Why an Accountant Started a Bookkeeping Business | Meryl Johnston
"One of my beliefs is about setting an example. I am always reading, listening to podcasts, learning, thinking about things...I also try and convey that to the team to [...]
Accountants empowering their client base through podcasting | Tim Garth and Dan Osborne
"What we want is for our customers to be able to take the bull by the horns with their own information, their own understanding, and make some decisions, and [...]
20 Trends Changing the World of Work and Transforming the Nature of Careers in Accountancy | Kevin Fitzgerald FCCA
Subscribe to the Accounting Apps newsletter here. Kevin can you share with us a bit about your background? Kevin:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Yes, and thank you [...]
The Future of The Accounting Profession | Kenji Kuramoto
"One opportunity this pandemic did give us is it has allowed us to bring people together from all over the world. That is what we have here today truly [...]
Building a multi-disciplinary professional services business | John Knight
'Mongolia was about me taking myself out of my comfort zone. That was about me stretching myself to think differently. That was about having a bit of a breather, [...]
Accounting World Domination | Liz Mason
I have the best people. I have nothing without my team. I have good ideas and I have vision, and I do have creativity and innovation, but I don’t [...]
How a modern future-focused firm scopes, selects and implements best of breed cloud solutions | Lee Duffield
I'm really fussy about the way salespeople contact me. If they start spamming me and if I think they've got my details illegally, I'm not happy at all. I [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Excellent. Thank you. And I am glad to hear [...]
An Accounting Technologist embracing symbiotic relationships with software providers | Clayton Oates
Heather Smith:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Ep.42 Greg Tuckwell – Achieving Platinum through Processes and Collaboration
Today on episode 42 of the Cloud Stories podcast I’m talking with Greg Tuckwell who’s been the Director of Poole Group since 1993 and CEO of Zerobooks since 2013. Greg [...]
Ep.36 Geni Whitehouse – Even a Nerd Can Be Heard
Geni Whitehouse divides her time between working as a winery consultant at Brotemarkle, Davis & Co in the Napa Valley and writing, speaking, and tweeting about what some might consider [...]
Ep.35 Blake Oliver shares apps he recommends for accountants, bookkeepers and his clients
 Subscribe to Episode 35 of Cloud Stories on iTunes In this episode Blake Oliver and I discuss his recommended apps for accountants and bookkeepers and his clients. I'm now [...]
Ep.34 Dan Schmidt – The Emerging Business CFO
Based Missouri, USA, Dan Schmidt has embraced Xero as the core solution for his clients. Dan likes to solve problems. He helps clients adopt a suite of cloud solutions that improve their [...]
Ep.30 Paul Meissner – 5ways Group – Should accountants offer cloud integration services?
Subscribe to Episode 29 of Cloud Stories on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/cloud-stories-heather-smith/id908333807 Heather: I'd like to start off by asking you what's the most dangerous thing you’ve ever done? Paul: Dangerous. I'm [...]
Ep.28 Guy Pearson – Practice Ignition – Developing an on-boarding & management solution for accounting practices
Subscribe to Episode 28 of Cloud Stories on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/cloud-stories-heather-smith/id908333807Â Heather: Guy, who would you like to have coffee with and why? Guy: Wow! I would have said Steve Jobs, [...]
Ep.19 Blake Oliver – Cloudsourced Accounting – One of the first Xero endorsed US bookkeeping and cloud integrators firms
Highlights of my conversation with Blake Oliver One of the first US based bookkeeping firms and cloud integrators to be listed on Xero site Acquisition of Cloudsourced Accounting by Harshman [...]
Ep.15 Alex Falcon Huerta – Creating a 100% cloud accounting practice in the UK
 Highlights of my conversation with Alex Falcon Huerta founder of Soaring Falcon Accountancy Technology used in a 100% cloud accounting practice Helping clients review future trends Where small business [...]