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Is storytelling your firm’s most valuable asset?

Is storytelling your firm’s most valuable asset?

As the ‘smart finance function’ and outsourced ‘finance as a service’ model grows in popularity, clients are looking for more than just financial reporting. Here’s why storytelling will separate the stand-out firms and lead to success.

Alastair Barlow
Alastair Barlow
TechTech
The risk and reward of being a single-software practice

The risk and reward of being a single-software practice

Do fewer tools and narrower markets make an accounting firm more profitable? At flinder, distilling our ICP (Ideal Customer Profile) and working with Xero-platformed clients only increased the firm’s value and improved our operational excellence. But is the single-software approach right for your accounting firm?

Alastair Barlow
Alastair Barlow
M&AM&A
8 things firm owners don’t tell you about selling

8 things firm owners don’t tell you about selling

A failed deal, a government deadline, and pivoting from a fundraising deck to a deck for acquisition. Here’s a true version of what selling a business can look like.

Alastair Barlow
Alastair Barlow
Artificial IntelligenceArtificial Intelligence
Accountancy’s AI data dilemma

Accountancy’s AI data dilemma

AI-native accounting software wants your clients’ data. Should you give it to them - and what can you expect in return?

Alastair Barlow
Alastair Barlow
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A series of ramblings on how we built flinder and the lessons along the way.

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