Blood, Sweat & Balance Sheets
The accounting profession is in a state of flux. With a shocking number leaving the industry and fewer students opting to major in Accounting, it's clear that change is needed — and fast. Hosted by FloQast co-founder and CEO Mike Whitmire, inactive CPA, Blood, Sweat & Balance Sheets explores the modern accounting landscape to identify how to uplift the profession, ways in which leaders can evolve operations to empower employees, and highlights individuals making material impacts in finance and accounting.
- Update frequency
- every 27 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 67
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
From Audit Associate to SaaS Sales to Running FloQast EMEA: How Adam Zoucha Attained His Dream Job
In this episode of "Blood, Sweat & Balance Sheets," host FloQast Co-founder and CEO Mike Whitmire chats with FloQast's first business development representative and current Managing Director, EMEA, A…
Getting Strategic: An Inside Look at This Accountant’s Transition From Tactical to Accounting Ops
On this episode of Blood, Sweat & Balance Sheets, host Mike Whitmire, Co-founder and CEO of FloQast, chats with FloQast super user Jonathan Hardy, Director of Accounting Initiatives at LeadVenture, a…
Accountant(s)-Turned-Tech CEO: Leadership, Empathy, and Innovation With LeaseQuery’s George Azih
In this episode of Blood, Sweat & Balance Sheets, we delve into the journeys of George Azih, founder and CEO of LeaseQuery, and Mike Whitmire: Two tech leaders who started up directly after leaving l…
OnSolve CFO Bruce Duner on Battling Talent Crunch by Empowering Accountants and Evolving as a Leader
With 30+ years of experience in senior accounting and finance roles, OnSolve CFO Bruce Duner has seen a lot of change in his time. But despite a wealth of experience, he's not one to revert to an "if…
How To Be the Leader Accountants Need in 2023 (and Beyond), With Bluecore Controller Rohit Lalwani
On the latest episode of Blood, Sweat & Balance Sheets, guest host Stefan van Duyvendijk chats with Rohit Lalwani, CPA, Controller at marketing tech company Bluecore about his journey to controllersh…
Building the Perfect Accounting Team: A Conversation With Controller of the Year Ashley Griesshammer
In this episode of Blood, Sweat & Balance Sheets, Mike chats with FloQast’s reigning Controller of the Year, Ashley Griesshammer of e-commerce brand Lovevery about her path from Finance to Accountin…
“How Do You Close the Books?” Audit to Accounting, to Sales: FloQast’s Shivang Patel Has Done It All
Shivang Patel was on track to make audit partner when a client poached him to join his team at a rapidly-growing, soon-to-IPO tech company. After learning the books, Shivang was thriving in his role …
How Accountants Can Impact Business During a Recession, According to a CFO and Former Controller
In times of economic uncertainty, accounting teams need to be nimble enough to pivot should the time com, while consistently delivering accurate financial figures to impact the direction of the busin…
How to Update the Path to Accounting?
When meetings and billable hours start eating into your sleep schedule and overall wellness on, say, the week of your wedding, something's got to give. And, with fewer students taking an interest in …
From Deloitte to World’s Top Pickleball Player: Blood, Sweat & Balance Sheets
On this episode of Blood, Sweat & Balance Sheets, Mike is joined by Zane Navratil, world #1 Pickleball player and former Deloitte auditor. Zane talks about picking up pickleball while working in audi…
The CFO, Revisited: How Should Finance Execs and CEOs Be Collaborating
Being a CFO in 2022 is probably a lot different than it was just a few years ago. The demands are greater and deadlines are tighter, resulting in added pressure throughout the office of the CFO. In t…
The Rise of the Operational Controller: How It Happened, the Results Its Driving, and What’s To Come
On this week's episode of Blood, Sweat & Balance Sheets, FloQast Accounting Operations Evangelist Stefan van Duyvendijk guest is joined by Dante Giannini, Corporate Controller of Actian Corporation, …
A Chat With Stefan van Duyvendijk: Accountant, Controller, and FloQast’s Accounting Operations Evangelist
Mike is BACK, and this week, he's joined by veteran Corporate Controller and FloQast's new Accounting Operations Evangelist Stefan van Duyvendijk.
On this episode, Mike and Stefan talk about Stefan's …
Talking shop with Kristin Lofgren, chief meme officer at Let's Get Fiscal, The Accounting Betch, and Big Four Confessions
Mike and Kristen talk memes, audit horror stories, and moving to industry.
A Walk Down Memory Lane: A major gamble, a near-death experience, and the key milestones that got FloQast to where it is today.
Mike is joined by early FloQast investor and advisor Rob Meinhardt to look back at how FloQast got to where it is today, a unicorn company in a boom LA tech community.
Building L.A.'s Newest Unicorn: The FloQast Funding Story
Breaking down the Series D funding that officially made FloQast's accounting software platform a $1.2B brand.
Trading Cards, NFTs, and Sneakers: Convincing A FloQast Board Member that Investing in Alternative Assets Can Pay Off
In this episode, Mike Whitmire, CEO & Co-Founder of FloQast, chats with Rob Meinhardt, an entrepreneur and board member of FloQast, and Troy Patipanavat, a product support team member at FloQast.
Accounting Across the Pond with Excel Expert David Lyford-Smith
In this episode, Mike Whitmire, CEO & Co-Founder of FloQast, chats with , David Lyford-Smith, Technical Manager at ICAEW.
Amy Vetter: Mindfulness, Accounting, and How to Balance It All
In this episode, Mike Whitmire, CEO & Co-Founder of FloQast, chats with Amy Vetter, CEO & Keynote Speaker of The B3 Method Institute.
Rock Felder, CFO & Co-Founder of Squadcast: Public Accounting-to-Tech and Overcoming Imposter Syndrome
In this episode, Mike Whitmire, CEO & Co-Founder of FloQast, chats with Rock Felder, Co-Founder & CFO of Squadcast.