Solving big problems in a small town, with Meghan Blair

03/30/23 • 34 min

Meghan Blair lives and works in Nantucket, Massachusetts, a tourist town with a close-knit community. In this episode, Meghan and Stuart discuss COVID's impact on seasonal economies, what accounting professionals can do to help, and an exciting update for Meghan's firm—Fogged in Bookkeeping.

The unforgettable experience of living on a cattle farm in Australia (03:17)
The cultural and economic diversity in Nantucket, Massachusetts (09:20)
COVID's impact on service-based, seasonal economies (12:57)
Building sustainability, and social responsibility metrics into accounting processes (15:10)
How COVID accelerated innovative, data-driven problem-solving in Nantucket's food and hospitality industry (18:29)
Growing a remote accounting firm before it was popular (24:07)
Karbon's instrumental role in Meghan's bookkeeping practice (29:00)
Fogged in Bookkeeping's merger with GrowthLab (30:00)

The unforgettable experience of living on a cattle farm in Australia (03:17)
The cultural and economic diversity in Nantucket, Massachusetts (09:20)
COVID's impact on service-based, seasonal economies (12:57)
Building sustainability, and social responsibility metrics into accounting processes (15:10)
How COVID accelerated innovative, data-driven problem-solving in Nantucket's food and hospitality industry (18:29)
Growing a remote accounting firm before it was popular (24:07)
Karbon's instrumental role in Meghan's bookkeeping practice (29:00)
Fogged in Bookkeeping's merger with GrowthLab (30:00)

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Challenging the status quo of accounting operations, with Stefan van Duyvendijk

Stefan van Duyvendijk is the Accounting Operations Evangelist at FloQast. In this episode, Stefan chats with Stuart about the pains that drove FloQast's founders to building their own solution, and what sets the company apart from its competitors in the marketplace.

Together, Stefan and Stuart discuss:

Living and skiing in Utah (02:00)
A fed-up accountant's quest for changing the status quo (05:32)
Stefan's career journey before FloQast (08:08)
Adopting new skill sets as a brand evangelist (12:09)
How FloQast is redefining accounting operations (14:12)
FloQast's 2023 strategic plan (21:00)
Building a user-centric product (23:51)
What's next for Stefan (27:20)

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Are accountants the missing piece of holistic wealth management? A conversation with Rob Santos and Rory Henry

Rob Santos and Rory Henry of Arrow Root Family Office join Stuart to discuss how accountants are primed to be strategic advisors in the wealth and family management space.

Together, they talk about:

Why accountants are well-positioned to get involved in wealth management (02:15)
The origin story of Arrowroot Family Office (07:00)
Creating a personalized financial advisory experience (09:40)
Diversifying an accountant's portfolio with wealth management (12:00)
Are accountants the future of investment advisory? (15:30)
How accountants can add value to a holistic financial plan (28:06)
Planning for succession as firm owners (32:00)