Accounting Leaders Podcast Building a scalable, systematic firm that doesn’t drive you into the ground, with Ryan Lazanis
Nov 18, 2021
34:40
Ryan Lazanis joins Stuart on the Accounting Leaders Podcast for an inspiring chat around the future of the accounting profession, the model for a scalable, systematic accounting firm, and how to build a firm that can give you the life you want. Ryan founded Xen Accounting, a 100% cloud-based accounting firm, in 2013. Following its acquisition in 2018, he started Future Firm to provide content and coaching to help other accountants fast-track their own firm.
Ryan and Stuart discuss:
- Founding Xen Accounting in 2013 (1:30)
- How Ryan got into accounting and was exposed to entrepreneurship from a young age (3:00)
- Creating a new kind of model for accounting (6:20)
- How the accounting industry has evolved (8:00)
- The decision to sell Xen Accounting (10:20)
- Establishing Future Firm to help accountants grow a scalable, systematic firm that they love (12:20)
- Accountants have never been taught to run a business (14:30)
- Why more is not better for a firm’s tech stack (15:50)
- The model for creating a scalable, systematic accounting firm (17:00)
- The future of Future Firm (20:00)
- The differences (and similarities) between a software company and a service company (22:00)
- The freedom and flexibility that comes with leading Future Firm (27:10)
- Pilot, Botkeeper and the future of accounting technology (29:40)
- How to learn more from Ryan (33:00)