Buckle up and join us for a rollercoaster episode straight from the sizzling streets of Las Vegas with the latest in accounting and finance tech!

John Toon navigates Eurovision vibes, European-style sunbathing and sky-high Starbucks prices at Engage conference.

Along with the latest App News and updates from FreeAgent, do not miss Pixie co-founder Celso Pinto's insights on starting, building and exiting from Pixie in the noisy, noisy marketplace of accounting tech.

00:00 Looney Toon's Vegas Adventure 03:47 Intro

App News ~~~~~~~~~~~ 07:26 Intuit's Impressive Quarterly Results 10:41 Xero's Strong Financial Year 15:00 Sage's Net Zero Targets and ESG Reporting 20:10 Sage Partnering with DonerPerfect 21:27 Sage Intact's New Features and Updates 25:28 Xero's Pricing Plan Changes 32:04 HG's Acquisition of AuditBoard

33:55 FreeAgent - Tony Stevenson: Why Digital Transformation is a Team Sport 39:38 What Happens in Vegas Better Stay in Vegas

Interview: Celso Pinto ~~~~~~~~~~~ 42:12 Celso's Origin Story 49:24 Starting Pixie 53:33 Making Tough Product Decisions

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Welcome back to the Digi-Tools in Accrual World podcast!

Join us as we throwback to Accountex, where Ryan decided to desert us for the peaceful woods.

Indy lost her voice, John was knackered - but thankfully we had some stellar help from the Systems Advisory Network.

As always, this episode covers the latest in app releases, raises and acquisitions

Plus, we see which of us can delay mastication the longest.

Special shoutouts to our Accountex saviours: Dayle, Julie, and Keaton.

00:00 Intro

App News: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 02:09 Lightyear Acquired 03:19 Access Group's Acquisition Strategy and Ecosystem 05:00 Canopy + Practice Management AI Innovations 08:22 Layer's Ambitious Goal to Replace QuickBooks 10:21 FreeAgent's New Integrations and Updates 11:54 FYI Elite: A New Era in Practice Management? 13:03 Why iplicit are a great employer 14:06 Everyone’s favourite Xero update… 14:51 Quickbooks Ledger 15:18 Valid8me… validated 15:51 Sage's CoPilot and AI Developments 18:01 AirWallex Bill Pay Solution Integrated with Xero 19:36 Mercia and Inflo's Partnership 21:15 Ember and HSBC UK's Embedded Finance Partnership 22:35 TaxCalc Expands with Group Reporting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

24:25 FreeAgent Tortoise or Hare?

29:42 Delayed Marshmallow Mastication

System Advisory Network: Accountex Retrospective ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 32:58 Introduction 33:32 Insights from Dayle and Julie 34:42 Keaton's Experience and Reflections 35:39 Diverse Queries and Solutions 36:54 The Digital Disruptors Network 37:35 Conversations and Networking at Accountex 43:16 Exploring New Technologies and Vendors 51:27 Outsourcers As Far As The Eye Can See! 55:39 Final Thoughts and Future Plans ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

01:02:56 Rate the pod!!

#S4E10

Wading through the post-conference blues (before the big blue conference) we’re back with another episode!

In App News:

0:04:28 Allica Bank's New Partnerships Team

0:05:50 Closure of Influential Women's Tech Network

0:07:40 Highlights from the Xero Awards

0:09:42 New Features and Updates from Xero

0:10:54 Xero Small Business Index

0:12:29 Planday AU

0:14:07 Payhawk + Amex

0:15:04 Soldo + Triver

0:15:45 WorkflowMax Data Transition Issues

0:17:06 Client Engager and Tax on Demand Partnership

0:17:51 NetSuite's Generative AI Features

0:20:00 Funding News: Tabs and Sumday

0:23:47 Acquisition of Inventoro by Cin7

0:25:10 Active Workpapers' New Features

This episode’s guest is (now former) Xero MVP Lauren Harvey from Full Stop Accounts. Lauren shares some incredible stories, from her unique career journey and significant industry shifts to promoting better human connections and tackling menopause challenges in a high performance environment - something everyone should know more about.

Less inspirational is Ryan’s funky spunky garden problem and bringing the ‘tone’ back up again is our friendliest sponsor - FreeAgent!

Be sure to rate, like and subscribe to the podcast and get in touch with us at www.digital-disruptors.com/