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ARC hosts examine how venture capital, sales pressure, and scalability challenges shape which solutions survive.  The accounting technology market looks crowded from the outside. New tools launch every month. Conference expo halls overflow with promise. And artificial intelligence is accelerating everything.  But beneath that surface, the economics of building accounting technology tell a more complicated story—one shaped as much by venture capital and sales pressure

A near-tragedy sparks a critical conversation on business continuity, risk, and responsibility in accounting firms. Business continuity planning often lives in the realm of “someday.” Until it doesn’t.  In the latest episode of Accounting ARC, hosts Donny Shimamoto, CPA.CITP, CGMA; Byron Patrick, CPA.CITP; and Liz Mason, CPA, tackle a topic many professionals avoid: what happens when the unexpected actually happens. The conversation opens not with

Led by their student host, educators explore ethics, creativity, critical thinking, and the future of learning in an AI-powered world. Artificial intelligence is no longer a future issue in education. It is already shaping how students study, how teachers prepare lessons, how universities think about access and admissions, and how employers evaluate readiness for the workforce.   In this episode, host Harshita Multani, a Center for

Sleep, sunlight, movement, and self-knowledge help professionals recharge before stress turns into burnout. In accounting, exhaustion does not always look dramatic.  Sometimes it looks like irritability. Sometimes it looks like staring at a spreadsheet that suddenly makes no sense. Sometimes it looks like mental fog, poor focus, a mild headache, or the sense that even small decisions take too much effort.  In the latest

Understanding a company’s history, leadership, and future matters as much as financial statements. Donny Shimamoto opens a recent episode of Accounting ARC with a simple question: How do you value a business when the numbers tell only part of the story? His guest, Baria Jaroudi, a Houston-based director in BDO’s business valuation and advisory practice, says valuation work requires more

Center for Accounting Transformation expands student-led initiatives with new philanthropic support.  The future of the accounting profession is not just being planned by today’s leaders — it is increasingly being shaped by the students who will become its next generation.  Through its Student Ambassador Program and student-led initiatives, the Center for Accounting Transformation is building a new model for engaging emerging

Young professionals bring adaptability and media literacy that firms need in an AI-driven era.  Student-Led Conversations opens its second season with a conversation that reflects a larger shift underway in the accounting profession: rapid technology change, accelerating adoption of artificial intelligence tools and an increasing push to bring younger voices into the discussion.  Arpan Grewal, a Center for Accounting Transformation

Rural communities offer meaningful work — and a chance to build a practice on purpose.  In an era when private equity rollups and “bigger is better” narratives dominate accounting headlines, Donny Shimamoto, CPA.CITP, CGMA, returns to a quieter question: What does it look like to build a firm — and a career — around serving the places that rarely get the

Learn how easily pros tie well-being to success—and how fear of failure can distort self-worth.  Busy season may still be a few days out, but the stress response already starts to hum for a lot of accounting professionals — the calendar fills, the inbox tightens, and the margin for error feels like it shrinks to a sliver. In the latest Accounting ARC, Donny

You can’t demand peak performance without designing for recovery. Busy season is often treated as a productivity proving ground. In accounting, it marks a series of peak stress cycles—tax season, compressed deadlines, and sustained cognitive load. The assumption is familiar: we just need to push through these few rough months, and we’ll be okay afterward. But the reality is different.