129: The Radical CPA – An Interview with Jody Padar

Jody Padar, author of “The Radical CPA” publications and founder of New Visions CPA Group, was our guest for this episode of Life In Accounting, a podcast production of Where Accountants Go!

Ice Cream and Taxes

Jody was influenced to pursue accounting in the same manner as many accountants – she had family in the industry.  Her father had a tax practice, and she helped him out from a very early age.  He knew how to motivate as well… every trip to get the returns processed at Computax meant a trip for ice cream as well!  The reward at the end of the work was a strong influencer early in life, and so accounting was a career interest for Jody from early on.

Unfortunate Circumstances Lead to Joy

As her career progressed in public accounting during her first few years, she found that she enjoyed and was talented in the tech side of accounting.  She was doing well pursuing a career with CPA firms, when she unfortunately got laid off from a firm due to needing to be out during busy season for the birth of her child.  Obviously this didn’t sit well with Jody, so she became determined to start her own practice and run it in a decidedly different manner.  It’s interesting how life turns out… it was exactly that difficult situation that helped propel her to the success she enjoys today.

Life for The Radical CPA

Currently Jody spends her time in many endeavors.  She still owns the New Vision CPA Group, but due to having a solid team she has been able to pursue other ventures as well.  She is the author of “The Radical CPA” books, hosts a podcast, and has just joined Botkeeper as an outsourced executive focused on helping them continuing to grow.  She’s definitely busy, but you can tell she thoroughly enjoys the mix and variety.  Her happiness and excitement about her career comes through clearly in this podcast interview.  We had a great time recording it.

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