The year ahead for accounting & why remote work works

Dec 10, 2019

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00:14 – We made the list! Congratulations to fellow accounting professionals and former guests, such as Dawn Brolin, Roman Kepczyk, Ariege Misherghi, and Donny Shimamoto, as well, for making the Accounting Today Top 100 Most Influential list | Accounting Today
01:21 – Format is key – one thing the Accounting Today list lacked was readability. We think there’s just a better, smoother way to present this kind of read
02:15 – It’s cool to see the list evolve with the everchanging industry landscape and include accounting folks across different digital media platforms, including YouTube, and podcasts, as well as CPE professionals, and even politicians!
03:07 – What’s more important that any list? The Cloud Accounting Podcast won't put you to sleep! Thank you, reviewers!
04:49 – Let’s talk numbers … A lot of numbers … Courtesy of “The year ahead for accounting: 2020 in numbers” | Accounting Today
05:30 – While recruitment and retention are big factors for big firms, the smaller firms are zeroing in on tech strategy
07:28 – It’s still taxing! 39 percent of firms still require employees to work every Saturday during tax season
09:29 – Small and mid-sized firms are still shying away from social, with just below 60 percent using platforms such as LinkedIn and Facebook to bolster their visibility
11:15 – Correction from last week’s episode – The founder of CakeHR notes that they serve 60-plus countries, not just Australia and the UK, as we originally thought
13:21 – Is Sage banking on the lack of trust created by the QuickBooks Live offering? | Twitter
15:17 – Sometimes, it pays to pay more – Xero rolls out pricing changes, next year, offering Hubdoc as part of the package | Twitter
19:24 – Practice Ignition fixes some payment-related headaches with a new client self-service payment retry option | Practice Ignition
20:29 – As Canopy names a new CEO, investors think there’s still something to believe in, offering $13M in additional funding | Accounting Today
23:10 – Moving target - Bill.com increased its price target to $183M for the upcoming IPO | Silicon Valley Business Journal
24:04 – What price celebrity keynotes? We hash out costs v. benefits | Accounting Today
27:30 – Want to boost your firm’s productivity? Here’s one way | Business Insider
29:08 – Some thought food to chew on from the Zapier Remote Work Report | Zapier
32:07 – Don’t stand so close to me! Why remote workers get more done | Doist

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