Blake Oliver
Founder and CEO of Earmark CPE
Appears in 499 Episodes
Sock Puppets: How many fake profiles are you connected to on LinkedIn?
In this episode, Blake and David explore the world of fake accounting news and LinkedIn's sock-puppet infestation, and share some ways to scope out the faux connection...
Do bookkeepers have more to offer?
We're joined by entrepreneur/accounting professional Meghan Blair-Valero for our weekly accounting and bookkeeping news update. There’s a lot of ground to cover, inclu...
#Xerocon San Diego: What the heck is advisory anyway?
If you've been to any conferences this year, you know that everyone is talking about how advisory services are the hot new thing that every accounting firm needs to be...
#Xerocon San Diego: The Jamies of Hubdoc (acquired by Xero)
At Xerocon 2019 in San Diego, Blake and David met up with Jamie McDonald and Jamie Shulman - The Two Jamies - of Hubdoc, which was acquired by Xero last year for $70 m...
What price ethics? Auditors stand to lose earnings in exchange for integrity
Blake and David explore the high cost of integrity in the audit profession, a survey showing that accounting firms are hiring more non-accounting grads, and why it's s...
Dear AICPA! I Wrote Your Concession Letter
Ben Wann, CMA, MBA, CPA joins our weekly news update to read his "Dear AICPA" letter on the air and discuss the latest accounting happenings, including: notable indust...
#Xerocon San Diego: LivePlan's Sabrina Parsons, CEO, and Kathy Gregory, Director of Strategic Development
Blake and David chat with Sabrina Parsons, CEO of LivePlan, and Kathy Gregory, LivePlan's Director of Strategic Development at Xerocon 2019 in San Diego. They cover a ...
Ransomware attacks continue!
A dentist (and former Survivor contestant) made the evening news in Orlando after his QuickBooks file was targeted by hackers. Plus: Blake and David get political, upd...
#Xerocon San Diego: Shawn Kanungo, Disruption Strategist, Founder, and Keynote Speaker
Blake sits down with Shawn Kanungo, at Xerocon San Diego 2019 after his keynote, to discuss all things experimentation, disruption, innovation, storytelling, and where...
Is your QuickBooks secure in the cloud? Four hosting companies ransomwared
Blake and David celebrate their 100th episode of The Cloud Accounting Podcast with guest Rachel Fisch by discussing the ongoing iNSYNQ ransomware debacle, the challeng...
SNH19: Mayumi Young, Social Innovator and Founder of CPA MOMS®
David meets up with Mayumi Young, Founder and CEO of CPA MOMS®, at Scaling New Heights 2019 to talk time, technology, and how Society 5.0 will take over where the Info...
News Update with Marie Phillips, CPA and Jennie Taber, CPA at the Accounting & Finance Show LA
Los Angeles CPAs Marie and Jennie join the podcast at the #AccountingShowLA to discuss the iNSYNQ QuickBooks hosting ransomware attack, how Trump’s tax law threatened ...
#Xerocon San Diego: Ben Richmond, VP of Business Growth at Xero
Ben Richmond joins Blake and David to talk advisory, compliance, and innovation in this interview recorded live at Xerocon in San Diego in June 2019.
Why Amazon — and accounting firms — have no choice but to retrain their workers
This week, Blake and David explore how the forces of low unemployment, outsourcing, and automation work to balance each other out in a time of rapid change. Amazon, a ...
SNH19: Jina Etienne, CPA, CGMA, takes a holistic approach to diversity
David sits down at Scaling New Heights with Jina Etienne, CPA, CGMA, and Director of Diversity & Inclusion at Grant Thornton LLP. In her role, Jina is responsible for ...
California requires bot disclosure, texting clients after hours, Walmart lays off hundreds of accountants, and more
Blake and David discuss the latest cloud accounting news, including a California law that means chatbots have to disclose they’re not human, a survey showing that 73% ...
AICPA ENGAGE: Jason Deshayes, Accounting Advisory leader at Elliott Davis
Jason joins Blake at AICPA ENGAGE in Las Vegas to chat about niching in the dental industry (and now craft beer industry), whether or not it's possible to train accoun...
AICPA ENGAGE: Liz Mason, Byron Patrick, & Rachel Fisch
Blake sits down with Rachel, Byron, and Liz to discuss the top threats facing the accounting profession, the best opportunities for CPAs as robots take over lower leve...
SNH19: Desktop Accounting Podcast
David snagged an exclusive interview with Lori and Ollie, the co-hosts of the Desktop Accounting Podcast, the #1 podcast in the world for accountants and bookkeepers w...
Accounting Salon Interviews: Nayo Carter-Gray of 1st Step Accounting
A lover of all things technology, Nayo lives by the motto “Dance like no one is watching”. This EA, MBA, mother, wife, and proud dog owner is a resident of Baltimore,...
Your Post-Spring Conference Season News Roundup
Blake and David get caught up on all the news that slipped by during AICPA Engage, Scaling New Heights and Xerocon, plus David's got some new intel on QuickBooks Live....
#Xerocon: Tony Ward, President of the Americas at Xero
Tony Ward, just one month into his new gig running Xero for the United States and Canada, drops by the mobile podcast recording studio for an interview at Xerocon in S...
SNH19: Rich Preece of Intuit talks QuickBooks Live and how customer demand is driving industry transformation
David caught up at the Scaling New Heights conference in Salt Lake City with Rich Preece, Senior VP and US Country GM for Intuit QuickBooks. Rich talks about the genes...
#Xerocon San Diego: Xero and Stripe Join Forces
Blake and David are reunited again in San Diego at the end of Day 1 of Xerocon! David wonders if accountants and bookkeepers are getting fed up with "fetching," and Bl...
SNH19: Right Networks Challenges QuickBooks Online
David is on the ground in Salt Lake City reporting from the Scaling New Heights conference. He's got the highlights from the QuickBooks Online keynote, as well as a ne...
Is the CPA Worth it in 2019, 2020, 2021…? Also, H&R Block Acquires Wave and Xero Appoints Jamie McDonald to Lead Accounting & Global Services
Blake is back from the annual AICPA Engage conference with lots of questions about the future value of the CPA. Meanwhile, H&R Block announced that they are acquiring ...
Interview and Demo of CORE with BQE Software CEO Shafat Qazi on Facebook Live
This episode is sponsored by BQE Software and was recorded via Facebook Live on June 14th. David and Blake interview BQE Founder and CEO Shafat Qazi, who then gives us...
AICPA ENGAGE: Megan Lewczyk, CPA & Ryan Lazanis, CPA, CA
At the annual ENGAGE conference in Las Vegas, Blake, Megan, and Ryan discuss the value of the CPA license in a rapidly shifting professional landscape, H&R Block's acq...
Accounting Salon Interviews: Clint Bowers of Smart Business Concepts
In this interview recorded in May 2019 in New Orleans, Blake and David chat with Clint Bowers, CPA and founder of Smart Business Concepts (https://www.smartconcepts.co...
It’s a Bot! Live Interview and Demo of Gappify Alan with Founder & CEO Jotham Ty
This bonus episode features an interview and demo with Jotham Ty, founder and CEO of Gappify (https://www.gappify.com/), which builds "Bots for Accountants, By Account...
