#Xerocon San Diego: Shawn Kanungo, Disruption Strategist, Founder, and Keynote Speaker

August 6, 2019 / 39:20/E101

Blake sits down with Shawn Kanungo, at Xerocon San Diego 2019 after his keynote, to discuss all things experimentation, disruption, innovation, storytelling, and where the accounting industry is headed, especially if firms can’t let go of their nostalgia and embrace cloud!

Shownotes

02:25 – Shawn explains the difference between a linear accountant and an exponential accountant
04:24 – Get stuff done! Embracing the gig economy with a Fiverr experiment
05:36 – Shawn shares some career background - from CPA to disruption strategist
07:37 – Accountants currently have a 94-percent chance of being automated
10:15 – Winter is coming! If your firm doesn’t get with the cloud, you may get left out in the cold
11:18 – According to Hinge Marketing, in accounting, 25 percent of firms are eating all the growth (https://hingemarketing.com/library/article/2018-high-growth-study-accounting-financial-services-edition-executive-summary)
13:45 – According to Shawn, the accounting firms that chase relevance and stay on the leading edge will win the race
14:26 – Blake and Shawn talk about how Xero is breathing some rock-star-level life into the accounting industry
16:31 – If accounting is on the cutting edge of disruption, why are so many firms still using Excel as their primary record-keeping system?
19:12 – How Intuit leveraged disruption to increase marketshare
21:16 – The Xero-Stripe Partnership (https://www.pymnts.com/news/partnerships-acquisitions/2019/xero-stripe-team-small-biz-payments/)
24:10 – The more you build out your ecosystem, through integrations and partnerships, the more value you bring to your clients
27:12 – Ball's in your court ... Are you brave enough to face an accounting world without billable hours?
30:03 – If you want to change the trajectory of your firm and move it towards the cloud, try taking a risk
32:40 – How can accounting bring its sexy back?
34:11 – Shawn shares some secrets to becoming a great storyteller and public speaker

Connect with Shawn

Website: https://www.shawnkanungo.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnkanungo
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shawnkanungo
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shawnkanungo

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