Podcast appearances and mentions of guy pearson

Episode 249FACULTY: Shane Mason, CPA/CFPCLASS: #ShoperationsJoin us in this Shoperations episode as we learn from Shane Mason of Brooklyn FI and his venture into software. Shane shares insights into the company's growth, handling rapid expansion, and the importance of predicting the future over dwelling on the past. Discover how Brooklyn FI is navigating industry shifts, introducing new partners, and staying ahead with innovative solutions like Gemifi. Perfect for students and professionals eager to learn about financial planning, startup struggles, and the evolving landscape of tech-driven advisory services.

Fear is a place.Session 9 is a 2001 American psychological horror film directed by Brad Anderson and written by Anderson and Stephen Gevedon. It stars David Caruso, Peter Mullan, Brendan Sexton III and Josh Lucas.An asbestos abatement crew who take a clean-up job at an abandoned mental asylum amid an intense work schedule, growing tensions, and mysterious events occurring around them. Its title refers to a series of audio-taped sessions with an asylum patient that run parallel to the crew's experiences.00:00 Intro 23:30 Horror News 33:30 What We've Been Watching54:14 Film Review2:02:57 Name Game2:08:22 Film Rating2:12:27 Outrowww.horrorhangout.co.ukhttps://princecharlescinema.com/savethepcc/Podcast - https://fanlink.tv/horrorhangoutPatreon - http://www.patreon.com/horrorhangoutFacebook - http://www.facebook.com/horrorhangoutpodcastX - http:/x.com/horror_hangout_TikTok - http://www.tiktok.com/@horrorhangoutpodcastInstagram - http://www.instagram.com/horrorhangoutpodcastBen - https://x.com/ben_errington​​​Andy - https://www.instagram.com/andyctwrites/Guy - https://www.instagram.com/guy_pearson0/Audio credit - Taj Eastonhttp://tajeaston.comSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thehorrorhangout. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ignition's Top 50 Women in Accounting Awards has gone from strength to strength and now has global recognition, says its originator Guy Pearson, the CEO and co-founder of the company. He established the awards six years ago to acknowledge the many women who had been instrumental in his early career but who “undersold themselves”. “We can move the needle in terms of helping women put their hand up, be recognised and realise they can achieve perhaps more than they set out to,” said Mr Pearson on this week's Accountants Daily podcast. Among the first 50 winners was Rebecca Mihalic, now head of accounting at Ignition and joint guest on the podcast, who said the momentum behind the awards had grown. “I didn't even see the original announcement of the first lot of awards … but now people wait for it. People want to nominate their colleagues, they can see this is making a great impact for women out there who are doing wonderful things but are flying under the radar.” This year's winners included women from Australia, Canada, Cayman Island, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, the UK and the US.

Season 4 Episode 41 | Recorded LIVE on April 2, 2023 ABC TOURNAMENT ROUND 4 RESULTS SHOW featuring very special guests Guy Pearson of Ignition Randy Crabtree of The Unique CPA David Leary of The Cloud Accounting Podcast join us as we discuss the results of round 4 of the ABC Tournament ⁠Round 4 Results⁠ (to follow along while listening) BREAKFAST BRACKET RESULTS ROUND 4 RESULTS GUEST DISCUSSION FINAL FOUR MATCHUP PREVIEW --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/accountinghigh/message

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At 24, Guy Pearson turned down a partnership to start an accounting firm. His early clients were digital companies, and Pearson was jealous that there wasn't an online commerce system for his industry. So in 2013, he launched a new company called Ignition to simplify and speed up the transaction process for professionals like him. To date, Ignition helped facilitate more than 1M client engagements and over $2B in client payments. Ignition has offices in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, US, and the UK, with over 170 employees globally.   Listen to Nathan and Guy discuss:  How intrapreneurship transformed into entrepreneurship  The challenges of building the original software for Ignition  Expanding to new markets outside of Australia  Why he still sits in on candidate interviews  The heartbreaking moments of raising capital  Starting vs. scaling a business  The balance between an accounting brain and entrepreneurial heart  How to lead with an experimental mindset Transitioning from a founder to CEO And much more business growth advice...       Who do you want to see next on the podcast? Comment and let us know! And don't forget to leave us a 5-star review if you loved this episode.   Wait, there's more… If you enjoy the Foundr podcast, check out our free trainings. Get exclusive, actionable advice from some of the world's best entrepreneurs.    Speak with our friendly course experts to get clarity on the next steps for your idea, business or career. You will get tailored insights from results achieved by our proven practitioners as well as thousands of students. Book a call now...    For more Foundr content, follow us on your favorite platform:  Foundr.com Instagram YouTube Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Magazine

Season 2 Episode 18 | Recorded January 21, 2022 Today, we're talking about the Artist Formerly Known as π (PI) … Guy Pearson, CEO of Ignition, about all the personal and professional goings-on in his world – marriage, funding rounds, rebranding, moving, and achieving a puppy, and what's ahead for Ignition. Visit Ignition: https://www.ignitionapp.com/ Connect with Guy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guypearson1/?originalSubdomain=au What's on the menu: Haircuts – or the lack thereof Why the rebranding? Anatomy of a firm – Karbon is the skeleton; Ignition is the heart; the blood is Xero and Gusto; the fingers are Digits; the eyes are LivePlan... How Ignition helps firms move toward advisory No more “P” swag ... Ignition – The professional-services Airbnb The Canadian component Integrations – Xero, Gusto, Karbon, and more GoProposal v. Ignition = More Feature Updates? On being an extroverted introvert, and extroverted entrepreneur Guy's growing pains * No Fyre Festivals here! All about the Series C, other funding rounds, and cleaning house Uniforms of choice – Shorts, T-shirts, and Hawaiian shirts The real reason for Ignition – People Round pegs, square holes, and staying true Annihilating scope creep and sticker shock What Guy misses about running a firm Reading: The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations https://amzn.to/39MfsNC Shout out to Ignition, Michael Ly, Josh Lance, Blake Oliver, Talbot Sayer, John Lennon, Eddie Vedder, Ignition's design and marketing teams, Gusto, Thomson Reuters, Intuit, Xero, Zapier, James Ashford, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, Tiger Global, EVP, LivePlan, Jirav and all who we appreciate but may have failed to mention here! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sonsofcpas/message

Episode 82. In today's news episode, we discuss "5 Steps to Help Accountants Prevent Burnout." Key takeaways from this episode include: ✓ shout out to Guy Pearson, founder of Ignition, author of "Curbing burnout in accountants: 5 steps that can help" ✓ why accountants should become more familiar with 'the language of business' ✓ what 74% business owners and CFOs deem to be essential to their commercial goals ✓ what accountants and CFOs require to be relevant to business owners and CEOs ✓ the kind of things that make an accounting firm or software company an attractive place to work ✓ what leveraging automation and enhancing productivity does for reducing burnout in accountants ✓ what stops many accounting firms caring about their clients ✓ the importance for accountants of working in verticals, sectors or niches they are passionate about ✓ what building relationships for the future means for accountants and CPAs ✓ using 'submarine time' to prioritise workloads and set boundaries for your work ✓ what contributing to the culture of your workplace looks like in practice for accountants and CPAs ✓ the role of L&D, leaders, HR and managers in accounting firms in preventing burnout in their teams ✓ the importance of individual accountants to take responsibility for their own mental wellbeing and coping strategies Source: https://www.accountingtoday.com/list/curbing-burnout-in-accountants-5-steps-that-can-help (https://www.accountingtoday.com/list/curbing-burnout-in-accountants-5-steps-that-can-help) ****************************** If you have a business development, sales or growth angle to your role, and are expected to bring in new business, here's a great resource for you: Are you a busy accountant struggling to create more revenue and career opportunities? As an accounting professional, you likely have a business development strategy, selling or work winning dimension to your role and the ability to generate new revenues is what makes you wealthier, more promotable and more valuable to your employers. Many accountants struggle to bring in the kind of work that gets them noticed or makes them promotable. If you're a partner, you're under pressure to show you're worth a seat at the table. If you're below partner level, you know that beyond technical competence, the passport to partnership is the ability to drive growth. This unique guide is designed for accounting professionals in practice with 5 simple but effective things to do every day to create significant new career opportunities, greater influence, a better network and new business conversations. What you will learn: ✓ What is a 'reachout' and how to create your target list ✓ How to keep in touch with your contacts and how to approach follow up ✓ How to make an introduction and extend your network by being helpful ✓ How to start a conversation with someone you don't already know ✓ How to make a new business offer without being salesy If you follow and implement this guide, you will create significant new career options and new business opportunities in the next 30 days. Start today by taking control and toning up your business development skills with a tried and tested 5 step system you can apply with ease every single day.  DOWNLOAD LINK: https://accountinginfluencers.com/growth-opportunities-accountants/ (https://accountinginfluencers.com/growth-opportunities-accountants/) NOTE TO LISTENERS: The Accounting Influencers Podcast is a CPE-accredited daily radio-style show with four segments coming out every Monday which are repeated on the other 4 weekdays as standalone episodes, plus a bonus 'from the client's perspective' episode on Saturdays. On Sundays, listeners get a short min trailer for the coming week's episodes. Every Tuesday the show gives you a relevant news topic from the accounting and fintech world with a direct application to accountants, CPAs and bookkeepers. Great to stay informed and build...

Guy Pearson is from Sydney, Australia, and is the CEO of Practice Ignition. He is a passionate, entrepreneurial accountant interested in removing blockages from business processes to attain scalability and a big believer in technology over outsourcing where possible and suitable. He founded and grew Interactive Accounting and Your Modern Practice before founding Practice Ignition. Guy is incredibly passionate about providing better information and assistance to small business owners. Guy is a chartered accountant with over a decade of experience in professional practice. He has a background in public accounting and a self-taught understanding of technology. He also believes that any company can establish a single point of truth for their ownership in the form of a dashboard to make decisions about which levers to pull and push. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rush-tech-support/message

G'day and welcome to Aly & Andrews All Aussie Accounting Adventures Aly and Andrew recently went on an accounting adventure to get to know some of their tech partners a little better. To look behind the veil to see what makes them tick, why they do what they do and what they see the future may hold in our industry. In this episode Aly and Andrew are back together to cause trouble, nah just kidding, we are interviewing Guy Pearson from Practice Ignition (PI).  Guy is a chartered accountant, tech builder, problem solver, entrepreneur, space suit wearing all round good guy!So what do we cover? Origin story, the tech he has built, the AHA moment that led to PI, what the future of the accounting industry and PI may look like and we bond over our love of numbers and people, yep Guy has officially joined our gang of ultra-cool not nerdy at all numbers loving crew.So go grab your space suit or PI swag and cook up some meat and potatoes (ask Andrew about this one as for some reason he is bizarrely obsessing over them at the moment), find a comfy spot and join us on our next accounting adventure.FOLLOW US ON THE SOCIALSAccounting Adventures (@accadvpodcast) | InstagramAccounting Adventures | FacebookAly & Andrews All Aussie Accounting Adventures (@accadvpodcast) | TwitterCHECK US OUTALL IN ADVISORY | Chartered accountants, business advisors & transactional expertsIllumin8 - Purpose-led cloud-driven accounting humansAAAAA IS PROUDLY BROUGHT TO YOU BY OUR  SPONSORSFYI Docs Document management for Xero accounting practicesPractice Ignition Proposal to paid in one placeTOA Global Dedicated outsourcing solutions for Accounting firms in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK and across the globeBGL SMSF administration and ASIC company compliance management software solutionsMUSICENTENTE (@ententemusic) | InstagramPRODUCTIONDavid Easton (@davidjeasty) | Instagram

27 November 2021. That's the question Damien put to Imthishan Giado of Motoring Middle East, on the back of news that 23 drivers were rewarded in Ajman for not committing road offences for a year. They also chat about the cars they've been driving, including the new Ford Ranger and the McLaren GT. Fix it or Flip It: Valuation guru Matthew Davidson tells Damien about the new Tesla Model Y, and answers all your questions about your car, including one about pricing a special edition Corvette, handed over to listener Kim from her brother.  Damien gets to drive around in the new Ineos Grenadier and chat to regional boss Guy Pearson. And motoring journo Noel Ebdon shares tips on restoring a vehicle, including how to set a budget for it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Theoretical – which is better for accounting education? 22:14 – In the weeds – what's missing from the revised CPA Evolution Model Curriculum? 26:21 – Can I get this in Excel? Faculty want the  CPA Evolution Model Curriculum in Excel.  32:54 – The Sage Group plc (SGGEF) CEO Steve Hare on Q4 2021 Results - Earnings Call Transcripthttps://seekingalpha.com/article/4470238-sage-group-plc-sggef-ceo-steve-hare-on-q4-2021-results-earnings-call-transcript Sage posts 10% drop in operating profit after investing in cloudhttps://finance.yahoo.com/news/sage-posts-10-drop-operating-072946722.html Accelerating growth driven by continued strategic progress (PDF)https://www.sage.com/investors/investor-downloads/press-releases/2021/11/full-year-2021-results-17-november-2021/ 35:14 – Intuit inc (INTU) Q1 2022 Earnings Call Transcripthttps://www.fool.com/earnings/call-transcripts/2021/11/18/intuit-inc-intu-q1-2022-earnings-call-transcript/ 38:16 – Chimp Change – how QuickBooks Advanced is heading deeper into the midmark with MailChimpIntuit: Monetizing Its Vast Data Treasure Trove by Creating Better Outcomes For Customershttps://seekingalpha.com/article/4470721-intuit-intu-stock-monetizing-vast-data-better-outcomes-for-customers                 40:24 – What's new in QuickBooks Online: November 2021 – QuickBookshttps://quickbooks.intuit.com/blog/whats-new/whats-new-in-quickbooks-online-november-2021/ 44:53 – Practice Ignition raises $50M | Accounting Todayhttps://www.accountingtoday.com/news/practice-ignition-raises-50m Practice Ignition lands $50M to scale globallyhttps://techcrunch.com/2021/11/17/practice-ignition-lands-50m-to-scale-globally/ 46:29 – Formstack raises $425M for a no-code platform that helps businesses automate their customer and internal workflowshttps://techcrunch.com/2021/11/18/formstack-raises-425m-for-a-no-code-platform-that-helps-businesses-automate-their-customer-and-internal-workflows/ 47:22 – Paychex Adds Support for Vaccination Status Tracking to its COVID-19 Technology Solutionshttps://www.wibw.com/prnewswire/2021/10/19/paychex-adds-support-vaccination-status-tracking-its-covid-19-technology-solutions/ 47:52 – Pixie, the operating system for small accounting firms, pockets £2.25M to grow furtherhttps://www.uktech.news/news/pixie-uk-startup-funding-20211118 48:36 – Accounting tech start-up to double headcount following funding boosthttps://www.siliconrepublic.com/jobs-news/accounting-tech-start-up-double-headcount-funding-boost 49:24 – Scammers Clone Exec's Voice, Steal $35M From Bankhttps://www.newser.com/story/312228/scammers-clone-execs-voice-steal-35m-from-bank.html 52:40 – Listener Voicemail. 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Practice ignition, an Australia-based client engagement and commerce platform for professional service businesses, has raised $50 million (65 million AUD) in a Series C round to accelerate its growth and expand globally. It brings the startup's total raised to $75 million, said Guy Pearson, CEO and founder of Practice Ignition.

Practice ignition, an Australia-based client engagement and commerce platform for professional service businesses, has raised $50 million (65 million AUD) in a Series C round to accelerate its growth and expand globally. It brings the startup's total raised to $75 million, said Guy Pearson, CEO and founder of Practice Ignition.

Episode #22 π's Logic Accounting Brain (feat. Guy Pearson, CEO) recorded 8/2/2021 Guy Pearson, CEO | Chief Ignitioneer | Head Janitor Practice Ignition | Sydney, Australia 2 Trading Places and the Crescendo of Agricultural Economics 3 Being older than your father ever was 6 Aussie Rules IPA, Institute of Public Accountants 8 Do you want $20 in the bank or $20,000 at the end of the year? ***shout out to Xero, Skype, Google Suite, Dropbox*** ***shout out to Receipt Bank, Fathom, and Spotlight*** 11 An online ledger with an API, Bank Feeds, Single Ledger… god bless Xero 13 If you've traveled around the world, you probably bumped into an Australian 18 THE BIRTH OF… Interactive Accounting P/L 21 THE BIRTH OF… My Financial Solutions 22 THE BIRTH OF… My PIR (Property Investment Report) 26 Not doing any day-to-day work in your firm after 3 years! ***shout out to Josh Lance*** 28 Firm Ignition, Group Ignition, and Practice Ignition 30 THE BIRTH OF… Practice Ignition ***shout out to Stuart McLeod*** ***shout out to Matt Allen*** 35 When will everyone see the logic of running monthly retainers? ***shout out to Steph Hinds, Head Ninja @ Growthwize*** ***shout out to Rod Drury*** 37 The 3 F's 39 A Global Mindset from Day One ***shout out to Brendan Allen*** ***shout out to Tom Maxwell*** ***shout out to Don Miller*** ***shout out to Tiger Global*** ***shout out to Relay, Xero, Dext, Hubdoc, QuickBooks*** ***shout out to Karbon*** ***SPECIAL shout out to the Practice Ignition Team*** 49 Smarter Together, Better Together 50 It's the End of the Beginning… --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sonsofcpas/message

Grow old. Get fast. Don't die. In Phil's words, the Midlife Cyclist's author, these three things encapsulates exactly what the book is about. We are living as the first generation of human beings who have exercised heavily after the age of 40. The book looks into the effect of exercise on our heart, hormones and musculoskeletal system.We evolve some ideas of how to stay healthy and injury free after the age of 40. This book contains some great do's and don'ts  for the cyclist both those starting out after being exercise silent and plenty for the hard core lifetime cyclist.We are joined by the books biggest fan, Guy Pearson of Pearson cycles fame. He is currently injured and having had the longest time off the bike he can ever remember, reading this book has helped him put many things into perspective. For those that don't know me, Craig McLean, I'm not only a chiropractor but a nearly 50 year old amateur racing cyclist who's been riding with team 'Nuun Sigma Sports' for nearly a decade. Another midlife cyclist who still regularly competes with the upcoming future GB stars of cycling, both on the velodrome and road. I hope you enjoy the chat recorded in Cyclefit HQ Covent Garden. You can buy the book directly here https://shop.cyclefit.co.uk/collections/the-midlife-cyclist/products/the-midlife-cyclist

This episode features Rory with special guest Guy Pearson, the founder, and CEO of Practice Ignition, a technology company focusing on assisting accounting and bookkeeping firms by offering online proposals, automated billing, and other useful managerial tools. Practice Ignition works with over 5000 firms globally, with offices in Australia, New Zealand, UK, the US, and Canada. He touches on the differences in technology and how the US is few years behind their Australian and New Zealand counterparts, from real-time bank data feeds to their online filing system with AGI, which they've had since the '90s. Guy talks about how technology enables firms to segment information to better understand their client base. Though robots are far from having qualitative conversations and identifying exactly what clients need, automated platforms such as Practice Ignition have allowed accounting firms to boost revenue and client satisfaction because of their bundled services. In this episode, Guy also lays out the foundation of what he looks for when deciding whether or not to invest in a company as an angel investor, emphasizing the importance of finding founders who have felt the pain of what they're trying to solve. What makes an Uber driver more appealing to people than their accountant? Find out in Guy and Rory's insightful discussion this episode. You can't miss it!

Guy specialises in driving sales growth quickly for any business in every economic climate. Hedeals in the sales process, the strategy, the delivery of sales success and how to achieve this.Working on an Interim or Consultancy basis, the focus is on making an impact quickly. Guyspecialises in sales strategy and delivering sales growth face-to-face with clients at Board andsenior level. He is also an experienced Marketeer, having worked in a range of sectors including:Construction, Architecture, Design, Energy (Electricity & Gas), Microdrive Engineering, Rail,Manufacturing, Building Products, Smart Metering, Power Management, Internet Marketing,Experiences & employee engagement, Retail Vouchers, Internet Security, BusinessTransformation and Healthcare.In recent years Guy has specialised in working with sales teams by training, guiding andmentoring them through a particular challenge or brief. The focus has always been on definingthe strategy first and then delivering that strategy through face-to-face client engagement with them

My guest for Ep132 of The Startup Playbook Podcast was the Founder & CEO of Practice Ignition, Guy Pearson. Guy has helped to transform the accounting industry, initially with Interactive Accounting which launched in 2009 as one of Australia's first cloud-based accounting firms. He went on to launch 5 businesses between the ages of 25 and 28, the last one being Practice Ignition. Practice Ignition has become one of the leading companies in it's space with over 120 staff around the world and to date having raised $35M including a $26M Series B round of funding led by Tiger Global Management. Alongside his role at Practice Ignition, Guy is also an active angel investor and has been invested in over 20 startups since 2013. We covered a range of topics in this interview including: Building for customers of the futureThe key aspects of effective storytelling for foundersHow Practice Ignition and Interactive Accounting grew through ecosystem partnershipsWhy Practice Ignition went global from day 1, by expanding to 4 countries and 4 offices with just 7 staff!Guy's fundraising experience in raising $35M and what he looks for when he angel invests& much more! Show notes: 4 Pines beerNicholas Muldoon (Co-CEO @ EasyAgile)Gareth Bryant (Director @ Interactive Accounting)Interactive AccountingPractice IgnitionXeroSelf managed super fundsMatt Allen Podcast (Startup Playbook Ep028)Matt Allen (Angel Investor @ Practice Ignition)David New (Head of APAC @ Practice Ignition)Receipt BankAirbnb deckLinkedIn Series B pitch deckMichael Wood (Founder @ Receipt Bank)Mikkel Svane (Co-founder & CEO @ Zendesk)Holly Cardew Podcast (Startup Playbook Ep128)Craig Winkler (Co-founder @ MYOB)Adrian Di Marco (Founder of TechnologyOne) Special Thanks: Special thanks to David New and Gareth Bryant for their help with research for this interview. Also a big thank you to Matt Allen for the intro to help make this interview happen! Next interview: Join our next live podcast interview with David Shein, the Co-founder & General Partner of Our Innovation Fund.Date: 10th November 2020Time: 8-9am (AEDT)Registration link: https://tinyurl.com/ep133DavidShein Feedback/connect/say hello: Rohit@startupplaybook.co@RohitBhargava7 (Twitter)/rohbhargava (LinkedIn)@rohit_bhargava (Instagram)My Youtube Channel Credits: Music: Joakim Karud – Dreams Other channels: Don't have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Spotify, Soundcloud & Stitcher Audio Player. https://youtu.be/CsqF2J4NuKs The post Ep132 – Guy Pearson (Founder & CEO – Practice Ignition) on vision, storytelling & ecosystems appeared first on Startup Playbook.

My guest for Ep131 of The Startup Playbook Podcast was the Co-founder & CEO of Fast, Domm Holland. Domm was previously the Founder & CEO of on-demand towing platform, Tow that processed more than $50M in transactions. During his tenure there, Domm was awarded the top spot on the Deloitte Tech Fast 50 and recognized as the Brisbane Young Entrepreneur of the Year. He is now the Co-founder & CEO of Fast, the world's fastest online login and checkout platform. Despite only being founded 18 months ago, Fast has grown rapidly, growing from a team of 2 to over 65 and raising $22.5M in funding led by Stripe with further participation from Index Ventures and Susa ventures. We covered a range of topics in this interview including: The importance of building organic relationshipsWhy Fast prescribes to “building out loud”Why Fast ignored all inbound leads to focus on building their outbound sales strategyThe key traits you should look for when making your first hire in a new business segment& much more! Full interview below! Show notes: Product HuntFastESTA visaAllison Barr Allen (Co-founder & COO @ Fast)Allison's frictionless finance thesisJan Hammer (Investor @ Index Ventures)Brian Sugar (Founder @ Pop sugar)Nick Molnar (Co-founder & CEO @ Afterpay)StripeTim Doyle podcast interview (Startup Playbook Ep123)bigcommerce.com/DM/fastfast.cotwitter.com/fasttwitter.com/Domm Next interview: Join our next live podcast interview with Guy Pearson, the Founder & CEO of Practice Ignition.Date: 27th October 2020Time: 8-9am (AEDT)Registration link: https://tinyurl.com/Ep132Guy Feedback/connect/say hello: Rohit@startupplaybook.co@RohitBhargava7 (Twitter)/rohbhargava (LinkedIn)@rohit_bhargava (Instagram)My Youtube Channel Credits: Music: Joakim Karud – Dreams Other channels: Don't have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Spotify, Soundcloud & Stitcher Audio Player. https://youtu.be/Gx02Z1HEpO0 The post Ep131 – Domm Holland (Co-founder & CEO – Fast) on networks, transparency & focus appeared first on Startup Playbook.

Andrew Wall, Hector Garcia & Michael Ly are joined by Guy Pearson of Practice Ignition to talk about some huge updates! https://www.facebook.com/fnlaccountants/videos/517937635806274/

Efficiency. It’s one of the important pieces to your business success. Our guest, Guy Pearson, knows this. He is the co-founder and CEO of an accounting automation solution called Practice Ignition. It helps accounting firms simplify their workflows and manage all other aspects of their accounting practice. It provides them the time to build and grow their client base while avoiding wasted energy, efforts, and time in producing the same desired results. During this interview, you'll discover... The importance of delivering more value How to improve efficiency at work Why you should invest in your business To find out more about Guy, visit https://www.thesuccessfulbookkeeper.com.

Guy Pearson, Practice Ignition On day 2 of Xerocon I was joined by Guy Pearson, Guy is the CEO of Practice Ignition  Guy talks about how 2019 has been a transformational year in his life and what has changed for him. Guy also talks about his history in business and a huge amount of other points such as.  What Practice Ignition is  A PI customer success story Guy’s start in Accounting  Running his own Accounting team at 23 Starting an Accounting Firm at 25 The backstory of starting his accounting firm  Why he’s not allowed to sell PI  Improving energy levels  Being grateful and expressing it His thoughts on value based pricing His favourite quotes After this ep was recorded Practice Ignition announced a $26m capital raise  https://www.practiceignition.com/blog/practice-ignition-adds-a-26-million-to-fuel-next-phase-of-growth-in-accounting-innovation

In this episode we hear from Guy Pearson founder & CEO of Practice Ignition https://www.practiceignition.com/. Guy recently just closed a $26M round, so lots of great lessons and hear his inspiring journey over the past 10 years.Founders on Air:Founders on Air is podcast for founders by founders. Steve Orenstein (Founder & CEO at Zoom2u https://www.zoom2u.com.au/) and Mike Rosenbaum (Founder & CEO https://www.spacer.com.au) interview founders about their story as an entrepreneur. Our aim is to provide you with real & actionable takeaways from each episode to experiment with in your own startup or business. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week is the second half of our chat to Guy Pearson CEO of Practice Ignition. In this part of our chat Guy gives the details of his story from trainee accountant through starting several business and the hurdles he met along the way. Enjoy!

Join Tim and Dan as we discuss all things start up with Guy Pearson CEO of Practice Ignition. We discuss lessons Guy has learned along with the way to start several successful businesses and some tips and tricks. Specifically we discuss why you are the biggest asshole in the room, the importance of mentors and having a vision.

Guy Pearson, founder of Practice Ignition, turned down an offer of partnership in an accounting firm at age 24 to travel around the world for a year. After running out of money, Guy returned to Australia and started an accounting firm out of his house. He set out to automate the firm right out of the gate and built a business that could scale up on its own. That meant Guy could very quickly go off and start a software company called Practice Ignition while running his firm on the side.

In this episode we talk with Guy Pearson of Practice Ignition about Lighting up your accounting firm. Amongst a range of interesting topics, we discuss smarter ways of getting paid and other technology efficiencies. Guy also shares some interesting aspects of how he developed his own accounting firm. There were a range of specific initiatives he took which appealed to his target market whilst internally, he led the way in developing a culture which doesn’t stand on ceremony. All in all this interview contains plenty for practitioners, particularly accountants, to absorb and then apply in their own firms.   Guy’s contact details are Email: guy@practiceignition.com Phone: 0401 102 606 Web: www.practiceignition.com Twitter: @guy_pearson @ignitionapp @interactiveaccg Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/guypearson1/   Scott’s contact details are: Email: scott@slipstreamcoaching.com.au Phone: 0409 870 330 Web: www.slipstreamcoaching.com.au Twitter: ScottCharlton1 Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/scottcharlton

Today, on the Early-Stage Founder Show, I'm talking with Guy Pearson, the Founder and CEO of Practice Ignition, a SaaS startup making smarter proposal software to help service businesses win more clients, do less admin, boost cash flow, and scale their business. Guy shares how he and his team have built their business on the back of trade shows and other live events. He walks us through the exact process they follow before, during, and after events to ensure that they get a measurable ROI, warns us of the common pitfalls, and shares how they plan to scale. The first half is super tactical, which has been the focus of this podcast, but we wrap up by diving more into how Guy's role as founder evolved as his company grew and the important changes he had to make to keep up. I'm hoping this provides a valuable angle for listeners, but if I'm off base and you just want tactics and nothing else, let me know.

Guy Pearson likes to work. A lot. He started his own firm, Interactive Accounting, one of the first cloud accounting firms in Australia, and a few years later, he started Practice Ignition. He spends so much time with both that he refers to one as his wife and the other, his mistress. When he was younger, he liked to play rugby, but because he’s had to start both companies from the ground up, he hasn’t had much time for hobbies or passions – something that he now realizes needs to change. So he’s being more intentional with making time for surfing, playing basketball, and going to concerts with friends. In this episode, Guy and I talk about how important culture is to a firm or company. He says, "You can train everything else, but you can’t train someone to be a good fit for your culture." Therefore, during the interview process, he’s sure to ask questions that lead to candidates letting their personality out by sharing their hobbies or passions. He thinks coworker relationships are so important, he flies the entire global team to Sydney each April for their internal conference.

Listen in to this week's episode as Katarina Taurian gets past Practice Ignition chief executive Guy Pearson's incredibly laid back exterior to discuss the fast-paced, aggressive, and optimistic life he leads to fuel his ever-growing start-up. Guy talks about how moves in his early career as an accountant taught him the joys and frustrations small businesses face every day, and how he funnelled that into a vision that is taking him across Australia and into the European and North American markets. With a few cheeky stabs at his "stunt double" Trent McLaren thrown into the mix, Guy also talked through how he pushes through industry resistance, backlash and mudslinging to keep his eyes on the prize. www.accountantsdaily.com.au

"Make yourself obsolete. And don't be afraid to do it. And try and do it as fast as possible" - Guy Pearson, CEO Practice Ignition In this episode, I'm joined by Guy Pearson. Guy is an accountant turned serial entrepreneur who has started multiple businesses and has been a major innovator in the accounting industry. IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: * Why at the age of 24, he was offered partnership at an accounting firm, but turned it down * The various emotions Guy experienced during the planning stages of starting his own accounting firm * At what point he realized he was "successful" after starting his firm * What his friends and family thought when he went out on his own * The advice he has for entrepreneurial accountants * And so much more! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/accountantlife/message

Guy Pearson of Practice Ignition joins the podcast to talk about how he positioned his firm in the market as the “start-up accountants”.   Before founding Practice Ignition (a software tool to manage the relationships between accountants and their clients), Guy co-founded Interactive Accounting, an accounting firm with a young motivated team focusing on client… The post 9: Dealing With Clients Who Are A Natural Fit appeared first on Marketing Crunch Podcast.

Highlights of my conversation with Guy Pearson ·    Taking a holiday break gave him the perspective to launch his own accounting practice ·         Niching to both differentiate and understand your clients businesses ·         Changing from compliance focused to looking forward ·         Accountants adverse to change will end up with a fire sale of their firm ·         Practice Ignition – on-boarding and management solution for accounting practices ·         Navigating relationships with other software solutions Questions ·         Who would you like to have coffee with and why? ·         What inspired you in September 2009 to founded Interactive Accounting? ·         Why do you think it’s important to differentiate your accounting practice by focusing on a niche? ·         Within your own firm you were focused on systemising your firm to achieve a greater ROI. How did you go about doing that? What platform did you do it on? Is this where you recognised the need for Practice Ignition? ·         Can you explain to our listeners what Practice Ignition does? ·         Can you write code? What code is it built on? ·         How does an old school practice move to the clouds, how do they adjust their business model, for such a major upheaval? ·         Would it be easier to just start again? ·         How long have you seen it take, and can you estimate how much they should budget for it? ·         You have had the opportunity to spend time abroad residing in Silicon Valley and roadshows in England and Canada – what’s your perception of the state of the global market and adoption of cloud? ·         Is there any future in a compliance only based accounting practice – that is one that only does tax work? ·         Your accounting practice has won numerous awards from Xero, and your solution Practice Ignition has received investment from one of the main investors in Xero, so it’s fair to say you’ve had a long term relationship with Xero – how do you navigate building relationships with other accounting software solutions? ·         The MD at Interactive Accounting Lisa Callaghan has recently written an article on linkedIN highlighting Capacity Planning and Staff Allocation are both unnecessary pain-points in today’s practices. And she estimates it is taking her $30K a year to achieve. What are your thoughts on this issue? Resources www.practiceigintion.com https://www.facebook.com/PracticeIgnition https://twitter.com/ignitionapp https://www.linkedin.com/company/practice-ignition https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/100124838410297066883/+Practiceignition/about   http://www.practiceignition.com/blog

A PhD student in cell biology at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Guy Pearson draws a link between the pursuit of Fancy Day in Thomas Hardy’s Under the Greenwood Tree and the pursuit of scientific discovery. Here he talks about this favourite book as part of ‘Novel Thoughts’, a series exploring the literary reading habits of eight Cambridge scientists. From illustrated children’s books to Thomas Hardy, from Star Wars to Middlemarch, we find out what fiction has meant to each of the scientists and peek inside the covers of the books that have played a major role in their lives. ‘Novel Thoughts’ was inspired by research at St Andrew’s University by Dr Sarah Dillon (now a lecturer in the Faculty of English at Cambridge) who interviewed 20 scientists for the ‘What Scientists Read’ project. She found that reading fiction can help scientists to see the bigger picture and be reminded of the complex richness of human experience. Novels can show the real stories behind the science, or trigger a desire in a young reader to change lives through scientific discovery. They can open up new worlds, or encourage a different approach to familiar tasks.

A PhD student in cell biology at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Guy Pearson draws a link between the pursuit of Fancy Day in Thomas Hardy’s Under the Greenwood Tree and the pursuit of scientific discovery. Here he talks about this favourite book as part of ‘Novel Thoughts’, a series exploring the literary reading habits of eight Cambridge scientists. From illustrated children’s books to Thomas Hardy, from Star Wars to Middlemarch, we find out what fiction has meant to each of the scientists and peek inside the covers of the books that have played a major role in their lives. ‘Novel Thoughts’ was inspired by research at St Andrew’s University by Dr Sarah Dillon (now a lecturer in the Faculty of English at Cambridge) who interviewed 20 scientists for the ‘What Scientists Read’ project. She found that reading fiction can help scientists to see the bigger picture and be reminded of the complex richness of human experience. Novels can show the real stories behind the science, or trigger a desire in a young reader to change lives through scientific discovery. They can open up new worlds, or encourage a different approach to familiar tasks.