Accounting High

Episode 101 | Recorded January 9, 2023 Thank you to our AH Boosters! Tallyfor - Book to tax in minutes, not hours - check em out at tallyfor.com Greetings Accounting High! The Sons of CPAs are back!  Scott Scarano and Jason Ackerman are here to share their Firm’s hard numbers and go deep, as they discuss their accomplishments and concerns about sustainability and the future of their firms.  We also touch on professional passions and purpose, and Scott's interest in turning this rap thing into a legit business and they reveal the show’s Hard Numbers and growth. Of course, this ain’t complete without a little therapy, so be sure to stick around until the end as Ackerman shares his OnlyFans story.  As always, sit back, relax, and open your mind, because this is Firm Hard Numbers with the Sons of CPAs at Accounting High. Ackerman’s firm is zagging Getting Ackerman’s dad and Ron on the podcast Growth of the podcast AH faculty Compliments from Ackerman The listeners Time spent last year Getting out of the firm The future of the firm What Scott does at the firm Scott’s concerns with the firm Addressing the concern Last year’s numbers Staffing What clients does the firm take? I'm bored - making a rapping business Living the dream - how to run Scott’s firm Accomplished goals Is it sustainable? Scott’s savings Podcast numbers Passion Pivoting to more hard numbers Ackerman’s last year Ackerman’s hard numbers Old clients and raising prices If you have to ask, you can’t afford it Ron Baker’s subscription model More of Ackerman’s numbers Ackerman’s story about OnlyFans All the Shoutouts: Ron Baker, The Back Room Outsourced Professionals, Netflix, OnlyFans

Episode 100 | Recorded December 30, 2022 Thank you to our Booster Partners! AppStream powered by the GrowthLab Automate your firm. Save time. Add value. https://www.growthlabfinancial.com/automations-for-accountants Greetings Accounting High!  Scotty’s in the principal’s office, and while he was in there he had an epic 3-hour conversation with Mr. Ron Baker.  This conversation was broken up into two episodes for your listening enjoyment.  During our first session, after putting on his Tweed jacket and formally accepting the role of Principal at Accounting High, Scott and Ron discuss the evolution of accounting, fitness goals, accounting communities, infinite games, storytelling, comedy, and the future of the profession.  And a delightful performance from our rapping custodian to break up the conversation, we go deeper into the mind of Principal Baker.  And as always, sit back, relax, and open your mind, because we’re in the principal's office with Ron Baker. Making changes in the industry After action reviews What is the future of Accounting? Professionals shouldn’t be too busy Amazon and Apple Subscription Model and Customer relationships Scope of service Focus and Niche Finite and infinite games versus Ron Disney stories Rebranding Sons of CPAs and finding faculty for Accounting High Value Billing Pancakes of waffles? Pizza or calzone? Accounting communities Blake’s stories Competition, niche, and generations Leaders and dreams Standing on the shoulder of giants Defending Ron’s ideas Change is coming A big change in Scott’s firm Big leap Time and rapping flow Ron’s dream for a film Podcast and comedy Applications Audience and delivery Writing Greg Kyte's story and parodies Simple Tasks! All the Shoutouts: Ron Baker’s Times Up, Amazon, Simon Sinek, Twyla Verhelst, CPA, Jason Ackerman, CPA, CFP®, CGMA, Edward Mendlowitz, Lorilyn Wilson, CPA, Barry Melancon, CPA, CGMA, Hulu, Netflix, Blake Oliver, CPA, James Ashford, Jason Staats, CPA, MBA, Jason M. Blumer, CPA, Paul Dunn, Richard Payne, Ryan Lazanis, CPA, Ed Kless, Tim Williams, Greg Kyte, CPA, 

Episode 099 | Recorded February 1, 2023 VarsityTips is brought to you by LiveFlow Don't be tardy to the Coach Mackenzie party with Scott and Nikole, where they sit down and discuss a hot topic to get Niks’ hot takes and tips. So lace up your sneaks and stretch out because of VarsityTips is now in session. Hitting the Charts OKR and The Tax Accountant's Anthem Tax Organizers and Typeforms and Tax Returns Asynchronicity ABC March Appness Update, Sponsers, and Raffle Prizes LiveFlow Accounting Salon AH Gazette Hubspot Chat GPT, write an SOP FinDaily Terrell Turner and YouTube Niks' YouTube Idea Spreading Your Wings If Scott had unlimited money… Managing Ambitious Employees More Chat GPT to get out of things Linkedin & GoProposal Podcast Therapy What's Next for Niks' Business Scott's Consulting CEO Value To Show up or to not show up Back to Liveflow Wrapping Up with RZA and Pushin P All the shoutouts: Nicholas Pasquarosa, Adam Markowitz, Logan Graf, Paul Glantz, CPA, Jason Ackerman, Calendly, Shane Sullivan, Twyla Verhelst, CPA, Ignition, Tallyfor, Spencer Christeck, David Barrett, Anita Koimur, Terrell Turner, LiveFlow, Keila Hill-Trawick, Drip, MailChimp, Karbon, ServiceHub, Hiver, Blake Oliver, CPA, Earmark, GoogleSheets, AppStream powered by GrowthLab Finance-as-a-Service, Jason Staats, Luke Templin, FinDaily, Xero, QuickBooks, Ashley Carroll, Expensify, Dan Gertrudes, Byron Patrick, GoProposal, Reza Hooda, Gusto

Nominate your TOP 5 Accounting Platforms today! text "ABC" to 33339 or go to bracket.accountinghigh.com Greetings Accounting High!  Welcome to your weekly installment of AH Times, Every Friday, Scotty and Byron will be bringing you the latest news and updates from accounting high, as well as a few highlights from our blog The AH Guide. First up is our coverage of the ABC March Appness event, enroll today!  We've also got the latest scoop on the AH weekly roundup, as well as a lesson from Accounting High’s AP AI Class. And as always, sit back, relax, and open your mind, it’s time for Accounting High Times. This week's Agenda ABC March Appness  Update Over 5200 raffle tickets Ignition & Relay sponsors, we will confirm the prizes soon! CAP still tied with Gusto at 20 nods Strong showing from Plooto & Unique CPA New Rule, you can’t vote for the same thing multiple times AH Weekly Roundup VarsityTips | Storytellers Guide Through a Time Capsule of Travel TaxTwitter “Founder” @StephanieSoong started using it regularly in 2016 TaxTwitter First Usage Ever; Martha @marfarfarquhar Feb 2, 2010 you see what is happening here? Twitter and wine are not helping me do my work #taxtwitter AH AI Agenda Google Bard and New Bing Notes from Mom: ChatGPT is currently free to use. It’s a great tool for gathering ideas and writing almost anything using simple prompts. The prompts are the key. The more specific, the better the output. Jasper uses a different approach. It includes tools like templates, recipes and a chat prompt. This may be better for someone who needs more guidance in formulating content.  Personally, I feel like I’m cheating by using these tools. It rehashes what’s already written. On the plus side, it produces content instantly and eliminates writer’s block. AH Attention Detention Access Economy/Information Economy → Attention Economy How are we “spending” our attention? How do we make active attention choices? Personal Attention Management Class: Attention Detention AH Accounting Article of the Week Accountants are among the most sought after workers in 2023 https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/2023/02/09/accountants-are-in-the-hiring-plans-of-many-u-s-companies-in-early-2023/76677/ AH Coming Soon Guiding Transformations from the Principal’s Office Firm Hard Numbers Vol. 3 | Going Deep (feat. The Sons of CPAs) Ideas having S3X in the Principal’s Office VarsityTips | GPT your SOPs AH Guide AH Gazette AH TV

Episode 98 | Recorded January 24, 2023 Sponsored by AppStream powered by The GrowthLab Don't be tardy to the Coach Mackenzie party. That's right. You're listening to VarsityTips formerly known as NiksTips with Scott and Nikole, where they sit down and discuss a hot topic to get Nik's hot takes and tips. So lace up your sneaks and stretch out because of VarsityTips is now in session. ABC Appness Storytelling Colonoscopy and Spicy Foods Escapades and being away from the office GPAC, Park City, Denver, Being with friends Business people in Accounting Snowmobiles and sledding and music video Simple. Tasks. Rule. Everything. Around. Me. The CAS Angels Don’t expect me to help Ambivert Scott Accepting help from others and Ops people Partnership in Scott’s business Getting woke up by Niks Ideal partners and packing Improv class GPAC Amenities at Gusto Small businesses The Philippines Back to the Gusto Office Telling stories Grading the trips AppS.T.R.E.A.M. Rap All the shoutouts: Blake Oliver, CPA, Zachary Call, CPA, Ashley Carroll, Gusto, Roman Villard, CPA, Chris Williams, Marissa Jones, Marie Greene, CPA, Earmark, Kenji Kuramoto, Dan Luthi, Jacob Schroeder, CPA, Nicholas Pasquarosa, GrowthLab Finance-as-a-Service, Karbon, Matthew May, Twyla Verhelst, CPA, Greg Kyte, CPA, Paul Glantz, CPA, Christopher Leon, Byron Patrick, CPA.CITP I CGMA, Alex Miles, Ignition, The Back Room Outsourced Professionals, Leah Brite, Nayo Carter-Gray, EA MBA, Zapier, Amy Vetter, Michael Ly

Accounting High Times Vol. 2 | recorded on February 2, 2023 Nominate your TOP 5 Accounting Platforms today! text "ABC" to 33339 or go to bracket.accountinghigh.com Greetings Accounting High!  Welcome to your weekly installment of AH Times, Every Friday, Scotty and Byron will be bringing you the latest news and updates from accounting high, as well as a few highlights from our blog The AH Guide. First up is our coverage of the ABC March Appness event, enroll today at bracket.accountinghigh.com. We've also got the latest scoop on the AH weekly roundup, as well as a lesson from Accounting High’s AP AI Class. And as always, sit back, relax, and open your mind, it’s time for Accounting High Times.  This week's Agenda  ABC March Appness  Over 100 Students Enrolled  Over 125 different Accounting Channels nominated  Lots of wonderful testimonials   Word Cloud of nominations for those that have submitted their 5  As we get closer to selection Sunday we will post the unofficial rankings  Upcoming ABC Sponsors  AH Weekly Roundup  Byron’s got some news to share  Rock the Books like a Rockstar (feat. Sherrell Martin) Stop the Scroll (feat. Reza Hoda) AH Accounting Article of the Week  Going concern Friday Footnotes  Armanino Announces record Partner Class - 26 New Partners!!  Competition for talent is leading to higher salaries  AH Ai Agenda  A ChatGPT chat AH Coming Soon  AH Guide - Blog  AH TV - YT  “Simple Tasks!” Music Video  Episodes On Deck - Ron Baker, FirmHardNumbers, VarsityTips, FBPM Tori & Sarah  Recordings - Amy Vetter, Keila Hill-Trawick, ChatTeleGraf,  Raps on the way - Tax Acct Anthem, LiveFlow

Episode 97 | Recorded July 4, 2022 Thank you to our AH Boosters! Tallyfor - Book to tax in minutes, not hours check em out at tallyfor.com AppStream powered by the GrowthLab Automate your firm. Save time. Add value. check em out at - https://www.growthlabfinancial.com/automations-for-accountants Go on a journey filled with self-discovery, ambition, and entrepreneurial spirit, Reza Hooda FCA CTA has charted a path that takes us from the halls of high school to the accounting world. Join Scott and Reza as they go from learning French to delving into the world of numbers, taking on new challenges, including starting his own accounting, coaching and mentoring businesses, and working with like-minded individuals. Stop the Scroll Independence day High school College and first job French and other languages Back to the Numbers Mindset shifts Reading books Rapping Starting Accounting Trying to and starting a business And another business Growing the business The numbers Working geniuses Working on Scott’s business The accounting coaching and mentoring business Time, Money, and Freedom The four pillars Marketing and sales Niche-ing LinkedIn and more marketing Storytelling Writing the book Things to stay organized and productivity Getting connected to Reza More on the book and rap coaches All the Shoutouts: Jay Shetty, Mark Wickersham, Patrick Lencioni, James Clear

Episode 96 | Recorded November 3, 2022 The Accountant Bracket Challenge aka ABC March Appness - nominate your top 5 accounting platforms today - text “ABC” to 33339 or enroll at bracket.accountinghigh.com Shoutout to, FreshBooks Greetings Accounting High!  FreshBooks recently hit the road to meet up with some amazing people in the accounting industry at 4 awesome locations. At each location, Accounting High's rapping custodian got to sit down and chat a little with some really cool people.  First up in Atlanta, Georgia, our host does a live recording with Sherrell T. Martin, Founder & CEO of Nitram Financial Solutions.  In this episode, they discuss colors, branding, social media, running a firm, and all the software apps they play with in our space and how some of these appbs have been game-changing factors in the future of accounting. Sherrell also shares how she got into accounting and what drove her to start her own practice. So sit back, relax and open your mind because class is in session… on the road. 2 - Sherrell and Scott at the FreshBooks Partner Meetup in Atlanta 4 - Getting into accounting, the language of business 9 - They say people know all the languages when they're born 12 - Pros of starting out from a small firm 14 - Colors Shoutout to Michael Ly, Madeline Reeves, Fearless Foundry 19 - It wasn't enough and I got tired of working like that Shoutout to David Barrett 23 - 10 lessons in 10 years Shoutout to Xero, Intuit QuickBooks, FreshBooks 28 - What color kool-aid are you drinking? 31 - What app drew you in first? 37 - Introverts & Extroverts Shoutout to Nicole Davis, CPA, Kenji Kuramoto 43 - Apps & more Colors Shoutout to Twyla Verhelst, CPA, Hubdoc, Gusto, LastPass, Teamwork, Airtable 48 - Sherrell’s hard numbers 50 - Rock the Books Online 56 - Rapping it up 61 - Bloopers

Accounting High Times Vol. 1 | recorded on January 27, 2023 Agenda ABC March Appness Nomination period - March 10th Voting will start March 13th, first 2 rounds Lots of Prizes To Be Announced Text ABC to 33339 https://bracket.accountinghigh.com Jasper’s 5 trends in the accounting profession AI & Automation Outsourcing & Remote Work Data Security & Cloud Computing Digital Transformation & Cybersecurity Social Media Preference ChatGPT’s Top 5 Trends in the accounting profession AI Cloud Computing Regulatory Compliance Cyber Security Remote Work Friday Footnotes brought to you by GoingConcern.com The PCAOB is getting sued https://www.goingconcern.com/friday-footnotes-ey-cant-hire-tech-john-doe-sues-the-pcaob-auditors-cant-find-torpedoes-and-missiles-1-20-03/ AH Episode Roundup 2022 Year-In-Review VarsityTips with Scotty & Niks VarsityParty (feat. Kenji Kuramoto) AH Debates CPA vs EA Featuring Jeremy Wells, Brian Streig, Terrell Turner, Lusundra Everette, Adam Markowitz 2 Conversations Alex Falcon-Huerta - outsourcing and soaring Damien Martin - notifications, attention, intention, ADHD VarsityTips - Staffing, Outsourcing, Social Media, ChatGPT Coming Soon AH Gazette - Email AH Guide - Blog AH TV - YT FBPM Episode with Sherrell Martin VarsityTips on Trips The Principal’s Office with Ron Baker Firm Hard Numbers with Sons of CPAs

Episode 95 | Recorded January 6, 2023  Sponsored by AppStream powered by The GrowthLab  The new Expensify Fragrance:  "Consequences" by Expensify  Don't be tardy to the Coach Mackenzie party. That's right. You're listening to VarsityTips formerly known as NiksTips with Scott and Nikole, where they sit down and discuss a hot topic to get Nik's hot takes and tips. It's the same show you've grown to know and love. We're calling it something new to fit the curriculum at Accounting High. So lace up your sneaks and stretch out because VarsityTips is now in session.  Talking to Expensify  Expensify Tattoo  Accountant Bracket Challenge “March Appness”  Automation in Firms  Writing of the AppS.T.R.E.A.M. Rap  AppStream Staffing and Social Media Losing Money on Paper  Getting Back in the Grind  Hiring in the US and Philippines  Cultural Differences and Business Meetings  Big Swings  ChatGPT and Accounting Forms of Communication  Firm owners doing their own accounting  Quickbooks and Xero  Expensify  Accounting High GuidePosts  What to do about staffing?  Staff Poaching Socials as a Way to attract employees  Testing Employees?  Contractor to Employee Trial Employee Socials and Showcasing Your Company  We Figured out this podcast thing  The Ambitious Bookkeeper  Sound Editor Spotlight  Bloopers  AppS.T.R.E.A.M. Rap  All the shoutouts: Expensify, Clayton Oats, Amy Vetter, Kenji, Nick Pasquarosa, Blake Oliver, David Leary, Byron Patrick, GoCardless, Randy Crabtree, Ryan Lazanis, Jason Staats, AppStream, GrowthLab, Christopher Leon, Matthew Meyer, Ashley Carroll, HubSpot, Ignition, Xero, Karbon, DialPad, ChatGPT, Paul Seaton, Zapier, Chad Davis, James Ashford, Bo Burnham, Serena Shoup