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Firm Management

Accounting in 2025: Three Undeniable Trends and How They Will Affect Accounting Firms

Omnipresent mobility isn’t about having a smartphone or tablet. It is the ubiquitous expectation that you can do whatever you need to do no matter where you are.

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Rule #1: Cash is King

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Cloud Technology

How the iPhone Is Changing Your Job

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Technology

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes

Recently, I have been reminded of change and how hard it is to make happen. Whether it’s a personal change or a professional change, it isn’t easy. For example, this publication is going through some pretty cool changes, but I am sure it wasn’t easy to get action or at least universal action on all the changes desired

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Technology

When Hell Freezes Over?

It’s that time of year when we start thinking about what we accomplished and what we have left to accomplish. It’s what New Year’s resolutions are all about, and it’s also when we take the time to reflect on what might be coming in the future. So here are my top 10 predictions for 2011.

Accounting

Building a Company is Like Raising Kids

Bill.com is the second company that I have started and it is the fourth startup where I have been part of the founding team. And as I think about all the challenges in growing a company from nothing to something, I am struck by how similar being a parent is to growing a company. From late nights, unpredictable days and tearful goodbyes; the emotional roller coaster is similar.

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Accounting

Ti-i-i-ime is on my side

While new technologies make us more productive giving us back time, the failure to adopt them can lead to missed opportunities.

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Accounting

Blowing in the Wind

Do you feel the winds of change blowing? Do you feel the impact of the cloud on your life? If not yet, you soon will. When I founded my first company PayCycle, I thought the web was all about anytime, anywhere access.

Firm Management

What’s Up with Paper?

Paper is inefficient and doesn’t easily scale. It is a pain to store, retrieve and share. And yet companies and accountants of all sizes are dependent on it to manage their businesses.

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Technology

Are you a Cobbler?

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Firm Management

The Power of Collaboration: Will You Be Extinct?

All things in life change. It is inevitable that we evolve. Accounting solutions are no exception and as with everything else the web is forcing a new species to evolve while old ones become extinct.

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Firm Management

The Cat’s in the Cradle

If you were alive in the 70’s you undoubtedly know this song by Harry Chapin. It’s a wonderful song and one that I think about often.