intacct 
• 04:25 – What's the difference between accounting and finance departments? 
• 05:22 – Laura's excited to work on the tools that will help 'eliminate' the month-end close
• 06:15 – Laura talks about what CFO 3.0 means for her and her team
• 06:52 – You really have to open up your mind to new possibilities and see things from different angles in order to embrace the new technologies
• 07:57 – Those who get into accounting in order to get the bird's-eye view of a company are the ones likely to move into higher positions as they progress
• 08:41 – Wanna be a CFO? Don't be a tree. Move around, meet people, and learn new things, constantly
• 10:40 – Laura's passion and big focus centers around mentoring, and making sure employees feel like they're learning,  growing, and contributing
• 12:26 – Are employees an asset or an expense? Laura and Blake disagree | Harvard Business Review
• 13:21 – Laura talks about the gender gap in accounting, and what Sage is doing to turn that around
• 14:50 – We talk about why women-led businesses excel | CNBC 
• 15:11 – Diversity is great, but you need to have the open, transparent culture to back it up, otherwise, you're going nowhere
• 15:45 – As former guest, Jina Etienne, stated, there's no diversity if you're not free to just be yourself, no matter what your ethnicity, or gender
• 16:23 – Laura's advice for women entering the accounting industry - be confident, know your strength, own your voice, and don't be afraid! 

Connect with Laura

• Laura Wiler, VP of Finance & Business Operations, Sage Intacct
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurawiler/

Episode Art Photo Credit: 

• April Blankenship
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Show Notes

• 03:38 – Angelo defines 'family office' 
• 04:19 – Definitely not small potatoes!  'Single' family offices are usually owned by those with wealth ranging from tens to hundreds of millions of dollars
• 06:21 – The ultra-high-net-worth crowd use a family office as a way to manage wealth, and mitigate financial risks
• 07:16 – An effective virtual family office utilizes outsourcing and the newest and most efficient technologies to seamlessly manage the family or individual's funds
• 08:51 – How do you measure success of a family office?  Clarify, communicate,  compare, and get two or three sets of eyeballs to check the work
• 12:26 – How exactly does one enter into the family-office arena as a career choice? Is it even possible? 
• 13:52 – Breaking into the family office segment means getting to know the target (ultra-wealthy) audience, gaining some experience, and proving your worth
• 14:38 – At some point, the old dogs are going to have to learn some new tricks
• 15:36 – You really can't outsource creativity and leadership in the family office
• 16:50 – Apart from technology and automation, you need the soft skills - collaboration, globalization, and listening 
• 17:22 – Angelo discusses some of the challenges of working for a family office
• 18:31 – Angelo talks about what inspired him to enter into the family office arena
• 20:29 – Check out Angelo’s book, “Effective Family Office: Best Practices and Beyond,” on Amazon!  He’s also got a podcast! You can find Effective Family Office Podcast on iTunes, for Apple users, or Stitcher, for the Android crowd! 

Connect with Angelo

• Angelo Robles, CEO, Family Office Association
  • Website: https://familyofficeassociation.com/
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelorobles/
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/familyoffice 

Episode Art Photo Credit: 

• April Blankenship
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Show Notes

• 00:32 – See Brad. Be like Brad. When in doubt, buy TWO Cloud Accounting Podcast shirts!  
• 01:52 – Same ol' sitch ... The new slew of tech banks don't seem to offer anything different than normal banks
• 02:36 – Who doesn’t need more flair? Chris Macksey shows you how to add some to your QBO Chart of Accounts! 
• 03:21 – 😎 We've got reviews!  
• 05:17 – Thanks to @sovereign_cloud, and his tweet about Episode 82, we made the CPA Alberta Mag!
• 06:30 – FreshBooks hit the international scene, opening offices in Amsterdam and Raleigh, NC | Accounting Today and CPA Practice Advisor
• 06:51 – Coming to (useless) terms – the MyPayrollHR fiasco continues as Pioneer Bank and  Michael Mann agree to settlement | Times Union 
• 07:33 – Former Intuit man, Rich Preece, finds a new home at LegalZoom | Business Wire 
• 08:21 – Fintech Unicorn Bill.com Files For $100M IPO | Crunchbase
• 09:20 – Some interesting factoids from Bill.com’s S-1 | SEC
• 10:56 – What’s the hold up with Big Tech companies becoming banks? | Fortune 
• 13:02 – Sage Full Year 2019 – The numbers are in! | Sage
• 15:57 – Intuit numbers are in, too! | Intuit 
• 19:31 – Soup to nuts, Bench partners with Taxfyle to offer a broader range of services to the smaller business set | Bench
• 22:26 – BlueVine raises $102.5M more for banking services that target small businesses | TechCrunch
• 25:18 – LeaseQuery’s Series-A round rakes in $40M | AMERICANINNO
• 26:19 – It pays to shop around? PayPal’s biggest acquisition to date -  Online Coupon Site Honey – carries a $4 billion price tag | Bloomberg Quint
• 28:45 – Tipalti Partners With AR Automation Firm YayPay | PYMNTS.com 
• 30:37 – How APIs Drive Payroll-Accounting Connectivity | PYMNTS.com 
• 33:42 – More troubles for Canopy Tax 
• 37:57 – Wolters Kluwer Launches Client Collaboration Module | CPA Practice Advisor
• 38:17 – Marketing genius or epic fail? Scaling New Heights 2019 “Strategic Pivot” | Woodard.com
• 43:33 – Is Intuit really stealing work from bookkeepers? Almost 300 thought so … | AVAAZ.org
• 47:00 – Can California fix what ails it? | Accounting Today
• 48:43 – Food-delivery services, like DoorDash and Uber Eats, fail to collect taxes |  VOX Recode
• 51:09 – Recent survey reveals the biggest tech challenges facing CPA firms at the moment | CPA Trendlines 

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Show Notes

• 01:07 – Meet our guests! 
• 01:48 – Aaron talks about what's on the horizon for Sage, including the launch of Intelligent GL | Sage 
• 02:32 – Intelligent GL uses AI to provide continuous trust, and continuous insights that help customers make better business decisions
• 03:13 – Blasphemy!  How dare you try to take away our close ... Ha! 
• 05:02 – Brendan shares how AutoEntry will work with Sage to make sure the data is in the right place at the right time
• 08:33 – Aaron talks about the importance of partnering with other software providers to create a centralized hub for their clients' financial activities
• 09:57 – Dan talks about the Sage People rollout in 2020
• 11:37 – You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it stop loving Excel 
• 13:28 – After a certain point of growth, Excel's capabilities no longer scale
• 14:02 – Dan gives some detail on Sage's Visual Explorer 

Connect with Our Guests

• Aaron Harris, CTO, Sage
  • Website: https://www.sageintacct.com/leadership/aaron-harris
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-harris-7407b2/
• Brendan Woods, Founder and CEO, AutoEntry
  • Website: https://www.autoentry.com/about-us
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/woodsbrendan/
• Dan Miller, VP of Product, Sage Intacct
  • Website: https://www.sageintacct.com/leadership/dan-miller
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielgmiller/

Episode Art Photo Credit: 

• April Blankenship
  • https://twitter.com/aprilblnknshp
  • https://twitter.com/aprilblnknshp/status/1187023281687130112/photo/2

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Show Notes

• 01:09 – Meet Alliah Mohamed, director of accounting and financial operations for DonorsChoose! 
• 01:29 – Bright lights, big city, and one CAP listener in the live audience!  
• 02:07 – How does DonorsChoose work? 
• 03:22 – Because they work with such a mind-boggling number of funds, DonorsChoose uses Sage Intacct to help them track the money
• 04:51 – Before Intacct, DonorsChoose did things the old-fashioned way - manual entry
• 07:01 – Alliah attends Intacct Advantage to get inspiration, education, and connection with other users
• 07:56 – What's in the DonorsChoose tech stack? 
• 09:08 – Why wait for a solution? Build your own! 
• 10:10 – Lean, mean, not-for-profit machine - DonorsChoose is an innovative, tech-forward group of ... SIX people!

Connect with Alliah

• Alliah Mohamed Director, Accounting & Financial Operations, DonorsChoose
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alliahmohamed/
  • Twitter:  https://twitter.com/alliah_mohamed 
  • DonorsChoose website: https://www.donorschoose.org
  • Email: [email protected]

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Show Notes

• 01:18 – Meet Rob Reid, chairman of Sage Mid-Market Solutions Group
• 01:23 – Meet Kevin Cumley, director of the Sage Intacct Accountants Program
• 01:40 – What really is 'mid-market'? 
• 04:34 – Doing cloud before cloud was a thing - Sage Intacct began as a cloud firm some 20 years back! 
• 05:02 – Sage Intacct helps firms deliver outsourced accounting and financial services to their clients
• 06:44 – What separates Intacct from other players in the field? 
• 08:17 – For small organizations, understanding cash takes priority over GAAP, until they need investors. Intacct offers insight from both perspectives
• 11:48 – Sage's Accountants Program offers extensive training and certifications to get them prepared to use the Intacct platform effectively
• 14:21 – It can't be that hard to satisfy accountants, can it ...? 
• 16:57 – Innovative firms understand the importance of combining the technology with their accounting expertise
• 17:39 – Practice lines, such as tax and audit are on the decline, making outsourcing more attractive

Connect with our guests

• Rob Reid, Chairman Mid-Market Solutions, Sage
  •  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-reid-2b72896/
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/SageIntacctRob
• Kevin Cumley, Director, Accountants Program, Sage Intacct
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevincumley/
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/KevinCumley

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Thanks for listening and for the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary. Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, please do us a favor and write a review on iTunes, or Podchaser. Interested in sponsoring the Cloud Accounting Podcast? For details, read the prospectus. 

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• April Blankenship
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Show Notes

• 02:47 – Building stronger relationships? You need the Father-Son Podcasting Microphone — SNL | YouTube 
• 05:20 – Catch Blake’s first Jirav webinar - [Free CPE Webinar] Level Up Your Financial Outputs: How to Save Time, Add Value, and Delight Clients — CPA Academy | Jirav 
• 06:33 – Another five-star review! Thank you!  
• 07:20 – In case you missed it, check out Episode 129 to get the latest accounting news to come out of Quickbooks Connect 2019! 
• 08:40 – Intuit’s acquisition of ChronoBooks offers enhanced productivity with QuickBooks Online Advanced | QuickBooks Blog 
• 11:17 – Xero’s half year 2020 results & from Xerocon London, announcing Net Zero! | Xero Blog 
• 13:42 – Pay with TransferWise: Xero’s bringing another way to pay and manage your bills | Xero Blog 
• 17:26 – Xero teams up with GoCardless to launch an integration that helps combat late payments in the Americas | Xero Blog
• 20:40 – “Xero needs to Square up!” | Livewire
• 24:15 – “Where Will Square Be in 10 Years?” | The Motley Fool 
• 26:06 – First Bank of Google? It all starts with offering consumer checking accounts | The Washington Post
• 29:50 – You wanna start a Revolut-ion? First, you need some people! | PYMNTS.com
• 30:02 – Payro to the rescue – if you can’t meet payroll, short term … | PYMNTS.com 
• 30:16 – With this QuickBooks and Tide integration, you can clean up some tedious bookkeeping tasks | Bank Innovation
• 30:42 – Surprise! You’re Broke! | WIRED
• 34:39 – You need to get your personal financial s$&# together with Blake’s new favorite app! |YNAB
• 38:05 – I can’t get no satisfaction – why one in three millennial biz owners are not happy |Accountancy Daily
• 39:28 – To kill a tree, or not to kill a tree - firms are divided | CPA Trendlines
• 41:25 – “The Truth about QuickBooks™ Files” | LinkedIn
• 45:44 – Can you prove David Wrong, or prove Blake right? Let them know! 
• 49:04 – Better late than never – 1Password rakes in $200M in Series-A funding | TechCrunch
• 50:10 – Former guest, Matt Paff on the “8 trends in the Accountant's Software Industry” | LinkedIn
• 51:21 – David recommends a lower-tech password solution – PasswordCard.org
• 51:59 – How does Disney+ relate to accounting? | CNET 
• 58:34 – The coolest selfie ever? 

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