There used to be this notion in accounting that if you were an early adapter to technology, you were considered progressive. Industry veterans might have looked at you as though you were some foolhardy explorer on a wasteful quest to burn budget on sleek tools—only to produce mediocre results (at best).
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The Accountant's Guide to Selecting an Automated Accounting Solution
Topics: Ebook artificial intelligence automated bookkeeping automated accounting solutions
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Artificial Intelligence is the Future of Accounting with Jody Padar
This blog post was originally published on The Change Your Mindset Podcast hosted by Peter Margaritis.
Can artificial intelligence enhance your accounting practice? It absolutely can. Jody Padar is the VP of Strategy with Botkeeper, a company that combines artificial intelligence and machine learning technology with high-quality skilled accountants to deliver a full suite of bookkeeping and pre-accounting solutions to accounting firms and their clients. She’s also the author of “The Radical CPA: New Rules for the Future-Ready Firm,” a book that sparked a movement within the accounting profession focused on four tenets: cloud technology, social business, value pricing, and process.
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The Advanced Guide to Automation in the Accounting Industry
Like the transition from the abacus to the calculator, the accounting industry eagerly embraces changing technology—and the ability to make accountants' lives easier. Just as accountants embraced the convenience of spreadsheet technology, so a new generation of accountants is taking advantage of the latest advance in technology: automation.
Topics: artificial intelligence machine learning automated accounting Accounting firm advice
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How Changing Compliance Software Will Impact Finance in the Future
Compliance refers to ensuring that a company’s practices are well in line with the current legal and financial regulations. These can include federal, state, and international law. Remaining compliant might also mean upgrading or updating old hardware and software to ensure efficiency.
Topics: regulatory change management software changing compliance software
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Breaking Down Blockchain for Accountants in 2020—and Beyond
Blockchain technology, along with being a new buzzword, is also one of the most exciting technologies of the 21st century. A universally decentralized ledger system that can share data among an infinite number of users—a blockchain is unhackable. Due to its ability to share data and simultaneously record real-time transactions on every single computer connected to its network, the technology can’t be interfered with. If anyone tries to hack or scam a blockchain, the entire chain takes notice, and the chain will be forked where the hack happened, eliminating the culprit from the chain.
Topics: accounting technology automated accounting Blockchain
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Artificial Intelligence for Accounting: An Introductory Guide
According to recent statistics, 82% of businesses are failing as a direct result of mismanaged profit and cash flow. While this is a scary statistic for business owners, you'll be happy to know that there are some very simple ways that you can ensure this doesn't happen to you.
Topics: AI for Accounting automated accounting bookkeeping for accounting firms,
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Best Practices to Next Practices: How to Gauge & Assuage Client Fears
Gretchen Pisano sat down, metaphorically, with Botkeeper’s Jody Padar to examine uncertainty as it relates to the intimate relationship between CPA and client. At this stage in the COVID-19 trajectory, fear and anxiety are transforming otherwise level-headed decision makers into erratic, uncertain, paralyzed citizens.
Topics: Radical CPA The Radical CPA coronavirus Accounting firm leadership accounting insights
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One Nine Pro: Elevating Your Brand to Next-Level Success
For this installment of our Startup Spotlight series, we’re checking in with our friend Luke Seavers. As the founder of the Charleston, SC-based branding and web design company One Nine Pro, Seavers is an expert in music production, graphic design, branding, web development, and publishing consulting.
Topics: Small Businesses Startup Spotlight Startups
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