Being a CFO in 2022 is probably a lot different than it was just a few years ago. The demands are greater and deadlines are tighter, resulting in added pressure throughout the office of the CFO. In this conversation, FloQast CFO Razzak Jallow, Co-founder and CEO Mike Whitmire, and Accounting Operations Evangelist Stefan van Duyvendijk discuss the evolution of accounting leadership over the last several years, how to effectively structure an efficient accounting organization (within a rapidly gro...
Jul 11, 2022•51 min•Season 2Ep. 23
On this week's episode of Blood, Sweat & Balance Sheets, FloQast Accounting Operations Evangelist Stefan van Duyvendijk guest is joined by Dante Giannini, Corporate Controller of Actian Corporation, to discuss the rise of the operational controller and what that role will look like as controllers add more value to their organizations.
Jun 10, 2022•59 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Mike is BACK, and this week, he's joined by veteran Corporate Controller and FloQast's new Accounting Operations Evangelist Stefan van Duyvendijk. On this episode, Mike and Stefan talk about Stefan's experience at Skullcandy and Kodiak Cakes, what led him to leave his controller role for FloQast, and how the accounting profession has changed significantly in the last several years
Apr 04, 2022•46 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Mike and Kristen talk memes, audit horror stories, and moving to industry.
Aug 24, 2021•27 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Mike is joined by early FloQast investor and advisor Rob Meinhardt to look back at how FloQast got to where it is today, a unicorn company in a boom LA tech community.
Aug 10, 2021•55 min•Season 2Ep. 19
Breaking down the Series D funding that officially made FloQast's accounting software platform a $1.2B brand.
Jul 27, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 18
In this episode, Mike Whitmire, CEO & Co-Founder of FloQast, chats with Rob Meinhardt, an entrepreneur and board member of FloQast, and Troy Patipanavat, a product support team member at FloQast.
Jul 06, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 17
In this episode, Mike Whitmire, CEO & Co-Founder of FloQast, chats with , David Lyford-Smith, Technical Manager at ICAEW.
Jun 08, 2021•37 min•Season 2Ep. 16
In this episode, Mike Whitmire, CEO & Co-Founder of FloQast, chats with Amy Vetter, CEO & Keynote Speaker of The B3 Method Institute.
May 25, 2021•37 min•Season 2Ep. 16
In this episode, Mike Whitmire, CEO & Co-Founder of FloQast, chats with Rock Felder, Co-Founder & CFO of Squadcast.
May 11, 2021•38 min•Season 2Ep. 15
In this episode, Mike Whitmire, CEO & Co-Founder of FloQast, chats with, Adrian L. Mayse, Ph.D., CPA, Author of When I Grow Up I Want To Be... An Accountant and Department Chair at Howard University.
Apr 27, 2021•43 min•Season 2Ep. 15
In this episode, Mike Whitmire, CEO & Co-Founder of FloQast, chats with Gaurav Bhattacharya, Co-Founder & CEO of involve.ai
Apr 13, 2021•38 min•Season 2Ep. 14
In this episode, Mike Whitmire, CEO & Co-Founder of FloQast, chats with Cooper Harris, Founder & CEO of Klickly.
Mar 30, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 13
In this episode, (Part 2 of 2), Mike chats with Allan Solomon, Co-Founder of Isle Capri Casinos and Principal/Chairman at Foundation Gaming Group, about getting his CPA, working with Supreme Court Justices, his involvement in the Reagan Administration, going head to head with Trump for a Casino property, and much more.
Mar 16, 2021•49 min•Season 2Ep. 12
In this episode, (part 1 of 2), Mike chats with Allan Solomon, Co-Founder of Isle Capri Casinos and Principal/Chairman at Foundation Gaming Group, about getting his CPA, working with Supreme Court Justices, his involvement in the Reagan Administration, going head to head with Trump for a Casino property, and much more.
Mar 02, 2021•51 min•Season 2Ep. 11
In this episode, Mike Whitmire, CEO & Co-Founder of FloQast, chats with Chris Sluty, Chief Product Officer of FloQast.
Feb 16, 2021•51 min•Season 2Ep. 10
In this episode, Mike Whitmire, CEO & Co-Founder of FloQast, chats with Nick Leopard, Chief Executive Officer & Founder at Accordion.
Feb 02, 2021•44 min•Season 2Ep. 9
In this episode, Mike Whitmire, CEO & Co-Founder of FloQast, chats with Gary Klintworth, CPA & Co-Founder and Managing Director of ARC Consulting LLC.
Jan 19, 2021•36 min•Season 2Ep. 8
In this episode, Mike Whitmire, CEO & Co-Founder of FloQast, chats with Sean Jacobsohn, VC & Partner at Norwest Venture Partners.
Jan 05, 2021•34 min•Season 2Ep. 7
In this episode, Mike Whitmire sits down with a man who's had A LOT of experience in his time - Bob Kavner. This episode is filled with many great stories about success and failure in the finance world, and had a rocket ship of a career auditing at 21 years old in New York City with clients like AT&T and Pam Am Airways.
Dec 22, 2020•40 min•Season 2Ep. 6
In this episode, Mike Whitmire, CEO & Co-Founder of FloQast, chats with Michelle Murray, Founder and Managing Director of Segue Partners.
Dec 08, 2020•37 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Interview with Gary Swart, Working with the founders of Netflix and beyond.
Nov 24, 2020•49 min•Season 2Ep. 5
In this episode, Mike Whitmire, CEO & Co-Founder of FloQast, chats with Ryan Polk, Chief Product Officer of Insight Partners.
Nov 10, 2020•46 min•Season 2Ep. 3
In this episode, Mike Whitmire, CEO & Co-Founder of FloQast, chats with John Hussey, NFL Referee, and CEO/ Founder of the animal-focused start-up CUDDLY.
Oct 27, 2020•35 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Mike Whitmire CEO & Co-Founder of FloQast talks entrepreneurship with Rob Meinhardt , Co-founder of the venture production studio, Furious Collective, and the former Co-founder and CEO of KACE, which was acquired by Dell.
Oct 13, 2020•44 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Hi everyone, Thank you for listening to From CPA to CFO. We are still going to be diving into accounting and career growth in the financial world, but also expanding into topics around entrepreneurship, the start up world and what it takes to be successful. With that we are changing our name to Blood Sweat & Balance Sheets. We are looking forward to some amazing episodes and big things. Thanks for being part of the journey.
Sep 22, 2020•1 min•Season 2Ep. 1
In this episode FloQast CEO/Co-founder Mike Whitmire sits down with Jerry Raphael, CFO at Stack Overflow. - CPA to CFO Podcast is dedicated to teaching young CPAs the steps they need to take to climb the ladder to CFO. Hosted by FloQast Co-founder & CEO Mike Whitmire, these are conversations with financial thought-leaders about their rise to success. https://floqast.com https://instagram.com/floqast...
Jun 19, 2020•30 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In this episode, we are pivoting from the CFO role to chat with Daniel Hood, Editor-in-Chief of Accounting Today - one of the most prominent publications for the accounting and finance industry. In the many conversations and research Daniel has conducted for Accounting Today, he's learned a great deal about what it takes to be a great accountant and what it means to perform the job in a modern sense. This was a great talk, listen in!
Apr 03, 2020•32 min
In this live episode from FloQast's User Conference TakeControl, FloQast CEO/Co-founder Mike Whitmire sits down with Angela Smoller, CFO at SeekOps.
Mar 16, 2020•22 min
In this episode, FloQast CEO/Co-founder Mike Whitmire sits down with Darian Hong, CFO at WebPT. Darian has admittingly had an unconventional path to his CFO position, first springing into sales roles to up his business acumen, then on to being a product manager. But the FP&A side of him started to come out over the years which eventually landed him as CFO of AT&T Interactive for a number of years before moving on to WebPT. Darian offers a ton of insight into self-development where taking...
Feb 25, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 8
