David Leary
President and Founder, Sombrero Apps Company
Appears in 487 Episodes
Wrong Metrics, Wrong Conclusions
2021 is coming to a close, but we’ve still got a lot to talk about. Blake recounts his trip to the Digital CPA conference, and takeaways from the keynotes he may or ma...
4,000-Year-Old Case of Tax Avoidance
On today's episode, we're checking out how Excel influencers are taking TikTok by storm, and raking in major bucks for their trouble. Then, we'll shoot 4,000 years bac...
Transforming Hotel Accounting With Megan Walker
We're live (well, we were live when we recorded this) from Sage Transform 2021. Today's special guest is Megan Walker, CPA. She's the Vice President of Accounting and ...
Feed The Pig
Happy After Thanksgiving! Today, we've got a ton of listener feedback, including the question of our anti-desktopness, how one very creepy pig (man in a pig costume) m...
CPA Evolution Is Missing The Weeds
News, and opinions abound in this week's episode! We've got more news from the world of the IRS about how four senators are either for, or against (we're not quite sur...
The Sage Advantage With CTO Aaron Harris
We're live from the Sage Transform 2021 conference at The Venetian in Las Vegas! In this bonus episode, we meet and talk with Aaron Harris, Global CTO of Sage about al...
Accounting Metaverse
There's a lot going on in the accounting metaverse! We've got a ton of takeaways from Sage Transform (the annual Sage Intacct conference), some excellent listener feed...
The Biggest Accounting Firm (And Top NetSuite Partner) You've Probably Never Heard Of
Escalon provides accounting and business services to over 3000 companies. They have 800 employees worldwide and have been operating for 16 years, but you've probably n...
The NetSuite Data Warehouse Kicks Excel To The Curb
We speak to Joav Bally and Marc Holliday about the importance of data analytics and specifically the new NetSuite Data Warehouse featured at SuiteWorld 2021. The Data ...
March of Dimes CFO Dave Damond Gives His Two Cents
Dave Damond, CFO @ March of Dimes, shares his thoughts on best practices for implementing new accounting software, why he uses NetSuite, what's on his agenda to add to...
Intuit Kills QuickBooks Desktop
News from the (virtual) QuickBooks Connect conference, Intuit is shutting down QuickBooks Desktop in the UK, Zillow loses billions letting an algorithm buy houses, mos...
School of Rock CFO Schools Accountants
This bonus episode features an interview with School of Rock CFO, John Cappadona. It was recorded in October 2021 at the SuiteWorld conference in Las Vegas. Blake and ...
What Accountants Can Learn from Apple's $19 Polishing Cloth
We’re back from Scaling New Heights 2021 with lots of reviews, and interested tidbits for your ears, including how you can win your very own Tesla! Also, in today’s ep...
Using Data To Fuel Growth With NetSuite Founder Evan Goldberg
In this bonus episode Blake and David interview Evan Goldberg, Founder & EVP of Oracle NetSuite at the SuiteWorld 2021 conference in Las Vegas. Topics discussed includ...
NetSuite's Never Ending Mission
Blake and David are back from SuiteWorld with takeaways galore! Also on the show: we'll explore what's really going on with the proposed bank reporting scheme, and tal...
1000s Of Apps Could Lose Access To QuickBooks Online In 2022
We're getting the scoop on David's trip to Cancun, and Blake's trip to Taliesin West, and how vacations inspire thoughts of accounting. In other news, statistics show...
The One With Elizabeth Warren, Britney Spears, And Florida Man
Before David departs for sunny Cancun, we've got a lot to talk about! We've got some listener feedback on the difficulty getting the CPA (and whether it was worth it)....
Excel And QuickBooks Hook Up
Welcome! Today, we're talking about one good reason to get your CPA, along with a host of news from the accounting world, including PwC's new mandate that allows staff...
It's Not Too Hard To Get The CPA, It's Too Much Time And Money
We've got more discussion on the CPA this week, including whether or not it's too hard to get a CPA, along with other news, such as how AOC's dress should have said, "...
Intuit Dome Needs A ProAdvisor Pavilion
Intuit secures naming rights to Clippers arena — for half a billion dollars! Meanwhile, some MailChimp employees aren't happy about the Intuit acquisition. Also, priva...
Survey Says Tax Preparers Charge Too Little, Too Late
On this episode, we'll finally talk about the results of the Drake Software 2021 tax preparer survey, along with the news that EisnerAmper bailed on the traditional CP...
How Deloitte Created A Marvel Hero
We've got a metric ton of news packed into this week's episode, including the rumor that Intuit is buying Mailchimp for $10B, Xero Tax in the UK gets personal, and the...
The ROI Of An Accounting Degree
Is it too hard to become a CPA? Also, most companies continue to struggle to hire workers, we investigate the ROI of an accounting degree versus your other options, ho...
Intuit's Aggressive Move To Combat Square Cash App
We're kind of all over the place today, but it's well worth a listen or three! We've got a TikTok sorority future CPA's take on managing the millions that her sororit...
Accounting Firm FreshBooks Becomes A Unicorn
Lots of ground to cover today, including why millions of PPP borrowers still haven't applied for forgiveness, what firms would have done differently this past tax seas...
Square Buys Afterpay for $29B, Could Have Bought Xero for Less
This week, we've got all the news that's fit to use, including a few interesting acquisitions, such as Square's acquisition of Afterpay. We're wondering why they didn'...
Alright, Alright, Alright
Feeling dazed, and confused? We've got a lot of news this week to level you out! We're talking about our recent trip to AICPA Engage, the accounting knowledge super-sp...
Why You Should (Not) Work 12-Hour Days
It's almost back-to-school time, so it's a good time to talk about how AICPA is trying to produce more accounting students by pitching high school guidance counselors ...
The End of the Beginning for Cloud with Ben Richmond of Xero
Ben Richmond CA is the Country Manager for the United States at Xero. He sat down with Blake and David in New Orleans to chat about what's been going on at Xero during...
Intuit TurboTax Drops Out of IRS Free File
We're live from the Big Easy, and we're talking about Intuit dropping out of the IRS Free File program, as well as how a startup called Ivix aims to help governments c...
