Best on Ground 
Philadelphia bans cashless stores 
Anthony Pratt's best on social media
Qantas CEO, Alan Joyce, responds to 10 year old boy's handwritten letter 
Young kids starting businesses
Resurrecting the Dead Horse Theory

Worst on Ground 
Shoes of Prey went in to liquidation - when you listen to your customer, but your customer doesn't actually know what they want.
Australia's Super funds legacy systems run on spare parts from eBay, 1950s programs
'Overnight success is a farce': Aussie founder sells startup last valued at $25.4m to American Express
The battle for work/life balance is lost. The war for device/non-device balance has just begun. 
Kmart employees forced to join industry super fund
Select Committee into Fair Dinkum Power
Challenger bank, Countingup, launches invoicing from their smartphone app

Indepth: You don't HAVE to do advisory.

Something grinds our gears. And that something is:    Generic conversations about accountants having to do advisory, from people who've never done it.    It comes from this idea that because advanced use of technology means that it takes a lower amount of time to do traditional compliance work. It stems from a line Xero used to tout, 'Compliance is dead, you have to do advisory'.    What's wrong with the way advisory is being spoken about?  

About Us

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

Best on Ground&nbsp;
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/philadelphia-is-first-u-s-city-to-ban-cashless-stores-11551967201">Philadelphia bans cashless stores&nbsp;</a></li>
<li>Anthony Pratt's best on social media</li>
<li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-12/qantas-ceo-alan-joyce-responds-to-10-year-olds-letter/10893572">Qantas CEO, Alan Joyce, responds to 10 year old boy's handwritten letter</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li>Young kids starting businesses</li>
<li><a href="https://www.business2community.com/strategy/resurrecting-the-dead-horse-theory-02158834">Resurrecting the Dead Horse Theory</a></li>
</ul>
Worst on Ground&nbsp;
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.smh.com.au/business/small-business/not-a-surprise-investors-lose-millions-in-shoes-of-prey-collapse-20190312-p513j8.html">Shoes of Prey went in to liquidation</a> - when you listen to your customer, but your customer doesn't actually know what they want.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.afr.com/business/banking-and-finance/super-funds-trawl-ebay-for-spare-parts-20190310-h1c7l5">Australia's Super funds legacy systems run on spare parts from eBay, 1950s programs</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/overnight-success-is-a-farce-aussie-founder-sells-startup-last-valued-at-25-4m-to-american-express-20190313-p513vv.html">'Overnight success is a farce': Aussie founder sells startup last valued at $25.4m to American Express</a></li>
<li><a href="https://qz.com/1563638/mobile-world-congress-delegates-worry-about-too-much-screen-time/">The battle for work/life balance is lost. The war for device/non-device balance has just begun.</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://www.afr.com/news/policy/industrial-relations/kmart-employees-forced-to-join-industry-super-fund-20190311-h1c8du">Kmart employees forced to join industry super fund</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Fair_Dinkum_Power">Select Committee into Fair Dinkum Power</a></li>
<li><a href="https://countinguphq.com/countingup-launches-invoicing-24cc861e90b0">Challenger bank, Countingup, launches invoicing from their smartphone app</a></li>
</ul>
Indepth: You don't HAVE to do advisory.
Something&nbsp;grinds&nbsp;our&nbsp;gears.&nbsp;And&nbsp;that&nbsp;something&nbsp;is:&nbsp; &nbsp; Generic&nbsp;conversations&nbsp;about accountants&nbsp;having&nbsp;to&nbsp;do&nbsp;advisory, from&nbsp;people who've never done it.&nbsp; &nbsp; It comes from this idea that because advanced use of technology means that it takes a lower amount of time to do traditional compliance work. It stems from a line Xero used to tout, 'Compliance is dead, you have to do advisory'.&nbsp; &nbsp; What's wrong with the way advisory is being spoken about? &nbsp;
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>.&nbsp;

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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