Shows
Earmark Podcast | Earn Free Accounting CPELeading with Empathy: Building Teams That ThriveOn the fifth stop of the Advisory Amplified tour in Atlanta, Blake sits down with Lisa Gilreath of Acuity and Valerie Heckman of OnPay to discuss what empathetic leadership actually looks like in an industry notorious for long hours and tight deadlines. The conversation covers everything from recognizing when team members are struggling to handling toxic high performers, with real talk about building slack into capacity planning and why unused PTO is a red flag. Lisa and Valerie share concrete steps for creating a culture where people feel supported enough to lean in when it matters most....
2025-10-1631 min
Drink While You Think🍺Meet Our Leadership Team 👋In this episode of Drink While You Think, Kenji Kuramoto shares a drink with a few team members during the Acuity Q3 Offsite – asking them about their role, their goals for 2024, what they’re drinking, and even a “Would You Rather” question.Tune in for…👉 Welcome! (00:00)👉 This Week's Location & Topics (00:04)👉 Tyler Horn, Director of Sales (02:42)👉 Sergio Salinas, Director of Tax (06:11)👉 Patti Scharf, CPO (09:52)👉 Ann O’Dea, Sr. Controller (14:39)👉 Graham Wood, Sr. Partner (19:32)👉 Taylor McElheney, Director of Operations (24:47)👉 Lisa Gilreath, COO (29:43)
2023-10-1337 min
Drink While You Think🍺"The Drinkies" Are Back! This Year's Best, Worst, & MostIn this episode of Drink While You Think, Kenji & Matthew host the second annual “The Drinkies” – an award show highlighting the best, worst, and most of DWYT.Tune in for topics like...👉 Welcome! (00:00)👉 This Week's Beers (00:04)👉 “The Drinkies” Categories (03:03)👉 Best Brewery (05:49)👉 Best Beer (08:20)👉 Worst Beer (10:34)👉 Most Watched Episode (12:52)👉 Best Location (16:03)👉 Weirdest Conversation (18:36)👉 Favorite Guest (26:26)👉 Untappd Beer Rankings (33:13)🍺 WHAT WE'RE DRINKING 🍺— KENJI is drinking Other Half Brewing / All Citra Everything.https://otherhalfbrewing.com/beer/all-citra-everything/— MATTHEW is drinking Grimm Artisanal Ales / Grimm Weisse Dunkel.https://grimma...
2023-03-1035 min
Accounting High056 Making Accounting Scalable (feat. Matthew May, CPA)Episode 56 | Recorded February 18, 2022
Today, we’ve got Eminem x 2 ... no, wait, M&Ms...and we’re going to let Matthew translate all things crypto, the Kenji plague, and his journey from employee to Tech CPA.
Matthew May, CPA joined Acuity to translate accounting for entrepreneurs. He does this by helping navigate tax and accounting rules and speaking entrepreneur, not an accountant; now, most people want to chat him up about cryptocurrency and blockchain. Matthew also likes to volunteer in the Georgia technology community and serves on the board of the Atlanta Technology Angels. He’s also go...
2022-07-2056 min
Drink While You Think🍺How Roles Within Accounting Firms ChangeIn this episode of Drink While You Think, Kenji sits down with Lisa Gilreath, COO at Acuity, to talk about how roles within accounting firms change as you scale your business and as team members' lives change.Tune in for topics like…👉 Welcome! (00:00)👉 This Week's Topics & Beers (00:04)👉 Lisa's Career & Finding Work-Life Balance (03:59)👉 Operational Challenges For Scaling Firms (09:32)👉 How To Wrangle Kenji & Matthew (20:15)👉 Parenting Advice For Prom Weekend (27:24)👉 Untappd Beer Rankings (34:05)🍺 WHAT WE'RE DRINKING 🍺- Kenji is drinking Castle Island Brewing / Keeper India Pale Ale.https://castleislandbeer.com...
2022-03-2537 min
Accounting High032 PPP2: Processes, Profitability, and People (feat. Scott Scharf, CTO)Episode #32 | Recorded October 6, 2021
Shout out to our sponsors this week: TaxBandits and Reach Reporting
it was announced on August, 4th 2021 that Catching Clouds would be merging with Acuity ...shout out to Kenji Kuramoto, Matthew May, and Lisa Gilreath
5 the journey of Catching Clouds and Patti Scharf's BlackBerry
***shout out to Douglas Sleeter***
6 Catching Clouds first client was an Amazon Seller, shout out to A2X
7 Scott Scharf's Steps to Success
• pick your niche
• pick your tech stack & focus your marketing
• get your systems in place
2022-01-0354 min
Southern Title Real Estate RoundtableBob Rand of Coldwell Banker Commercial Benchmark, Keller Williams Red Day and Lynne Rohde of Fidelity FundignWe discuss the state of the commercial real estate market in the Volusia County area, including Property Appraiser Morgan Gilreath's assertion that prices will drop about 2.2% this year; Michael Leadley of Keller Williams tells us about the Nationwide Red Day philanthropic endeavor, and Lynne Rohde of Fidelity Funding gives us an update on potential changes to the FHA lending market. Original air date: May 10, 2012
2012-05-1145 min