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Chris Hooper – World’s First Accounting Futurist

2021-05-15T23:12:53+10:00October 31st, 2018|

My name is Chris Hooper, and I'm the C.E.O. of Accodex, which is a market network for freelance accountants. Heather Smith:        Excellent. Thank you. And I am glad to hear you pronounce it, Accodex. Because that's not how I would have pronounced it. When did you know you wanted to be an accountant? Chris [...]

Laura Venables – Flipping the Australian Accounting conference model on its head

2021-05-15T23:18:21+10:00October 22nd, 2018|

My name's Laura Venables, I'm the event director of AccounTech.Live and Accounting Business Expo. What does that really mean? A whole heap of things really. We are the facilitators of these two great exhibitions and conferences. As you know, they're both a pretty new style of event to the market in the last recent [...]

Colin Hewitt – Building a cashflow forecasting solution that the business owners can rely on

2021-05-15T23:16:58+10:00October 10th, 2018|

I'm Colin Hewitt. I'm the CEO and co-founder of Float, which is a cash-flow forecasting piece of software that helps small businesses. Heather Smith:          Sensational. So we last spoke, it seems like, four years ago on the podcast, when the podcast was new. And you had ... Float had been in business I guess [...]

An Accounting Technologist embracing symbiotic relationships with software providers | Clayton Oates

2021-05-15T23:16:05+10:00September 20th, 2018|

Heather Smith:        Thank you so much, Clayton, for being on Cloud Stories with me and our listeners today. I'd like to start off by asking you, Who are you and what do you do? Clayton Oates:         Wow, that's a great question. First of all, thank you so much for having me on the show [...]

Xero’s Business Performance Dashboard

2018-09-12T05:14:12+10:00September 12th, 2018|

The Xero Business Performance dashboard contains numerous financial ratios and KPI's. However they can be somewhat hidden if you don't know how to access them. To access the Xero Business Performance dashboard, click Reports, All Reports, and type in the search field on the right, start typing in Business Performance (it's under the Financial menu), until  you [...]

Phong Le – Underdogs disrupting and challenging the big players

2021-05-15T23:20:35+10:00August 21st, 2018|

Today I am speaking with Phong Le Head of Growth APAC from Expensify the only expense claims and management tool built for companies of all sizes, from solopreneurs to the Fortune 500. This week’s episode took an interesting turn; we started talking about Muhammed Ali and Manny Pacquiao who are athletes, that inspire Phong, [...]

Import bank statements from Scottish Pacific

2018-08-13T22:36:38+10:00August 14th, 2018|

A client used Scottish Pacific for invoice factoring, and I created these support notes for them to help them download the data, and import it into Xero. If you are using another online accounting solution these support notes may help too. I hope you find them useful. Please follow the steps below. There may be [...]

The Journey of Upgrading from DOS to Windows to the Cloud for this Tech Company| Daniel Tramontana

2021-05-15T23:22:33+10:00June 19th, 2018|

Today I am speaking with Daniel Tramontana. Daniel joined BGL in 1997. During this time, Daniel has been part of the accountant's journey in transitioning from DOS to Windows and now cloud technology. Daniel is passionate about leadership and loves working with accountants and assisting them in growing their business through technology. Daniel loves [...]

Packing Checklist for a Business Conference

2025-05-15T09:59:06+10:00May 20th, 2018|

Here’s my own personal packing list for business and conference travel. I check it off before every trip. As with all checklists, I update and refine it, every time I notice something missing. A few days before travelling: Email itinerary details to plans@tripit.com (Make sure you have an account & it is synced to [...]

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