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Sage Intacct and Next Series Club, a top SaaS finance community group, brought together Great Lakes finance experts to talk about what’s really working for them now. They shared their insights on “what-if” scenario planning and managing investors in uncertain times. Watch the panel session here.
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Sponsors Accountant Connect: [link] Synder: [link] Smansha: [link] Show Notes 09:59 – A Message from Founder and CEO Kurt Rathmann - ScaleFactor 12:06 – Fintech Startup That Raised $100 Million From Investors Bessemer And Coatue Is Abruptly Shutting Down - Forbes 14:05 – ScaleFactor is shutting down after coronavirus craters sales – Austin Business Journal 16:58 – ScaleFactor Announces “2.020” Vision, Including Plans to Build Marketplace for On-Demand Financial Solutions – Business Wire 19:45 –
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Mazars USA Links: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] Contact Our Featured Speakers: Alisha Jernack - [link] John Confrey - [link] Ryan Vaughan - [link] FULL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT Adam: (00:05) Welcome back for episode 73 of Count Me In, IMA’s podcast about all things affecting the accounting and finance world. I am your host, Adam Larson, and I'm happy to share this very timely conversation held by my cohost Mitch and a small panel from Mazars Business Advisory.
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