Episode 60 | Recorded February 22, 2022
Guest: Chris Williams, CEO of System Six
Hosts: Nikole Mackenzie, CPA & Scott Scarano, EA
Sponsor: Karbon - visit karbonhq.com to learn more
Today, Scott and Niks are joined by Chris Williams, Owner/CEO of System Six, a 100%-remote outsourced accounting services firm. Before System Six, Chris served as an advisor to and investor in medium-large sized businesses. He’s worked for several fast growing companies, and holds a business degree from Stanford.
2 - Chris = Cool (surprise engagements, running the media circuit, hitting the links ...)
Shout out to DWYT, Kenji Kuramoto
7 - How Chris’s finance background led to acquiring System Six
Shoutout to Jeremy Allen
11 - Numbers talk – revenue, and cashflow, and EBITDA, oh my!
15 - Why cloud accounting is so hot right now
17 - The System Six biz model
18 - Opportunity in operations issues
22 - Why it’s okay to lose clients
24 - Chris is living his best life and he's wearing 10 different hats!
26 - Learning curves inside System Six
29 - Talking profit share, work/life balance, and staff shuffling
32 - Cash v. Accrual v. Tax – the pain-point discussion
Shoutout to Tallyfor, Peter Wen and Michael Ly
37 - Should you switch to Karbon?
Shoutout to Karbon
41 - All about cybersecurity – email, system backups, passwords, insurance, etc.
Shout out to AWS, QBO, Azure
47 - Client conversions – should you, or shouldn’t you?
Shoutout to Xero, Gusto, and Google
49 - Tech Tool Talk
51 - Grading clients – the red flags
53 - Chris’s parting words of wisdom
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Connect with Chris:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-williams-68057029/
System Six: https://systemsix.com/