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Sophie Hossack in country manager for Receipt Bank in Australia.

We talk about ways to be productive through technology and less obvious methods like massage.

Steph Hinds has built a unique accounting firm with Growthwise. In this entertaining podcast we talk about what makes Growthwise different, marketing for accountants and tips for Xerocon including drinking strategy!

Michael Kramer is an award-winning leadership consultant and successful entrepreneur.

A trained accountant, he managed and a pharmaceutical repackaging company, before focusing on helping other businesses succeed. Now as president of ManageHub.com he is making best management practices available to companies of all sizes.

In the podcast, we talk about why businesses fail and how accountants can play a larger role in business success.

Eric DeVriese is the founder of RealTime CPAs, an accounting firm based in Florida which focuses on serving dental practices.

A must listen if you want to cut through the industry hype about specialization and hear from someone who niched his firm and is now reaping the benefits.

In this episode Matt's guest is IT and security expert Jonathan Fox. Jonathan works with many accounting firms and shares some security horror stories. He then explains some simple ways we can all be more secure in our business life.

Topics discussed:

- How concerned should we be about cyber security?

- Some of the security threats people face in the cloud

- How to mitigate the risks

- Protecting your domain names

- Password security

- Backing up business data

- Is public WiFi safe?

- Three security steps every business should implement

In this episode, cloud accountant and industry expert Blake Oliver explains why there'll never be an Uber of Accounting. In a wide-ranging discussion, he discusses with Matt everything from the ethics of "disruptive" businesses to the future of the accounting industry.