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$26 billion worth of strategic insights for accountants

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this isn’t just news. it’s a business lesson in three parts.

microsoft announced that it is buying linkedin for a colossal $26.2 billion—cash. what’s the message to the accounting profession? the value of the “professional network” isn’t in the number of its members, but the combination of the buying and the influencing power of linkedin members. the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

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take a look at how microsoft and linkedin look at the deal (pdf). while microsoft is paying $26.2 billion (including net cash) to buy linkedin, it believes the total addressable market of its linkedin purchase is $315 billion. read more →

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new findings: the three gears that drive success in the accounting business

gears-in-head — essential success traits: join the survey; get the results

top drivers found in new 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research.

by hitendra patil
accountaneur

a new study of 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 survey research shows that the most successful accountants in the business share three particular personality traits that, when combined, create a powerful force for growth and profits.

卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 is studying “the essential traits for success as an entrepreneurial accountant.” nearly 400 accountants have participated in the survey and about 80 percent of the respondents are managing partners, owners or ceos of their firms. join the survey, get all the updates.

findings from the survey have already shown that “decisiveness” is the top trait for success in accounting business. but when matched with two other traits, the three together form a powerful and integrated success-cycle for accountants.

the research is finding answers for questions like:

which traits separate successful firms from others?

how do high-performing firms thinking differently from others?

which traits determine how big your firm can grow?

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the words that will change your future

distilling the thoughts of thought leaders for emerging trends.

by hitendra patil
accountaneur: the entrepreneurial accountant

with accounting today’s new directory of the “top 100 most influential people in accounting,” we can glean a few clues about the future of the accounting profession.

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but before going further, take a moment to jot down a few words that come to mind when you think about your own future and the future of your business.

innovation & change management

a declaration of independence for accountants

life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in work as in life.

by hitendra patil
accountaneur: the entrepreneurial accountant

one of the most powerful expressions in the declaration of independence made on july 4, 1776, is: “we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

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if life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness were the unalienable rights in the accounting profession, what would they look like? read more →

growth strategies

brexit worries? worry more about cexits, texits and pexits

brexit is the least of your potential problems. here are three real issues to worry about.

by hitendra patil
accountaneur: the entrepreneurial accountant

the world just changed overnight.

and there are always two distinct ways the human mind works.

react: what just happened? google searches for “what is the eu?” spiked!
respond: as is the human wont, the most debated question of the moment is “what next?”
google searches for ”how to emigrate” spiked too!

will brexit become precedence, with far-fetched unimaginable consequences? but, most importantly, how will it affect u.s. accountants?

client service opportunities

linkedin launches accountant-for-hire service

new buying service promises accountants projects and ongoing assignments.

by hitendra patil
pransform

the shared economy, contingent workforce, millennials’ preference for work-life balance, the cloud, artificial intelligence, big data. everything is converging to disrupt traditional business models of many industries and professions.

and accounting is not immune to disruption. on the contrary, accounting is ripe for disruption. note carefully. it is all only “disruptive.” not “destructive.”

riding the new reality, the undisputed leader of business social media – linkedin – is now leveraging its platform to help shared economy workers get new clients.

meet profinder: accountant’s new opportunity (and a new threat?)

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4 pillars of future firm foundation

cpa firms can learn from google.

by hitendra patil

in what cpa firms could learn from google’s alphabet, we identified 13 lessons cpa firms can learn in strategy and innovation from google’s founders.

ever since google created alphabet, researchers have been analyzing the possibilities. in a recent mit technology review, author joel gertner discussed what will alphabet be when it grows up?. in this discussion, in addition to identifying the most important key to alphabet’s future success, reference is also made to the 11-year-old document that was part of google’s ipo. the insights from the mit review are applicable for not just technology businesses; the accounting profession can also draw parallels from them. here they are:

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cpa firm success requires an effective commercialization strategy.
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‘uberizing’ means more than technology

go beyond what your clients might expect.

by hitendra patil

when did you last buy new software for accounting, tax preparation, practice management, sales tax calculation or payroll processing?

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think for a moment: how did you arrive at the decision to buy the new software? what did you think before buying?
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you don’t think technology helps get new clients?

turn “necessary evil” into “welcome angel.”

by hitendra patil

“new clients do not come to me because i have an accounting software and/or a tax software. they hire me because i am a cpa.” a small firm owner from los angeles recently expressed this, on the condition of anonymity.

does that summarize how accountants view technology spending? the new accounting firm operations and technology survey gives us a surprising insight into how primary technology purchasing decision-makers view technology spending.

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key findings from this survey indicate:
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do you want a practice … or a business?

7 decisions accountants may someday regret.

by hitendra patil

you might end up losing a million dollars or more. surprised? here are ways you could be frittering money away without even realizing it.

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1. doing instead of getting things done

accounting is not a service industry. hotels and package delivery are service professions. they thrive on efficiency, technology, standardization of processes and so on. read more →

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new survey results: ‘decisiveness’ rated top trait for success in accounting business

first insights from “how to succeed in the accounting business?” survey.

join the survey; get more answers.

by hitendra patil

although seven personality traits seem closely related to success as an entrepreneur in the tax and accounting business, the vast majority of accountants believe that one stands above all the rest in importance: decisiveness.

preliminary new findings from a 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 survey of more than 300 accountants, more than 80 percent of them owners or ceos of their firms, shows that the biggest success factors are not just knowledge, not just experience, not just problem-solving ability, and not just vision.

busy season management

tax season management: multi-tasking is a myth

here’s how to apply neuroscience insights to tax season. next question: what are the best time-management tips and strategies for busy season? join the survey. get the answers.

by hitendra patil

it’s october 14th. you are preparing a complex tax return. the cell phone rings. you look at the phone. it’s your wife calling. you answer the call. while on the call, you look at the third screen of your computer. there is an email from your largest client, with subject line “emergency; please help.” in walks your receptionist, frantically gesturing that there is an irritated client at the front desk.

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yes. you may recognize the multiple demands on your time and your brain. but multi-tasking is just a myth. the science is in: no one performs as well multi-tasking as they do when focused on a single task at a time.

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3 apps to automate business networking

new technologies harvest social media data, suggest how to write the perfect follow-up email, and schedule appointments.

by hitendra patil

have you found yourself attending a networking meeting and spending most of the time with just one or two persons you already know? you are not alone! it’s challenging to get the communication started and going. it is an even more daunting task to make killer impressions and walk out with connections that will help you and your business.

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but that’s where new technology comes into the picture. you don’t have to the best-dressed person in the room, nor the smoothest talking or most knowledgeable. you just need to have the best appetite! let me explain, rather, reveal, some powerful information that can totally transform how you network. from thousands of apps and websites that i have personally tested, here are three that could make you a networking hero.

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