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00:45 – Meet Valerie! 
01:44 – Meet David! 
02:09 – Live fast, cloud-account hard! David’s firm, ENVOLTA, has hit Hubdoc’s Top 50 North American Cloud Accountants and The Ottawa Business Journal’s Fastest-Growing Companies list multiple times! | Ottawa Business Journal
03:00 – Breaking news! The world does not stop when we attend accounting conferences! 
03:47 – News from QuickBooks Connect! | Accounting Today
07:08 – Like a spell-checker, only for accounting processes - one new QB feature, Bookkeeping Review, helps you find, and correct errors, with customization options for each client
08:52 – Bookkeeping Review gives users almost real-time accounting, and eliminates a lot of year-end close headaches, especially around tax
10:26 – What makes QuickBooks's Business Performance Overview tool outperform similar tools from competitors? 
12:39 – Benchmarking tools are splendid, but how do you know the data is solid? 
15:35 – Using powerful review and benchmarking tools provides a solid foundation for effective advisory
17:29 – How do we build, a bigger, better Cadillac of accounting tools? 
18:34 – Will too many apps spoil the tech stack? | Financial Times
21:44 – When FASB speaks, accounting apps, like LeaseQuery run with it! | Business Wire 
23:14 – Bankifi is throwing down the Banking-as-a-Service gauntlet | Forbes
27:11 – Is another tax software company getting ready to bite the dust? 
28:37 – The MyPayrollHR dominoes keep falling – Cachet ceases accepting ACH deposits for payroll | Cachet Financial Services
29:57 – Cachet’s decision leaves companies, like Vermont-based PayData, holding the bag | VTDigger 
32:15 – CYA with insurance – the best way to protect yourself and your firm when you’re stuck in the tangled web of apps and services
33:02 – David DiNardo's parting wisdom: accounting and bookkeeping firms should go social! Not only is it good for marketing, but it's an excellent way to network and stay on top of what's going on! 
Connect with David and Valerie
David DiNardo: 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-dinardo-mba-42344599/

Website: https://envolta.ca/



Valerie Heckman: 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valerieheckman/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/vheckman



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