How a Non-Accountant Made an Impact on a Highly Educated Industry 📚 | Trent McLaren

It's not what you know, it's who you know: the story of a 28-year-old high school drop-out travelling the world of accounting - How did this non-accountant make an impact on a highly educated industry Interviewee Profile Trent Mclaren is Australia's thought leader of the year in the Accounting Industry. He is the head of accounting and strategic partnerships at Practice Ignition. His role see's him partnering with accounting professionals all over the world as he strives to drive innovation and disruption with his partners. Igniting a culture to challenge the status quo and create true customer centricity. Company Profile Practice Ignition is the game-changing automation trigger your practice needs. Handling all aspects of your client relationships, proposals, billings, scope management and beyond. Practice Ignition is the catalyst for true cloud accounting firms wanting to move to fixed fee structures and eliminate their debtors completely. Practice Ignition is a cloud-based onboarding solution that helps you sign more clients, save time and truly transform your workflow automation. How can listeners contact you? Twitter: @trent_mclaren linkedin.com/in/trentmclaren www.practiceignition.com trent@practiceignition.com

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Exploring the intersections of accounting, technology and modern practice methodologies. Hosted by Heather Smith, an award winning Chartered Accountant with a flair for storytelling. Heather is obsessed with how effective automation and integration can produce timely clean data, to surface information for brave, fast data-informed decision making. Better data, better decisions, better business. She explores this topic with her guests, uncovering insights that offer you a competitive edge. Delve deeper into the Accounting Apps landscape and enhance your understanding. The podcast promises enlightening discussions in the fields of accounting, technology and artificial intelligence. Hit that subscribe button now! Subscribe to the Accounting Apps newsletter: http://AccountingApps.io Join the free Accounting Apps community to continue the conversations. https://www.facebook.com/groups/XeroMasterMind Brilliant guests include entrepreneurs, founders, business consultants, accountants, bookkeepers, small business owners, cloud advisors, developers, cloud integrators and solution providers. Each month guests share how they built their business and how your business or clients can use technology to be more effective and efficient. This may include exploring: *How you can implement and integrate business tools with your online accounting software to automate processes, improve productivity, and profitability; *How to build a business developing business apps; or *How to build a tech stack that meets your business needs or introduce your clients to them. Contact details: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/HeatherSmithAU/