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the roots of ‘radical’ cpas

young businessman thinking, software icons in thought cloudhow the ‘new firm’ was born.

by jody padar
the radical cpa

i started to use this newfangled payroll software that worked through the internet. back then they didn’t call it the cloud. it was just payroll software that used an internet browser. it solved my business problems of preparing paychecks, paying taxes and filing tax returns for my customers. the technology was paycycle, a cloud-based payroll software.

more radical cpa: the first 3 questions i should have asked before starting my own practice

paycycle (which has since been acquired by intuit) fundamentally changed my firm and my life. all of a sudden payroll became one of the most profitable areas of our firm. it also became a catalyst to selling and packaging our other core services.

it was the beginning of something bigger.

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the first 3 questions i should have asked before starting my own practice

and the 3 questions you should be asking yourself today.

by jody padar
the radical cpa

i had just come off a really bad tax season.

this was about eight years ago now, and i knew there had to be a better way. i left a mid-sized firm, with seven partners and about 50 other employ­ees and i joined my dad’s firm — literally and figuratively. figu­ratively, because many of his technology and processes were “old school.” read more →

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walking the walk with a radical cpa

broken chainget real. get up from your desk. go for a ‘gemba’ walk.

by tom hood
the radical cpa

i remember sending a video intro to jody padar’s first meeting of ic opportunities where i read a quote from the february 2012 edition of fast company magazine in which the editor, robert safian, intro­duced the concept of “generation flux” and it reminded me of jody and her tribe:

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hood

“in our hyper-networked, mobile, social, global world, the rules and plans of yesterday are increasingly under pressure; the enterprises and individuals that will thrive will be those willing to adapt and iterate, in a disciplined, unsen­timental way… generation flux is a term that describes all of this — the chaotic business era that we have moved into — as well as the people who are poised to thrive in this environment.”

so what is a “gemba walk,” you might be thinking? read more →

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emerging breed of cpa rewrites the rules of the profession, smashes old business models

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pisano

‘generation flux’ embraces adaptability, flexibility, openness, decisiveness.

by gretchen pisano
the radical cpa

with a lifelong commitment to con­tinuous learning, cpas are some of the most willing learners you’ll ever come across.

today’s new generation of cpa embraces adaptability and flexibility, an openness to learning from anywhere, decisiveness tempered by the knowledge that business life today can shift radically.

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social business: how new communication tools are revolutionizing the accounting profession

william r. pirolli, cpa/cff/pfs, cgma email vcard bill is a partner with over 30 years of experience in public accounting. bill was formerly managing principal for the accounting firm of pirolli, deller & conaty.
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and yet, the heart of the cpa business remains a constant.

by william r. pirolli, cpa, cff, pfs, cgma
the radical cpa: new rules for the future-ready firm

at the heart of our profession are people… connecting with people. the human connection to the information we deal with is what makes our profession so personal and rewarding. it should always be at the heart of what we do.

the ways we connect have changed dramatically over time. while we all still use the telephone, fax, face-to-face meetings and the occasional written note, the invasion of facebook, linkedin, twitter, skype, youtube, instagram, cloud-based services and that smartphone or tablet you might be reading this on all serve to make our communications and services immediate, exponential and virtually limitless. read more →

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jody padar to lead all-day online “radical cpa” workshop

visionary cpa presents new roadmap for creating the future-ready accounting firm
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padar

forward-thinking cpas will gather online tuesday, dec. 16, for a collaborative workshop to share strategies and techniques for a radical transformation of the accounting firm business model.

titled “the radical cpa: new rules for the future-ready firm,” the web conference will be led by jody padar, cpa, mst, one of the profession’s leading innovators and author of the forthcoming book by the same name.

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cpas are registering at radicalcpa.eventbrite.com.
the book is available for pre-order at special discount from www.g005e.com/shop/radical

“this workshop will take everyone on a deep dive into the client services and management processes that define a future-ready firm,” padar says. “it’s a real opportunity for us to take our firms in new directions, with real implementation tools and a roadmap to get started. and all you need is an internet connection and a computer with video capabilities.”

the six-hour event, sponsored in part by cch and avalara, will leverage new interactive community-building technologies never before deployed in the cpa profession. conference attendees will earn six cpe credits and receive padar’s new book as a free bonus. read more →