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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

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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

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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