The joint fun between cannabis and crypto accounting with Zach Gordon

Zach Gordon is the VP of Accounting at Propeller Industries, an enterprise-grade financial service firm for high-growth startups. In this episode, he shares how he developed a speciality in cannabis and crypto accounting, the intricacies of serving clients in these highly regulated industries, and his plan for making accounting an attractive profession for young people again.

• Moving from public accounting to private equity (2:15)
• Zach’s first B2C tech startup experience (4:00)
• How Zach got into the crypto and cannabis accounting field (6:05)
• The intricacies of cannabis accounting and taxes (9:42)
• Overlap between two highly regulated industries (11:50)
• Helping clients navigate crypto assets on the balance sheet (13:00)
• What makes Propeller Industries special (16:24)
• Making an impact for clients in the boardrooms (20:50)
• What’s next for Zach (22:15)
• Attracting fresh talent to the accounting profession (23:00)
• The fallacies of billable hours (28:00)