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Ep. 133: Hilla Sferruzza - The CFO's Four Lines of Sight

IMA's Count Me

So let's take those routine tasks and move them into a computer automated process or robotics process and free up our teams and make the company more efficient. They literally just read what's on our website. Well, the chat bot can read to our customers or potential customers what's on our website too.

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Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, Amortization, and Coronavirus

Cloud Accounting Podcast

The firm grew 15 percent from 2008 to 2009, and that has been the normal amount of growth ever since. Lou recalls talking with one distraught business owner who was not a Grassi client, but who was concerned about his company's future in 2008. This was a giant lead-generation funnel. I haven't heard from them.'

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Why ScaleFactor Failed, According to Employees (It Wasn't COVID-19)

Cloud Accounting Podcast

I did not touch a computer, or laptop, and it was really, really hard not to, on the phone, touch Slack. Hopefully, in our next episode, we'll have an actual bill or a proposal to talk about. [00:14:10] Something related - state CPA societies, and the AICPA are calling for federal relief for state and local governments amid the coronavirus.