Best on Ground
This Excel feature is amazing. Take a photo and upload it straight top Excel. 
https://support.office.com/en-us/article/insert-data-from-picture-3c1bb58d-2c59-4bc0-b04a-a671a6868fd7
ABS has an app. For those stats nerds out there, this is awesome. Has key economic indicators and also 2016 Census info on postcodes, etc. You can also customise your own Key Indicators. 
https://twitter.com/ABSStats/status/1153514839249170433?s=20
A linked in profile description that makes the complex simple.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/arfitzgerald/
After years of banks spinning their performance to us ANZ’s brilliant new add shows the spin small business owners use to appear successful. 
https://twitter.com/ANZ_AU/status/1131340918810976256

Worst on Ground
BREAKING | National Australia Bank was today forced to admit an embarrassing breach of 13,000 customers’ personal data, including contact details and driver’s licence numbers . 
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/financial-services/national-australia-bank-admits-to-data-breach-13000-customers-affected/news-story/d690644976567e6f645022c5ebabd114
ACCC’s 23 recommendations to take on the large digital businesses. Could get ugly. Interesting take on journalism suffering. 
https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/holistic-dynamic-reforms-needed-to-address-dominance-of-digital-platforms
David had to open a bank account and it took 45 minutes. Should it? Hear the story in this weeks episode.



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From the Trenches is brought to you by Paul Meissner from Freedom Mentoring and David Boyar from Sequel CFO. Proudly sponsored by BGL and The Outsourced Accountant.

Best on Ground
<ul>
<li>This Excel feature is amazing. Take a photo and upload it straight top Excel.&nbsp; <a href="https://support.office.com/en-us/article/insert-data-from-picture-3c1bb58d-2c59-4bc0-b04a-a671a6868fd7">https://support.office.com/en-us/article/insert-data-from-picture-3c1bb58d-2c59-4bc0-b04a-a671a6868fd7</a></li>
<li>ABS has an app. For those stats nerds out there, this is awesome. Has key economic indicators and also 2016 Census info on postcodes, etc. You can also customise your own Key Indicators.&nbsp; <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSStats/status/1153514839249170433?s=20">https://twitter.com/ABSStats/status/1153514839249170433?s=20</a></li>
<li>A linked in profile description that makes the complex simple. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/arfitzgerald/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/arfitzgerald/</a></li>
<li>After years of banks spinning their performance to us ANZ&rsquo;s brilliant new add shows the spin small business owners use to appear successful.&nbsp; <a href="https://twitter.com/ANZ_AU/status/1131340918810976256">https://twitter.com/ANZ_AU/status/1131340918810976256</a></li>
</ul>
Worst on Ground
<ul>
<li>BREAKING | National Australia Bank was today forced to admit an embarrassing breach of 13,000 customers&rsquo; personal data, including contact details and driver&rsquo;s licence numbers .&nbsp; <a href="https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/financial-services/national-australia-bank-admits-to-data-breach-13000-customers-affected/news-story/d690644976567e6f645022c5ebabd114">https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/financial-services/national-australia-bank-admits-to-data-breach-13000-customers-affected/news-story/d690644976567e6f645022c5ebabd114</a></li>
<li>ACCC&rsquo;s 23 recommendations to take on the large digital businesses. Could get ugly. Interesting take on journalism suffering.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/holistic-dynamic-reforms-needed-to-address-dominance-of-digital-platforms">https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/holistic-dynamic-reforms-needed-to-address-dominance-of-digital-platforms</a></li>
<li>David had to open a bank account and it took 45 minutes. Should it? Hear the story in this weeks episode.</li>
</ul>

About Us
<a href="https://www.fromthetrenches.com.au/">From the Trenches</a> is brought to you by <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/meissnerpaul/">Paul Meissner</a> from <a href="https://freedomaccountingsystem.com/">Freedom Mentoring</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidboyar/">David Boyar</a> from <a href="https://www.sequelcfo.com/">Sequel CFO</a>. Proudly sponsored by <a href="https://www.bglcorp.com/">BGL</a> and <a href="https://theoutsourcedaccountant.com/">The Outsourced Accountant</a>.

In the age of FAKE NEWS, brave souls are needed to fight through the noise and give accountants in practice the support and information they deserve. 
David Boyar and Paul Meissner share a passion for the role Accountants play in the Australian economy. As the engine room of the economy, small - medium businesses rely on their accountant for technical knowledge, business acumen and professional (and often personal) support. As the way accountants work (through technology) and service (through new services like Virtual CFOs) changes, we have to ask If accountants are helping their client’s, who is helping Accountants? 

If you read the Accounting Industry news and listen to the industry leaders then the Accounting industry is at war. It’s a war against technology, the ATO and even UBER (apparently). The problem is that most of the leaders have never worked in practice. They are subject matter experts but can't offer the perspective of someone who had to actually have conversations with clients about implementing technology, actually moved to value pricing, actually compared technology features and how an entire team may be impacted by them. 

Each week in this podcast, 2 plucky Chartered Accountants will bring you the real stories ‘from the trenches’. This no holes barred, feisty, yet humorous take on the Accounting landscape will be entertaining while sending a message to the scaremongers, that the FAKE NEWS must end. By following a simple podcast formula, David and Paul will deliver rapid value straight to your earphones. With segments like ‘best and worst of the week’, ‘Fake News exposed’ and a the rapid format ‘5 questions in 5 minutes’ special guest interviews, what more could you want. This podcast won’t be for the faint hearted.

https://www.fromthetrenches.com.au/

From The Trenches

In the age of FAKE NEWS, brave souls are needed to fight through the noise and give accountants in practice the support and information they deserve. 

David Boyar and Paul Meissner share a passion for the role Accountants play in the Australian economy. As the engine room of the economy, small - medium businesses rely on their accountant for technical knowledge, business acumen and professional (and often personal) support. As the way accountants work (through technology) and service (through new services like Virtual CFOs) changes, we have to ask If accountants are helping their client’s, who is helping Accountants? If you read the Accounting Industry news and listen to the industry leaders then the Accounting industry is at war. 

It’s a war against technology, the ATO and even UBER (apparently). The problem is that most of the leaders have never worked in practice. They are subject matter experts but can't offer the perspective of someone who had to actually have conversations with clients about implementing technology, actually moved to value pricing, actually compared technology features and how an entire team may be impacted by them. Each week in this podcast, 2 plucky Chartered Accountants will bring you the real stories ‘from the trenches’. 

This no holes barred, feisty, yet humorous take on the Accounting landscape will be entertaining while sending a message to the scaremongers, that the FAKE NEWS must end. By following a simple podcast formula, David and Paul will deliver rapid value straight to your earphones. With segments like ‘best and worst of the week’, ‘Fake News exposed’ and a the rapid format ‘5 questions in 5 minutes’ special guest interviews, what more could you want. 

This podcast won’t be for the faint hearted. https://www.fromthetrenches.com.au/

In the age of FAKE NEWS, brave souls are needed to fight through the noise and give accountants in practice the support and information they deserve. David Boyar and Paul Meissner share a passion for the role Accountants play in the Australian economy. As the engine room of the economy, small - medium businesses rely on their accountant for technical knowledge, business acumen and professional (and often personal) support. As the way accountants work (through technology) and service (through new services like Virtual CFOs) changes, we have to ask If accountants are helping their client’s, who is helping Accountants? If you read the Accounting Industry news and listen to the industry leaders then the Accounting industry is at war. It’s a war against technology, the ATO and even UBER (apparently). The problem is that most of the leaders have never worked in practice. They are subject matter experts but can't offer the perspective of someone who had to actually have conversations with clients about implementing technology, actually moved to value pricing, actually compared technology features and how an entire team may be impacted by them. Each week in this podcast, 2 plucky Chartered Accountants will bring you the real stories ‘from the trenches’. This no holes barred, feisty, yet humorous take on the Accounting landscape will be entertaining while sending a message to the scaremongers, that the FAKE NEWS must end. By following a simple podcast formula, David and Paul will deliver rapid value straight to your earphones. With segments like ‘best and worst of the week’, ‘Fake News exposed’ and a the rapid format ‘5 questions in 5 minutes’ special guest interviews, what more could you want. This podcast won’t be for the faint hearted. https://www.fromthetrenches.com.au/

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