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The 2025 Private Equity Paradox: Why Deals Are Up but Fundraising Is Down
I spend a lot of time reading research reports. Lately, I’ve been buried in data regarding Venture Capital (VC) and Private Equity (PE) for the start of 2025. While going through the SQ4 close-out numbers, something strange stood out to me. The headlines are screaming about a massive resurgence in PE deal activity. We are…
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2026 Predictions: The End of the Human Calculator?
When I started at PwC eight years ago, I kept hearing about the “reviewer shift.” The partners promised that technology would eventually handle the manual grunt work. They said first-year associates like me would stop being preparers and start being reviewers. For years, that felt like a corporate myth. We were still manually keying data and fighting…
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Navigating the Unknown: My Analysis of the 2026 Accounting Landscape
I’ve been poring over the economic reports for the start of 2026, and if I had to summarize the vibe in one phrase, it’s “wait and see.” After the chaos of late 2025—between the government shutdown, the “Liberation Day” tariffs, and the policy shocks—I wanted to get a clear picture of what we, as finance…
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I Watched My Fiancé Waste Her Vacation on CPE. Here Is How To Fix It.
I spent my holiday break watching football and eating leftovers. My fiancé spent hers in purgatory. Between Christmas and New Year’s Eve, while we were supposed to be relaxing, she spent 10 hours glued to her laptop. She wasn’t watching Netflix. She was binge-watching professional education training because she left it until the end of the year.…
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The AI Premium: Why Finance Roles Are Seeing a 56% Pay Bump
Happy 2026. I spent the last few months helping a consulting firm map out their strategy for the year. We ran into a wall immediately when looking at hiring. The problem wasn’t a lack of people. The problem was the pay scale. Large firms love standardized boxes. You have your M1, M2, and M3 levels.…
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Accounting for AI: Breaking Down ASU 2025-06 and Internal Software Costs
I have spent the better part of 2025 talking about how AI changes our workflows. We look at prompts, we look at Python scripts, and we look at automation. But there is a massive side of this conversation I haven’t touched on enough: the accounting. Companies are pouring billions into internal AI tools. Until recently…
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The 2026 Inflation Trap: Why the Fed Just Wrecked Your Forecast
I spent the morning staring at a spreadsheet for my 2026 projections. The numbers looked clean. Inflation is trending down and the market is pricing in rate cuts. I felt good about the bottom line. Then I read the latest transcript from the Atlanta Fed. That optimism vanished pretty quickly. While we are all celebrating…
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The Future of the Firm: Why 2026 is Already Here
I used to look at “future of accounting” predictions with a healthy dose of skepticism. They usually felt like science fiction or vendor sales pitches. But after reviewing the latest Everyday CPE course on the “Future of the Firm,” the data painted a different picture. To get a clear handle on what 2026 looks like for accountants,…
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The Great Data Crisis of 2025: Why Your Finance Stack is Broken
I was going through the transcript for the new “Strategic Finance & Technology” course released this week. I paired it with the “Finance Under Pressure” report from insightsoftware. The numbers are alarming. 93% of finance teams say they are struggling with poor data management. If you feel like you are fighting your spreadsheets, you are…
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NASBA-Approved AI & Excel CPE: A CPA’s Guide to Future-Proofing Skills
Can I get CPE credit for learning AI and Data Analytics? Yes. But you have to be careful where you learn it. Platforms like Coursera, Udemy, and DataCamp offer incredible technical training, but they often lack the one thing a CPA needs: NASBA Sponsorship. You can learn to code in Python on the weekend, but it won’t help…
