Podcast Episode Details

The Canadians! 🎙 Live at QuickBooks Connect

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Episode 141

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Sponsors

• Intuit QuickBooks https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/quickbooks

Show Notes

• 01:35 – Let's meet The Canadians!  (Well, three of them, anyway …) 
• 03:41 – Canada's no longer last in the lunch line with the increasing focus on QuickBooks Online
• 04:50 – Scott and Brad pontificate on  the new QBO statement-importing feature
• 06:27 – How do Canadians approach cloud accounting, and all the innovation that comes along with it? 
• 08:13 – Along with faster adoption of new tech, Canadian app development is on the rise, and people seem to share a common passion and excitement, without a lot of drama, on the socials. 
• 10:42 – With the Canadian government’s investment in functional, high-speed internet, clients being eternally bound to their desktop programs is more the exception than the norm 
• 12:00 – Brad talks benefits of going full cloud
• 14:43 – Scott talks about some of the work Intuit’s Canadian branch is doing to solve for Canada-specific issues, such as tax and payroll
• 16:30 – Winter is coming, or you'll be coming to Winter is you visit QuickBooks Connect Toronto. Grab a toque, or a touque, or a tuque?   
• 18:24 – While Canadian accountants are excited about new industry developments, they also know a good thing when they use it, and tend to stay loyal to a narrow collection of accounting tools
• 19:36 – Brad sees a sort of ‘take it or leave it’ attitude when it comes to dealing with U.S. accounting software developers. Some listen; some don’t. 
• 21:50 – Cheryl notes that conferences, such as QuickBooks Connect, and Scaling New Heights are a prime method for discussion, learning, and developing partnerships that will lead to future opportunities

Connect with Scott, Cheryl, and Brad

• Scott Zandbergen, Principal Marketing Manager and Accounting Community Advocate at Intuit
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/szandbergen
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/szandbergen/ 
  • Website: https://scottzandbergen.com/
• Cheryl Manmohan, Senior Training & Education Program Manager at Intuit
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/cherylmanmohan
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheryl-manmohan-ab70754/?originalSubdomain=ca
• Brad Celmainis, CPA and President of Brad Celmainis Accounting Solutions
  • Twitter: https://twitter.com/BradCelmainis
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradcelmainis/
  • Website: https://bradcelmainis.com/
  • Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/getintuit/?source_id=622030231160596
• Learn more about QuickBooks Connect Toronto here: https://can.quickbooksconnect.com/?cid=SOC_CA_QBC_-NON_INT-QBC-CA-Blog-SponsorProfile

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