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In this day and age of technology, what does the future hold for the accounting industry? John Waterworth – the managing director of Valenta Australia sits down with us to help us understand more about what robotics for Accounting Firms especially during a time of critical staff shortage.

Brett Kelly , CEO of one of the fastest growing accounting firms in Australia, is back by popular demand, rated as one of the top podcasts we recorded, we’re glad to have him back for a meaningful conversation that will have you hooked and wanting more. 

Our guest, the remarkable Kylie Parker from Lotus Accountants imparts her knowledge and experience as an accountant, a partner, a business founder and a woman on all aspects of her career and personal life. If you are curious on how she built her firm without any marketing within this unique niche, then you won’t want to miss this episode.

As part of our international expansion we’re pleased to have our first American guest Gary Shamis from Winding River Consulting sharing all there is to know about how to effectively lead a business in the modern era where baby boomers are running firms populated by millenials. 

Have you ever heard of an accountant who gets his clients from the gym? Our guest today, Reuben Bergola from New Wave Business Solutions surely has unique ways in scaling up his business. In this episode, he shares his journey, vision and tips on how he managed to start young and organically grow to a multi-million dollar accounting firm in a short span of time.

From working for the top accounting software businesses to starting the Australian operation for Xero, with his wife on their kitchen table, our special guest Wayne Schmidt from PracticeEQ tells it how it is. 

The ever enterprising Greg Hayes of Hayes Knight , a familiar face in the industry, leading one of the top mid-tier accounting firms in Australia, discusses the fundamental challenges facing the baby boomer accounting firms and what they need to do to adapt. 

Our special guest today, Paul Dunn from B1G1 provides us with an in-depth knowledge of what it means for an accountant to follow their North Star, be truly aligned to their purpose and the key strategies on how to become an Impact-Driven Accountant and how it translates to profit and staff  

Technology and innovation is undeniably changing our lives, David Smith is passionate about creating new opportunities for Accountants and the Accounting industry, reveals how we can take advantage of it and the secrets to building a highly efficient and profitable accounting firm.

In this podcast with David Smith from Smithink we discussed everything from innovation, networking, finding passion in your work and many more topics.

On this second part of our podcast with Michael Carter, Founder and CEO of Practice Paradox provides us with a more in-depth understanding of strategies and tactics with regards to marketing and scaling advisory services, his perspective on leadership, and what and how to offer additional help to your clients.

Managing a Global firm that is currently active in 5 countries with over 650 clients and growing,  Nick Sinclair, Founder of TOA Global reveals the secrets on how to provide an effective leadership while still working closely with your peers and his insights on the reality of the outsourcing industry.

He started as a Cadet in a Big 4 firm and within 6 years, he established his own practice at an early age of 26. Andrew Van De Beek, Founder and Head of Purpose of Illumin8  has a knack of attracting the right people giving him the opportunity, along with his own skills to create something unlike any other accounting firm we’ve heard of.

He started as a Cadet in a Big 4 firm and within 6 years, he established his own practice at an early age of 26. Andrew Van De Beek, Founder and Head of Purpose of Illumin8  has a knack of attracting the right people giving him the opportunity, along with his own skills to create something unlike any other accounting firm we’ve heard of.

From starting his side hustles such as the WWF wrestling business as a 13 year old to becoming an accountant in a reputable Adelaide firm and then starting his own practice with his best friend in his early 20s to creating an innovative platform for sole practitioners in accounting to work for clients across the globe. We catch up with Chris Hooper, Founder and CEO of Accodex

We catch up with Brad Eisenhuth and Aidan Parsons to discuss their successful journey. They have partnered with the Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand to provide leaders in public practice the opportunity to take part in a hands-on, highly practical program which can successfully transition your practice into a sustainable and impactful Business Advisory practice.

From being told that she won’t get far in her career because she is a female to becoming a Director at Deloitte and now running an award winning and technologically advanced boutique accounting firm, Aly Garrett, Founder of All In Advisory shares it all!

Running a firm is hard enough. Being a Managing Partner at a young age and building a firm into the largest tax and advisory practice on the Gold Coast is even harder (and it hasn’t all been smooth sailing)! Today we catch up with Aaron Lavell to discuss his journey from a young accountant at EY to dominating the accounting space and the challenges that went along with that.

On this episode, we talk about all the things accountants could be doing better and where they’re going wrong. Mistakes that are costing them huge potential increases in revenue, profits and lifestyle.

Now, Rob Nixon is not an accountant. Yet he has forged a niche to be one of the world’s foremost authorities on how accounting firms can achieve peak performance and his clients on average see profit increases of 98.4% from revenue increases of only 20.8% while working fewer hours with simple tweaks in workflow and technology.