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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 and your services are going to be, and not what you think you as the accountant or the founder can do. And I think that's [...]

2021-05-15T22:33:36+10:00March 7th, 2020|0 Comments

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 they've been working for six years. One of our clients moved their Philippines team member who was doing SMSF work to Australia to be the [...]

2021-05-15T22:15:32+10:00February 22nd, 2020|0 Comments

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 a lot of this stuff helps with cash flow. That's a really big part of it, cash flow, because you can make decisions based on [...]

2021-05-15T22:50:30+10:00November 20th, 2019|0 Comments

How Accountants Can Effectively Scale Power BI Analysis | Cameron Lynch

Today I am speaking with Cameron Lynch. Cameron is a Chartered Accountant and the founder of the Etani Business Platform. He believes he can help businesses survive and prosper in today’s disruptive environment. Cameron is experienced with Business Intelligence (BI), Analytics, Big Data and implementing cloud-based solutions to streamline reporting systems.Live data has a significant [...]

2021-05-15T23:10:30+10:00April 15th, 2019|1 Comment

Chris Hooper – World’s First Accounting Futurist

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 [...]

2021-05-15T23:12:53+10:00October 31st, 2018|0 Comments

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

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 [...]

2021-05-15T23:16:05+10:00September 20th, 2018|1 Comment

Ep.48 Lessons learnt from Xerocon South 2016

Following on from Xerocon South 2016 a powerhouse crew from Brisbane came together to discuss and dissect the lessons learnt from this conference. The panel discussion and the audience q and a was recorded and will be of interest to attendees and non-attendees alike. If you did attend Xerocon – it reminds you of [...]

2021-05-16T00:42:50+10:00November 4th, 2016|0 Comments

Ep.47 Sophie Hossack – Receipt Bank – An English Lit grad thriving

Today on episode 47 of the Cloud Stories podcast I’m talking with Sophie Hossack. Sophie is the Australia Country Manager at Receipt Bank. Receipt Bank is the bookkeeping productivity tool used by 4,000+ accountants and bookkeepers around the world to increase their efficiency. Sophie was one of the first employees at Receipt Bank and has [...]

2021-05-16T00:44:23+10:00October 19th, 2016|0 Comments

Ep.46 Andrew Van De Beek – illumin8 – Gen-Y accountant interested in new business, original ideas, and challenging the flexibility of the cloud

Ep.46 Andrew Van De Beek – illumin8 – Gen-Y accountant interested in new business, original ideas, and challenging the flexibility of the cloud Today on episode 46 of the Cloud Stories podcast I’m talking with Andrew Van De Beek. Andrew is a constant source of excitement at the illumin8 office and leads the team [...]

2021-05-16T00:46:00+10:00October 17th, 2016|0 Comments

Ep.45 Wayne Schmidt – A trailblazer helping accounting and bookkeeping firms to grow, embrace change and drive profitability

Today on episode 45 of the Cloud Stories podcast I’m talking with Wayne Schmidt. Wayne has over 28 years’ experience in the accounting industry spearheading the Australian expansion for Xero, MYOB and Reckon. Wayne is passionate about helping accounting firms to grow, embrace change and drive profitability. Based in Australia, and having worked in [...]

2021-05-16T00:46:42+10:00May 30th, 2016|0 Comments
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