How to start and run a virtual community meeting
If you have zoom on your computer â check that you are running that latest version, by clicking on your image, and from the drop down menu selecting 'Check for [...]
Unlocking your untapped capacity using cloud applications | Amy Holdsworth
You can't be half pregnant. If you're going to adopt new software, new processes, new procedures, then damn well do it. Don't just kind of go halfway through the [...]
Common traits of successful modern accountants and bookkeepers | Luis Sanchez
Some of the best Accountants and Bookkeepers are extremely opinionated. They challenge the hell out of their clients and so I'll put it very simply and this is just [...]
Living up to the critical role of âRecession-Proof Accountantâ | Will Lopez
The two terms that came out of the Great Recession here in the US were 'Flat is Up', and the 'Accountant Recession' or the 'Recession-proof Accountant'. Flat is Up [...]
Examples of how to use IFTTT Applets in your Practice
This is a bit late in the day, but a couple of ways to at least be aware of changes to the ATO Covid 19 information is to set up [...]
Tackling the challenges Accounting Apps face navigating Covid 19 | Nick Houldsworth
I think there's challenges, significant challenges, but any big kind of shift like this also creates opportunities. So, being ready for those opportunities, but also being realistic about some [...]
A new type of global and societal cooperation in the Accounting Profession
Iâm grateful to people whoâve reached out and shown me kindness recently Thank you to Emily-Jane Shurey, Carolyn Breeze and the GoCardless team for the Stay at Home gift basket, [...]
Community supporting Community during Covid19
When Cassandra Scott + Andrew Erkins launched the Afternoon chats we did not know what they would become, but we realised that the community needed a safe supportive space. Community [...]
How to create a scalable modern firm that can sell | Ryan Lazanis
"I mandated across the firm what type of clients we would work with, the personalities of those clients, the technology that was used, and the core service offering. So, [...]
Playing the cloud game: how a computer game designer turned accountant built an app to transition his practice to the cloud | Paul Murray
Xero have been the first to say we're going to create a ecosystem and we're going to have an open API and you're going to be able to do [...]
A live document monitoring flexible responses of Accounting Apps during Covid-19
Iâm going to attempt to maintain a live document monitoring flexible responses of Accounting Apps during Covid-19. Many recognising businesses are under strain, and employees are working from home in [...]
Lance Rubin â Decision making the art and science of finding value
We're going to run out of cash in five months time. So what do we do to avoid that situation? Because if we have to go into liquidation and [...]
Natalie Lennon – Starting and running a 100% cloud-based practice
When a client comes in. We'll say, look what apps are you using? What's the workflow? What's happening there? Can we automate? And we either try and do it [...]
Michael Ly – A serial entrepreneur, building businesses, navigating cultural differences, and always learning
As an entrepreneur, you have to get really good at selling what you envision you want to provide and what you envision your ideal clients are going to be [...]
David Cristello – Building a practice workflow solution to solve the problem of client work falling through the cracks
Jetpack Workflow was really built to solve the problem of client work falling through the cracks. When I was talking with people, firm owners, they said, well, we have hundreds [...]
People, Processes, Technology, Data – essential elements of a sustainable business
We've got some clients that have been going with us for over six years now and their team members are equally as good as any manager in Australia because [...]
Simplifying choices within the MYOB Marketplace
On Friday 31st January, I attended Brisbane MYOB Incite 2020. The first stop of MYOBâs national roadshow and first time weâd hear from the MYOBâs new CEO, Greg [...]
10 Tips to Write Better Content
ï»ż What's the most dangerous thing you've ever done? It's an interesting question. One thing pops to mind but I have a little caveat with this one at the end [...]
Email about Hubdoc + the Xero subscription price increase â youâre welcome to use it.
Here's my email to people who hold their Xero subscription with me, about Hubdoc + the Xero subscription price increase â youâre welcome to use it.  Hi Tl;dr- Youâre [...]
An Inventory Nerd Solving Complex Problems with Simple Solutions | Jeri Wambeek
The biggest thing is time savings, and then, of course, if you're paying people by the hour time savings can also save money. And the other part is automating [...]
Building a better world at work | Ben Thompson
We've built a business partner portal on top of Employment Hero, which allows one of our business partners, be they accountants or HR consultants, bookkeepers to manage hundreds of [...]
Everything you wanted to know about Accounting Apps but did not even know to ask.
Inspired by my talk with Heide Robson on her podcast Tax Talks (episode 167), Iâm publishing a series of articles about Accounting Apps. You can listen to the original recording here. [...]
What is a custom apps integration?
Custom integration is when you have to write specific software to get two apps talking to each other, or when you somehow fill the gap between two apps with code [...]
Do we need integration specialists to help us to plug all the apps together?
Do we need integration specialists to help us to plug all the apps together, or will apps become better at connecting together without detailed knowledge? Itâs probably a hybrid of [...]
Horizontal versus vertical apps
One of the ways people use, to categorise apps is to refer to them as horizontal or vertical. Saying an app is horizontal means we believe it works across most industries. [...]