50 Shades of Gray Areas

Accounting Infamous

For more Accounting High content, visit the main feed on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/accounting-high-sophomore-year/id1571747680] | Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/18i17H2Pbtm8c95eEevCiD] | Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/@accountinghigh] Accounting Infamous Season 1 Episode 7 FACULTY: Mike Michalowcz, Jason Ackerman CLASS: #Shoperations TITLE: Accounting Infamous Scott and Jason interview Mike Michalowicz, author of "Profit First," in this podcast. They cover Mike's journey profit first, reflections on professions, theatre and comedy, the "Grow My Accounting Podcast, advice for entrepreneurs, and a comparison between Simon Sinek and Profit First. * The Michalowcz Hierarchy * Fame * To Be a Garbage Man... * Theatre and Comedy * Grow My Accounting Podcast and Unwinding the Propaganda * The Grow Your Practice Podcast * Other Podcasts * How do you interact with your accountant? * One Piece of Advice * Profit First? * Buying Up other Firms * Profit First and Acquisition * The Starving Entrepreneur * Simon Sinek vs Profit First Shout Outs: 00:04:00 The Michalowcz Hierarchy 00:05:00 Fame 00:07:00 To Be a Garbage Man... 00:09:00 Theatre and Comedy 00:11:00 Grow My Accounting Podcast and Unwinding the Propaganda 00:12:00 The Grow Your Practice Podcast 00:13:00 Other Podcasts 00:14:00 How do you interact with your accountant? 00:15:00 One Piece of Advice 00:16:00 Profit First? 00:17:00 Buying Up other Firms 00:18:00 Profit First and Acquisition 00:19:00 The Starving Entrepreneur 00:21:00 Simon Sinek vs Profit First

Melissa McCarthy for Accounting Professionals

For more Accounting High content, visit the main feed on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/accounting-high-sophomore-year/id1571747680] | Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/18i17H2Pbtm8c95eEevCiD] | Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/@accountinghigh] Melissa McCarthy for Accounting Professionals Season 1 Episode 6 FACULTY: Dawn Brolin CLASS: #Shoperations TITLE: Melissa McCarthy for Accounting Professionals Scott interviews Dawn Brolin, CEO of Powerful Accounting, discussing her New England attitude, handling challenging clients, crucial business processes, inter-firm collaborations, lessons from a six-year partnership, numerical aspects, motivating accountants, hiring strategies, personal and professional goals, encounters with figures like Mike Michalowicz, representing clients before the IRS, pricing intricacies for selling, and the importance of personal time. * The New England Attitude * PIA and PITA Clients * Most Important Process * No Partner Firm * Inter-Firm Collaborations * What Dawn Learned from a 6 Year Partnership * Hard Numbers * Motivating Accountants * Hiring and Managing People * Dawn's Goals * Meeting Mike Michalowitz * Representing Clients Before the IRS * Pricing for Selling * Making Time Off Shout Outs: [00:02:57] The New England Attitude [00:05:36] PIA and PITA CLients [00:10:06] Most Important Process [00:12:00] No Partner Firm [00:15:54] Inter-Firm Collaborations [00:21:05] What Dawn Learned from a 6 Year Partnership [00:25:32] Hard Numbers [00:27:20] Motivating Accountants [00:31:00] Hiring and Managing People [00:35:27] Dawn's Goals [00:39:49] Meeting Mike Michalowitz [00:44:40] Representing Clients Before the IRS [00:47:20] Pricing for Selling [00:49:53] Making Time Off

The Accounting Messiah

For more Accounting High content, visit the main feed on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/accounting-high-sophomore-year/id1571747680] | Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/18i17H2Pbtm8c95eEevCiD] | Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/@accountinghigh] The Accounting Messiah Season 1 Episode 5 FACULTY: Ryan Lazanis, Jason Ackerman CLASS: #Shoperations TITLE: The Accounting Messiah In this podcast episode, Scott and Ackerman interview Ryan Lazanis, the Founder of Future Firm, Xen Accounting, and a strategic advisor at BotKeeper. The discussion covers Ryan's journey into accounting, his introduction to cloud accounting and subscription billing, experiences with hiring the first employees, scalability challenges and strategies, considerations about clients and niche specialization, the evolutionary path of his firm, discovering his purpose, the process of selling his firm, the inception of Future Firm, common mistakes made by firms, the dynamics between competition and community, and cautionary advice regarding automation and other aspects within the accounting domain. * How Ryan Got Into Accounting * Introduction into Cloud Accounting and Subscription Billing * First Hires * Scalability * Clients and Niching * Evolution of the Firm * Finding His Purpose * Selling the Firm * Starting Future Firm * Biggest Mistakes Firms Make * Competition vs Community * Caution with Automation and other Sage Advice Shout Outs: Marie Phillips, Dark Horse, Xero, Padgett, Crunch Bookkeeping 00:03:01 How Ryan Got Into Accounting   00:07:17 Introduction into Cloud Accounting and Subscription Billing 00:11:31 First Hires 00:14:21 Scalability   00:18:22 Clients and Niching 00:22:43 Evolution of the Firm   00:23:55 Finding His Purpose  00:29:31 Selling the Firm 00:32:51 Starting Future Firm   00:36:17 Biggest Mistakes Firms Make   00:43:45 Competition vs Community 00:46:29 Caution with Automation and other Sage Advice

50 Shades of Gray Areas

For more Accounting High content, visit the main feed on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/accounting-high-sophomore-year/id1571747680] | Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/18i17H2Pbtm8c95eEevCiD] | Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/@accountinghigh] 50 Shades of Gray Areas Season 1 Episode 4 FACULTY: John Briggs, Jason Ackerman CLASS: #Shoperations TITLE: 50 Shades of Gray Areas Scott and Jason engage in a conversation with John Briggs, the Founder of Incite Tax, where they discuss various gray areas of accounting and tax as well as how things work at Incite Tax. * Introducing John Briggs * Being too Conservative with Accounting * 50 Shades of Gray Areas * Why Focus on Tax? * CFO Services * Pricing Returns * Dealing with PITA Clients * More Pricing Details * John's Secret to Efficiency * Workflow of the Firm * The Structure of the Firm * Targeting Solo-preneurs * The Canopy Deal  Shout Outs: N/A

So Many Things to Learn

For more Accounting High content, visit the main feed on Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/accounting-high-sophomore-year/id1571747680] | Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/18i17H2Pbtm8c95eEevCiD] | Youtube [https://www.youtube.com/@accountinghigh] So Many Things to Learn Season 1 Episode 3 FACULTY: Ed Mendlowitz CLASS: #Shoperations TITLE: So Many Things to Learn In this podcast episode, Scott and Jason Ackerman interview Ed Mendlowitz, a Partner at WithumSmith+Brown. The discussion covers various aspects of Ed's experience in accounting, including early fixed-price subscription billing, insights from Tax Court, identifying good and bad clients, dealing with fraudulent individuals, maintaining professional integrity, anecdotes about unusual client situations, insights into partnerships, staying ahead in the industry, and a final intriguing story. * Ed's Fixed Price Subscription Billing * Tax Court * Ed's Hourly Rate * How to tell a good and a bad client * Not Accounting for Crooks * You Can't Compromise * Crazy Client Stories * Ed's Partnerships * Being Ahead of the Curve * What Hasn't Changed in the Industry * Favorite Thing in Accounting  * Parting Advice * One Last Story