U.S. accounting is changing fast. Offshoring, AI, and private equity are reshaping careers in real time. Mario Castro joins me to pull back the curtain on what firms won’t say out loud: hollowed training pipelines, billable-hour games, delayed start dates, and why the partner “cruise ship” may never come back to the dock for seniors and MDs. We also cover some paths that do work – well as Mario’s journey to accounting and how his career has evolved from t...
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U.S. accounting is changing fast. Offshoring, AI, and private equity are reshaping careers in real time. Mario Castro joins me to pull back the curtain on what firms won’t say out loud: hollowed training pipelines, billable-hour games, delayed start dates, and why the partner “cruise ship” may never come back to the dock for seniors and MDs. We also cover some paths that do work – well as Mario’s journey to accounting and how his career has evolved from t...
An Alternate Way to Launch Your Firm - Marcus Rien
The Fun CPA Podcast
45 minutes
3 weeks ago
An Alternate Way to Launch Your Firm - Marcus Rien
From “BDO to builder” to launching a platform for entrepreneurial CPAs. Marcus Rien joins Yuri to unpack public vs. private realities, the 150/120 debate, and why the profession’s future depends on changing the narrative and the model. We get into his journey, the creation of Waves CPAs—a marketplace + back office for CPAs who want flexibility and ownership—and how PE roll-ups, AI, and small-city growth are reshaping opportunities. Marcus also shares the story b...
The Fun CPA Podcast
U.S. accounting is changing fast. Offshoring, AI, and private equity are reshaping careers in real time. Mario Castro joins me to pull back the curtain on what firms won’t say out loud: hollowed training pipelines, billable-hour games, delayed start dates, and why the partner “cruise ship” may never come back to the dock for seniors and MDs. We also cover some paths that do work – well as Mario’s journey to accounting and how his career has evolved from t...
