The Cloud Stories podcast shares the stories behind the people who build or use Cloud Apps that extend the capability of online accounting software. It explores:
How to implement and integrate Cloud Apps with online accounting software to automate processes, improve productivity, and profitability;
How to build a business developing Cloud Apps;
How to adopt Cloud Apps, build your own preferred tech stack, and introduce Cloud Apps to your client base.
Inspired by James Clear's book Atomic Habits, this session unpacks the impact and power of habits on our business and our client's business. What are Atomic Habits, and why have we heard so much about this book by James Clear?! How do Atomic Habits Work? How Can They Help You Achieve Your Goals? How [...]
Have you ever been dumped in the surf? You’ve lost your footing. You’re disorientated and surrounded by swirling bubbly water. You’re running out of breath and starting to panic. To prevent this from happening, you need to monitor and gauge the waves and brace yourself for impact. Then, with a firm footing, you are [...]
Last week was busy in Australia with two overlapping conferences; the Accounting and Business Expo in Melbourne and Accountex in Sydney. In the beginning, when we realised there would be overlapping conferences, I contacted both conference organisers, letting them know my focus was on providing the best outcomes for the accounting industry. I joined [...]
"We’re a job-costing platform in that our underlying goal is to give people real-time profitability data on their jobs. Not field service jobs, not plumbing jobs, going out and doing 10 jobs in a day, but projects, workshops, engineering factory jobs, where you want to track the margins on the time that you’ve spent, [...]
"Partnerships are a two-way component, add more value to your clients, but in return, if you can accelerate clients coming back to you then that’s a good news story for a lot of firms". – Bryan Williams, Honey Stick Advisory Today I’m speaking with Bryan Williams, Founder of Hockey Stick Advisory. In this episode, [...]
"We think there’s a huge opportunity and I think there’s a real opportunity of adopting technology to make some of those potential technology changes that will help bookkeepers and practices in the future". – Sabby Gill, Dext. "We’re already seeing from surveys that accountants are recognising how much technology can potentially improve the effectiveness [...]
"Compliance is that foundation, but the quality of conversation is the opportunity to play that connective tissue piece so that the business owners absolutely get the information that they need to continue to take those steps forward. I don’t think they get that from compliance specifically. It is the conversation and the trusted insights [...]
"With e-Commerce technology, you have to be open-minded. But try not to be so easily intimidated by it, because it’s definitely something that can be figured out. Understand that e-commerce customers are already into running their business a certain way by the time they come to us." – Kelly Gonsalves, Totally Booked. Kelly Gonsalves [...]
"One of the gold positives out of this pandemic has been a stronger collaboration between the accounting and the bookkeeping community. I've seen this strengthening of the accounting and the bookkeeping community as a whole, which is continuing as well. And it's now starting to gain its own momentum." – Cassandra Scott, Laurus Bookkeeping. [...]
"We believe that we've reinvented a better way to forecast. So this is a three-way longer-term forecasting. We won't help you work out if you're gonna meet payroll at the end of the week, but we will help you work out if you can afford to open a new location or hire a new [...]
