Sponsors Fyle: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/fyleCPA Charge: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/cpacharge Dark Horse: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/darkhorseShow Notes6:25 – Is it too hard to become a CPA? https://www.accountingtoday.com/opinion/is-it-too-hard-to-become-a-cpa 8:50 – Accounting profession having trouble with recruitmenthttps://www.accountingtoday.com/news/accounting-profession-having-trouble-with-recruitment 11:00 – Most Companies Struggling to Hire Workershttps://www.cfo.com/hiring/2021/08/most-companies-struggling-to-hire-workers/ 12:20 – Which College Programs Give Students the Best Bang for Their Buck?https://www.thirdway.org/report/which-college-programs-give-students-the-best-bang-for-their-buck 23:27 – “Entry-level” Jobs Require 3+ Years of Experience https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/nikastar/viz/2021W34Entry-leveljobsrequire3yearsofexperience_16297364426090/Dashboard1 29:19 – QuickBooks Live Bookkeeper Infohttps://www.intuit.com/careers/quickbooks-live-experts/ 31:58 – Intuit Bookkeeping Professional Certificatehttps://www.coursera.org/professional-certificates/intuit-bookkeeping 33:40 – How a Video Résumé Can Get You Hired in the Covid-19 Job Markethttps://www.wsj.com/articles/how-a-video-resume-can-get-you-hired-in-the-covid-19-job-market-11629457200 37:22 – Intuit Quarterly Results https://investors.intuit.com/financials/quarterly-results/default.aspx What’s new in QuickBooks Online: August 2021https://quickbooks.intuit.com/blog/whats-new/whats-new-in-quickbooks-online-august-2021/ 45:44 – Why we’ve updated the bank reconciliation designhttps://www.xero.com/blog/2021/08/why-weve-updated-the-bank-reconciliation-design/ 50:32 – Incoming Updates! Start Using Focus Mode, Limit Screen Sharing, and Seamlessly Transfer Meetingshttps://blog.zoom.us/focus-mode-limit-screen-sharing-seamless-meeting-transfer/ 52:43 – Pry Financials raises $4.2M to make startup accounting more approachablehttps://techcrunch.com/2021/08/23/pry-financials-raises-4-2m-to-make-startup-accounting-more-approachable/ 53:43 – Ramp raises $300M at a $3.9B valuation, makes its first acquisitionhttps://techcrunch.com/2021/08/24/ramp-raises-300m-at-a-3-9b-valuation-makes-its-first-acquisition/ 54:48 – Balance raises $25M in a Ribbit Capital-led Series A to grow its ‘consumer-like B2B checkout platformhttps://techcrunch.com/2021/08/25/balance-raises-25m-in-a-ribbit-capital-led-series-a-to-grow-its-consumer-like-b2b-checkout-platform/ 55:17 – Zeal Raises $13 Million Series A to Scale API Infrastructure Allowing Companies to Build Custom Payroll Productshttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210827005003/en/Zeal-Raises-13-Million-Series-A-to-Scale-API-Infrastructure-Allowing-Companies-to-Build-Custom-Payroll-Products 55:46 – Brex Launches $150 Million Venture Debt Businesshttps://www.theinformation.com/articles/brex-launches-150-million-venture-debt-business 56:40 – Finexio Raises $8M To Build Out AP Software Suitehttps://www.pymnts.com/accounts-payable/2021/finexio-accounts-payable/ 56:50 – Accounting platform Synder raises $2Mhttps://startupworld.tech/accounting-platform-synder-raises-2m/ 57:26 – Sensibill and FreeAgent Partner to Offer Digital Receipt and Expense Management Solutions to Small Businesseshttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210826005115/en/Sensibill-and-FreeAgent-Partner-to-Offer-Digital-Receipt-and-Expense-Management-Solutions-to-Small-Businesses 58:46 – Pry Versus Quickbookshttps://pry.co/bookkeeping 60:34 – Short and Sweet – we got a review! Thanks, Vanessa! Get in TouchThanks for listening and for the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary. Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, please do us a favor and write a review on iTunes, or Podchaser. Interested in sponsoring the Cloud Accounting Podcast? For details, read the prospectus, and NOW, you can see our smiling faces on Instagram! You can now call us and leave a voicemail, maybe we'll play