Launchpad: The Future of Accounting & Technology.

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• Chartered Accountant (Aussie CPA) - 10 years in practice  

• 3 x Xero award winner in first 3 years of practice being opened(most awards globally)  

• 30 under 30 entrepreneur in Australia  • 5 startups in 5 years (1 failed, 3 running, 1 dormant)  • Obsessed with Accounting + Technology and

delivering better information to small business owners to make better decisions and change the world.  

• CEO / Chief Ignitioneer at Practice Ignition.

A bit about me

Interactive Accounting  interactive by name and nature

• Self funded + bootstrapped from the ground up (whilst I bartended at nights)  • 5 years old (2010 start date)  • 3 offices around Australia  • 20 amazing people onboard  • 100% cloud from day 1  • Model built on the back of studying startups  • Clients in 8 countries  • Services high growth companies, High Net Worth Individuals and 100%

cloud businesses.  • Helped companies raise $100m in funding

Let’s talk accounting

• What is this meetup about?  • Who’s it for?

• What do we have coming in the future?  • How can I get involved?

Agenda

Community  

How  technology   is  shaping  the  accounting  industry  

Knowledge

What’s this all about?

Bookkeepers  

Accountants  

CFOs  

Students

Who’s it for?

Technology   provider   demonstration   with   real  world  examples  of  how  it’s  helped  accountants  in  their  practice.  

Demonstrations   and   updates   of   key   app  categories  each  month  

Building   a   content   library   to   share   best  practices

What’s coming in the future

Give  feedback  

Introduce  applications  

Suggest  speakers  

Tell  your  friends  

How can you get involved?

Now to this month’s topics

Teach  you  how  to  stand  out  

Teach  you  to  grow  your  practice  

Key  to  online  marketing  and  scalable  growth  

(use   what   you   learn   from   the   meetups   to  stand  out)

Next Month: Marketing

Pictures  Photos are taken and will be put up in a flickr group  Slides  These will be published to slideshare  VideosTo be posted on youtube

Links to all of the above will be given via the meetup link

Takeaways

Feedback survey  Please take the time to fill this in so as we can improve our next meetup

Get a demonstration of the software  There is a demonstration area setup, make sure you visit it and ask questions or arrange a time for a follow up demonstration

Network  Meet some of your peers and share stories.  

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See you next month#pimeetup