Dear AICPA! I Wrote Your Concession Letter

01:38 – Welcome Ben Wann, CMA, CPA, and MBA to the show!

02:39 – Notable industry departures:

Matt Rissell exits TSheets amidst some corporate remodeling | BoiseDev
Jennifer Warawa parts ways with Sage and the accounting industry | Accounting Today
Blake Oliver departs FloQast | LinkedIn

07:46 – Seriously, you are not a tree. Move around! How career expectations have shifted from taking root in one job for decades to seeking new opportunities on the regular

11:08 – VC fundraising activity:

FreshBooks raises "most significant investment so far" from JPMorgan Chase | BetaKit
ScaleFactor continues to rake in some serious VC coin | Crunchbase

21:05 – Ben reads us a story: “Dear AICPA! I Wrote Your Concession Letter” and explains why he is bullish on the CMA versus the CPA after obtaining both

28:44 – Speaking of designations, where have all the CPA candidates gone? | CPA.com

33:53 – According to a June ADP survey, 25 percent of accounting professionals surveyed said they would not recommend young accountants get a CPA license, or seek some other credential or advanced degree

35:50 – Ben talks about cheese, business process improvement, finance business partnering, and how new technology drives him to educate and help people navigate the constantly shifting accounting landscape

39:00 – Yet another way to Crunch some numbers with the help of freelancers | SmallBusiness.co.uk

42:23 – Something’s phishy … More updates on the iNSYNQ ransomware snafu | Krebs on Security

47:41 – Armanino goes full crypto – first with a range of blockchain services, and now accepting payment via all forms of cryptocurrency | Armanino, LLP