By Tim CulpanYou can’t get much more American than Disney. So it was quite a coup when a Chinese upstart managed to snag one of the family entertainment giant’s senior executives. Kevin Mayer was head of Walt Disney‘s streaming business before Beijing-based ByteDance tapped him to become chief executive officer of TikTok, the company’s short-video […]
Archives for August 2020
The best cameras and microphones for remote work and content
If your professional life hasn’t been flung into cyberspace of late, you’re a rare creature. If you’re running your business, freelance gig or personal life through remote software and hardware, you should be considering the quality of your setup, no? In previous years, getting by with the occasional Skype call on your five-year-old laptop with […]
More important than any financial advice
[embedded content] This clip is an excerpt from a talk I gave to financial advisors at the Riskalyze Fearless Week virtual conference. Tomorrow, I’m putting out the full audio on my podcast, which you can find here.
Helping our local communities through the Xero Community Appeal
2020 is certainly presenting us with some challenges and the impact on what’s happening in the world right now is not lost on us at Xero. We know how important it is to keep our community strong and we want to play our part in giving back to those in need. For this reason, we’re […]
Helping our local communities through the Xero Community Appeal
2020 is certainly presenting us with some challenges and the impact on what’s happening in the world right now is not lost on us at Xero. We know how important it is to keep our community strong and we want to play our part in giving back to those in need. For this reason, we’re […]
Advisor opens in-house racial justice investment strategy to other FAs, clients
Two years ago amid rising interest in ESG investing, advisor Rachel Robasciotti launched an investment strategy to help clients make more of a direct impact on racial, gender, economic and climate justice. Now, as protests spark across the nation in response to yet another police shooting of a Black man, the CEO of Robasciotti & […]
Three reasons accountants make great CEOs – Accounting Today
When I founded FloQast, I started meeting fellow software entrepreneurs. As I got to know them, I realized there is a common thread across the group — they have one of two backgrounds: product or business development. Software engineers are able to hack together great products for sweat equity, get adoption, and then have VCs […]
Proposal aims to enhance auditors’ risk assessment process
The AICPA Auditing Standards Board (ASB) issued a proposed standard Thursday that is designed to enhance auditors’ assessment of the risks of material misstatement in an audit of financial statements. Proposed Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS), Understanding the Entity and Its Environment and Assessing the Risks of Material Misstatement, would supersede SAS No. 122, as […]
Tools to help nonfilers receive economic impact payments
News PRACTICE & PROCEDURES By Alistair M. Nevius, J.D. {:else} {timeSince} {/if} {@if cond=”{isCGMA}”} {:else} {/if} {/.} The IRS has provided tools for tax practitioners to use to reach out to taxpayers who do not normally file tax returns and are eligible to receive economic impact payments. The Service also announced that it will soon […]
The 4 Best Restaurant POS Systems
There are a lot of POS systems out there. But it can be really difficult to find which systems work best for your restaurant, and what is going to integrate with QuickBooks well.