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Building an Effective Tech Stack for Your Cloud Accounting Firm
If you're running a cloud accounting firm you know that building an effective tech stack is crucial. It's what allows you to streamline your workflows, improve your efficiency and provide better services to your clients. However, building a tech stack can be a...
Profit First and Relay: A Powerful Partnership for Small Business Financial Growth
Hey there! If you're a small business owner, you know how crucial proper cash management is for the success and growth of your business. That's why we're excited to share the big news about the partnership between Profit First Professionals and Relay, a top banking...
Unlock the Power of Keeper: An Exciting Sneak Peak into New Features
On Tuesday, March 21, 2023, Heather and Liz were joined by Ben Stein, Ceo of Keeper. Ben called himself the chief listening officer! He was the CFO of a venture-back tech start-up and he did the books for that company. With that experience, he said that's why he built...
Firm Spotlight: Calmwaters Cloud Accounting Shares Their Tech Stack
We had so much fun hanging out with Kellie Parks with Calm Waters! She joined us for a Firm Spotlight on February 28th, 2023. A little bit about Kellie’s firm Kellie has a micro booking firm; she has her monthly recurring clients but also enjoys taking on the “hot...
Campfire Chat: Art & Science of Decision Making with Ian Vacin from Karbon
On February 21st, 2023 Liz and Heather were joined by Ian Vacin of Karbon for a Campfire Chat about the Art & Science of Decision Making. Ian is the co-founder and Chief Partnerships Officer of Karbon! Ian was also Heather's mentor when she first started off as a...
Firm Spotlight: Vilms Consulting Shares Their Tech Stack
Heather and Liz kicked off their firm spotlight episode series on February 14th, 2023!! Our first episode featured Michelle Vilms of Vilms Consulting. Michelle was voted in the top 50 women in accounting by ignition and is now on their council this year! She is also...
CampFire Chat Series: Jirav and Designated Motivator-What if… I stole a golf cart
On Tuesday, January 17, 2023, Heather and Liz reunited with Mike Triantos of Jirav, Evan Wells of Jirav, and Dawn Brolin of the Designated Motivator. Such great humans and we had a blast! There are so many great things that came out of camp and in this episode, we...
CampFire Chat Series: ADP-Nobody puts Baby in a Corner at Appy Hour Camp
On December 20th,2022 Heather and Liz were joined by Heather Sperduto from ADP for this month's Campfire Chat Series. Heather has been with ADP for 2 decades! She really enjoyed our intimate moments at camp when the thought leaders and attendees could share their...
Financial Cents- Organize your firm and get more work done
On December 13th, 2022 Heather and Liz were joined by Shahram Zarshenas from Financial Cents to discuss organizing your firm and getting more done. Shahram mentioned baking a cake as an analogy: When your firm is small, maybe just you and a few clients, everything you...