176 Respecting Diversity and Inclusion in Accounting, and Learning about Equity (feat. Richard Roppa-Roberts & Dave Kersting)

Episode 176

FACULTY: Richard Roppa-Roberts and Dave Kersting

CLASS: #AccountingHighGuide

TITLE: Respecting Diversity and Inclusion in Accounting, and Learning about Equity

In this podcast episode, Scott interviews Richard Roppa-Roberts and Dave Kersting from Quasar Cowboy & Roundtable Labs. They discuss various topics, including the dynamics of partnerships and co-firming, the importance of diversity and inclusion, and creating safe spaces for authentic interactions.

• Introducing Richard and Dave

• Richard the outside eye 

• The Start of Roundtable

• How Dave met Richard

• Roundtable as a Vendor Free Zone

• Partnerships, Co-Firming, Dating and Marriage

• Diversity and Inclusion in Roundtable

• Biases Against The Gay Community

• Coming Out as a Rapper 

• Roundtable Gives a Place to be Yourself

• A Discussion on Equity

• Creating Safe Spaces

• Summary

Shout Outs:

Thrival, Xero, Quickbooks, Intuit, Jonathan Bellow, Kenji Kuramoto, Matthew May, Tanya Schulte, Scaling New Heights, Quickbooks Connect, Tax Twitter, Liz Scott, Stacey Killwell, Gusto, Fresh Books, Nayo Carter-Gray, Liz Mason