#56: Becoming a Web3 CFO with Shivani Phull from Pixelynx

Choosing accounting as a career path seems to be losing some of its prestige in recent years.

Technologies like AI and blockchain will not take the accountants’ jobs but rather, it’s those accountants who have upskilled themselves on blockchain who will.

So rather than being seen as a threat, many accountants are evolving with blockchain.

On Episode 56, I spoke with Shivani Phull, the VP of Finance & Investments at Pixelynx, an AI music creation platform.

Shivani is also a CFO Advisor at the Crypto Accounting Group, a crypto accounting & taxation services firm, and a Mentor at Outlier Ventures, a web3 VC and accelerator.

To inspire more accountants to upskill themselves with blockchain, this conversation today will revolve around Shivani sharing her experience, challenges, learnings, and career advice for transitioning from a web2 CFO to a web3 CFO.

Topics covered:

• Episode intro (00:39)
• Shivani’s story of becoming an accountant (2:37)
• Falling into the web3 rabbit role (4:43)
• Initial challenges with crypto accounting (8:52)
• Understanding block explorers (10:58)
• Thank you to our sponsor Cryptoworth (11:50)
• Helping early-stage founders with fundraising (13:33)
• Best practices around web3 accounting (16:22)
• Setting & tracking KPIs (19:37)
• Tooling for web3 accounting, sub-ledgers (21:55)
• Thank you to our sponsor Convoy Finance (23:58)
• Setting chart of accounts in main ledger (25:29)
• Career advice for unhappy accountants (26:50)
• Getting hired as a web3 accountant (30:00)
• How does Shivani take time off (31:28)

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