Ep. 82: Firms Eating Firms, Are Those Real?, and Ben Curtis in the House!

<p>Yes, AND it’s episode 82! This week we are talking about firm culture dynamics, 3rd party partners, and just the little things like the purpose of life. Your hosts are as always:</p><p>Tyler “Increasingly Irrelevant” Otto from <a href="https://www.specializedat.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Specialized Accounting</a>, focusing on medium to large businesses in the glamorous hospitality, marina, and service industries.</p><p>Jeremy "Partially Prominent” Van Groll from <a href="https://www.nonprofitbookkeeping.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nonprofit Bookkeeping</a>, a champion for nonprofits with his accounting expertise.</p><p><br /></p><p>Our special guest this week is <a href="http://linkedin.com/in/ben-curtis-goodmeasure" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ben Curtis</a>, the thoughtful co-founder and president of <a href="https://www.goodmeasurefinancial.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Good Measure Financial</a>, a cloud-based accounting firm based in Knoxville, Tennessee</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>In Da News</strong>, <a href="https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/news/2026/jul/a-new-top-5-firm-grant-thornton-acquiring-fellow-top-10-firm-cbiz/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grant Thorton buys CBiz</a>, what does this do to our rankings?</p><p>At <strong>Half Time</strong>, we are yapping to our computers… Are you? Tyler explains how this hack is saving him time!</p><p><strong>Are Those Real?</strong> Do you know if these job titles are in your dreams or reality?</p><p>In <strong>Fast Figures</strong>, Ben is in the hot seat to answer these trivia questions with numerical answers.<br /></p><p><strong>Loser of the Week: </strong><a href="https://www.accountingtoday.com/articles/scam-artists-are-posing-as-irs-agents-to-drain-crypto-wallets" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Crypto Holders</a><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Winner of the Week: </strong><a href="https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/frazier-deeter-acquires-gray-gray-gray" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Frazier &amp; Deeter</a></p><p><br /></p><p>P.S. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/events/7489030096083759104?viewAsMember=true" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Don’t forget about UFAT</a>, our fortnightly trivia series with awesome prizes (thanks, Double!).  Click here for more info! 12:00 pm MT / 2:00 pm ET</p><p><br /></p><p>📣This episode is sponsored by Ramp: What if the time-consuming parts of accounting just... handled themselves?</p><p>That's the idea behind Stack by Ramp: an AI-native platform that lets you deploy agents to do the repetitive work. Reconciliations, journal entries, flux analysis. Your processes, your rules, your clients. You decide where it runs on its own and where it stops for your review.</p><p>They've got the data to prove it. Ramp evaluated Stack against 200+ real accounting tasks, built and graded by working accountants — and it outpaces the general-purpose models.</p><p>Start your free 3-month trial at <a href="http://ramp.com/unaccountable" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ramp.com/unaccountable</a>!</p><p><br /></p><p>_________________________________________________________</p><p>🆓 Love free stuff? So do we!<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@UnAccountable_Podcast" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> ⁠Subscribe to our channel and watch for $0 on YouTube!⁠</a></p><p>🎧 For more accounting podcast entertainment, news, and tips,<a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4HRWi6kfw9NPMJMXf9c77Z" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> ⁠subscribe to UnAccountable⁠</a>. </p><p>⭐ Enjoying the show? Leave us your best backhanded 5-star review on<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unaccountable/id1700768467" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> ⁠Apple Podcasts⁠</a>,<a href="https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/unaccountable-5441795" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" ta