Exploring the intersections of accounting, technology and modern practice methodologies. Each month guests share how they built their business and how your business or clients can use technology to be more effective and efficient. This may include exploring: *How you can implement and integrate business tools with your online accounting software to automate processes, improve productivity, and profitability; *How to build a business developing business apps; or *How to build a tech stack tha ...
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Hosted by Spencer Downey & Jason Lucas, The Starting Zone is a Podcast about the people who play World of Warcraft. Whether you are a brand new player, a casual World of Warcraft player or a hardcore committed WOWHEAD, this is the show for you! Jason and Spencer have relevant yet entertaining conversations about the game while providing valuable information for all Players!
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A podcast segment dedicated to World of Warcraft addons.
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Tired of paying for multiple streaming apps or dealing with broken links? Torrentio offers a simple, free solution to stream movies and TV shows in HD or 4K - no downloads https://torrentsio.com/ no buffering, no monthly bills. Torrentio is a lightweight but powerful addon for Stremio that connects you to public torrent sources instantly. Just install it, search your favorite title, and press play. No technical skills required. 💡 Key Features of Torrentio: 🔹 Free Streaming – No subscriptions ...
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Burnout-free video game coverage from podcast veterans. Join Garrett and Kyle every week as they get lost in games, pop culture, and everything they’re personally playing.
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The World of Warcraft news cycle has begun with the approach of their Midnight expansion Cinematic. WoW plans to get rid of Addons, going the FFXIV route and freeing themselves of their ever escalating arms race. WoW has also claimed massive success with their recent One Button rotation option. Final Fantasy XIV has sales down by 23%, but what does…
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In this solo episode Heather Smith explores how accountants can harness AI as a strategic enabler, boosting data-driven decision making, enhancing client value, and leading with ethics, integrity, and curiosity. Summary In this solo episode, I talk about . . . Key Points: Technology as a strategic enabler, not just an operational tool AI reduces re…
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Video games! More are coming and the ones that are here are under debate. Thats Gamescom 2025 for ya. A few winners grabbed our attention. Kyle is playing Hollow Knight. Crossovers be damned, MTG Airbender is looking real good. World of WarCraft showed off its newest expansion Midnight. Pick your side, because FFXIV mods lovers and haters are at ea…
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Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players! This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss the M+ Leaver System, Midnight Gamescom Reveals, 11.2.5 Development notes, Hotfixes, and everything going on around Azeroth! Episode #698: Gamescom Part One! What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft!…
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Does finance automation really improve accuracy and reduce fraud🔒? | Tyler Caskey
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Heather Smith & Tyler Caskey join ApprovalMax to have a conversation exploring how finance automation boosts accuracy, prevents fraud, and streamlines processes. Today I’m speaking with Tyler Caskey Partner at The Bean Counters In this episode, we talk about . . . Key Points: How automation reduces human error and speeds approvals Real-world case s…
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Episode #697: Season 3 First Impressions!
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Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players! This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss the New Season first impressions, Class Balancing, Gamescom Schedule, 11.2.5 Development notes, Hotfixes, and everything going on around Azeroth! Episode #697: Season 3 First Impressions! What’s New t…
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The merch cluster is under attack. Pokemon Worlds took place in Anaheim this week and it was invaded by SCALPERS. While Garrett and Kyle attempt to fathom this, Japanese McDonald’s was also forced to end their Pokemon Happy Meal tie-in early. Gamescom is tomorrow, and World of Warcraft is set to show its newest cinematic for Midnight. Dandadan, Ali…
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The accountant as the storyteller: Creating ⚡impactful presentations | Karbon
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In this solo episode Heather Smith shares her proven process for creating impactful presentations, from topic selection to AI tools, helping accountants communicate with clarity, confidence, and audience engagement. The accompanying article to this podcast appeared in Karbon Magazine : https://karbonhq.com/resources/creating-impactful-presentations…
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Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players! This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss the New Content first impressions, WotLK Timewalking, Class Balancing, Hotfixes, and everything going on around Azeroth! Episode #696: TWW Season 3 Begins! What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft! W…
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Inside WorkGuru: 7 Years Empowering SMEs with Real-Time Project Insights | Tony Harcourt
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Tony Harcourt CEO & Co-Founder of WorkGuru Tony Harcourt returns to chat with Heather about WorkGuru’s recent product updates, the challenges facing SMEs, and the role of automation and integrations in improving day-to-day operations. Summary Today I’m speaking with Tony Harcourt CEO & Co-Founder of WorkGuru WorkGuru is a Project Management solutio…
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Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players! This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss the Season 3 update, Massive Class Balancing, Bank Rework, Reshii Wraps, Hotfixes, and everything going on around Azeroth! Episode #695: Ghosts of K'aresh! What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft! W…
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We’re back after our collective grass touching. Garrett and Kyle have toured Florida and return to, what ever all this is. Collective Shout is taking down Games with the help of Mastercard? GameStop is getting in to the business of “graded” Pokemon Cards. There was some weird FFXIV drama while we were away, but ultimately the Live Letter did have s…
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🔄Accounting Tech Round-Up: QTR2 Innovations & Insights
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Heather Smith and Tyler Caskey explore major Q4 tech updates, from payroll developments to NetSuite integrations, AI trends, multi-entity reporting, and smarter expense and project tools. Today I’m speaking with Tyler Caskey, Founder at The Bean Counter. In this episode, we talk about . . . industry insights and key accounting technology updates fr…
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Episode #694: The lull before the patch!
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Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players! This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss Class Balancing, Tips before Patch, Trial of Style, Hotfixes, and everything going on around Azeroth! Episode #694: The lull before the patch! What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft! Weekly Event -…
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Your clients are using ChatGPT: How are you going to react when your clients use ChatGPT?
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Your clients are using ChatGPT. Your clients are going to try to do their accounts and their tax using ChatGPT. Your clients are going to ask you questions generated from ChatGPT. Your clients are going to ask you why you have not deducted THIS because ChatGPT suggested it. Your clients are going to come to you with “the work finished by ChatGPT” a…
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Episode #693: What to do before Season 3!
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Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players! This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss the must do's before Season 3, Bank Revamp, Housing Blog, Hotfixes, and everything going on around Azeroth! Episode #693: What to do before Season 3! What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft! Weekly …
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Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players! This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss the Winds of Mysterious Fortune, Season 3 Soon, "The Doom of K’aresh" Warcraft Audio Novella, Hotfixes, and everything going on around Azeroth! Episode #692: Season 3 August 5th! What’s New this Week …
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Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players! This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss the Diablo Crossover, Winds of Mysterious Fortune, Season 3 updates, Hotfixes, and everything going on around Azeroth! Episode #691: Greedy Emissaries! What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft! Weekl…
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It’s that slow summer time for gaming news, and the bad news rings loud and clear. The Microsoft layoffs have rocked the industry, stopping some games while they were deep in production. The company claims everything in the 2025 Showcase is safe, but what about the games we didn't see? In good news, Stop Killing Games finds its footing after a rock…
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🚀 From EdTech to FinTech: Miquel Palet’s Journey with Get Invoice
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Today I’m speaking with Miquel Palet, Founder of GetInvoice Miquel Palet is a Barcelona-based entrepreneur and product leader, known for founding Ucademy, an edtech platform, and GetInvoice, a tool for automating invoice retrieval from emails and other sources. With a background in engineering from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Miquel combi…
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Episode #690: Are our Spells too Dense?
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Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players! This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss the upcoming Spell Density Features, Diablo Crossover, July Trading Post, Hotfixes, and everything going on around Azeroth! Episode #690: Are our Spells too Dense? What’s New this Week in World of War…
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Why would Nintendo stop fun? Is Leon not scared? Can you play Death Stranding 2 without 1? Will Final Fantasy feel the heat of Expedition 33s success? Most of these questions will be answered, but us! With a sizable discussion about our post savage experience.By Garrett Weinzierl & Kyle Fergusson
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Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players! This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss the 11.2 Developers Notes, Turbulent Timeways, Overcharged Delves, Hotfixes, and everything going on around Azeroth! Episode #689: 11.2 Preview! What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft! Weekly Event…
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When the drama is so juicy it summons a guest! Garrett and Kyle are back to run you through this weeks ongoing gaming happenings, but by the time they got to Final Fantasy 14, a frequent guest had appeared in the live chat. After dropping a few choice opinions, might as well have him on right? So Jesse Cox joins the show, to discuss the FF14 fundin…
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Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players! This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss the 11.1.7 Upcoming Content Update, Turbulent Timeways, Overcharged Delves, Hotfixes, and everything going on around Azeroth! Episode #688: Legacy of Arathor! What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft…
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Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players! This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss Dastardly Duos, Catch-up mechanics, Lorewalking, Overcharged Delves, Hotfixes, and everything going on around Azeroth! Episode #687: 11.1.7 Next Week! What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft! Weekly…
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Not-E3 has concluded. A mad dash through trailers. A dizzying assault of the senses. What stood out? What got lost? Well first, Garrett got a Switch, and we sat down and played a big chunk of Mario Kart World. Sony State of Play, Summer Game Fest and Xbox showcase all tackled in order. Our list might not match yours, but we all walked away with the…
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Torrentio: Free HD & 4K Streaming Without Hassle
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Stream free HD & 4K movies with Torrentio using Stremio. No downloads, no fees just fast, smooth playback from public sources. Easy to install https://torrentsio.com/ safe to use, and perfect for hassle-free streaming.By alwinlouis590
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Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players! This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss HV Orgrimmar, June Trading Post, Dastardly Duos, Hotfixes, and everything going on around Azeroth! Episode #686: Dastardly Duos! What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft! Weekly Event - Burning Crusa…
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We’ve got a big channel update video out over on the Grinding Gear YouTube channel right now. Go give it a watch to see our new studio setup and hear what’s in store for what might be the next ten+ years of our lives. Nightreign is dominating our minds and while it’s not perfect, that’s also what’s great about it. We have ideas, the internet has id…
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Good games are good. And we’ve played some GOOD games. We didn’t know we needed to play Blue Prince but we love it, and must play more. Monster Train 2 is more of the same, which is a very good thing. Final Fantasy XIV unleashed is Field Operation patch and its a solid compliment to the game, though many say they aren’t returning to play it. Elden …
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Episode #685: Visions Week One in Review!
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Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players! This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss Horrific Visions Week 1, Timewalking Tuning, Hotfixes, and everything going on around Azeroth! Episode #685: Visions Week One in Review! What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft! Weekly Event - World…
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🔍 From SMSF to AI Tax Workpapers: Automating Compliance & Workflows
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Today I’m speaking with Cloudoffis co-founders Viral Kanabar and Manish Sheladia In this episode, we talk about . . . Cloudoffis' journey from SMSF audit automation to AI-first tax workpaper solution, TaxSorted. Their goal is to create a complete cloud-based operating system for accounting firms. The shift from manual processes (PDFs, Excel) to sea…
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Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players! This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss the Pax Announcements, Horrific Visions, Turbo Boost, Hotfixes, and everything going on around Azeroth! Episode #684: Visions Return! What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft! Weekly Event - The War …
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Grab your briefcase of your biggest words, gaming is doing the thing again. Bungie has been caught stealing art, but it’s not just art, it’s the whole look of Marathon. Ai Vader is dropping F-bombs in Fortnite. WoW housing is real, though they were a bit secretive about what could be shared. Magic the Gathering is doing great though. All this and m…
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🔄 Reinventing Float: AI, Consolidation and the New F Word | Colin Hewitt
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Today I’m speaking with Colin Hewitt, Founder & CEO of Float In this episode, we talk about . . . Evolution of cash flow forecasting from spreadsheets to intelligent cash flow platforms. Differences between direct and indirect cash flow forecasting. Float’s shift to support fractional CFOs and the growing need for 13-week forecasts. New features in…
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Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players! This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss the Machinegun Druid, Turbo Boost this week, Legacy of Arathor Content Update Blog, Hotfixes, and everything going on around Azeroth! Episode #683: TURBO BOOST! What’s New this Week in World of Warcra…
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Sick hosts, but sick games! GTA 6 has a release date and trailer 2 is out. World of Warcraft is giving players a way to play with a single button. The Final Fantasy Magic the Gathering set is now the fastest selling pre-order ever. Elden Ring Nightreign is looking real good. All this and a big dose of thanks from our sickness addled brains.…
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Episode #682: Ion on Encounter and Addon Design!
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Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players! This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss the M+ Cartel Chip, Ion's Addon's Discussion, May Trading Post, Hotfixes, and everything going on around Azeroth! Episode #682: Ion on Encounter and Addon Design! What’s New this Week in World of Warc…
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Episode #681: Puzzled by Player Rewards!
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Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players! This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss the Puzzling Cartel Chip, WoW Housing Decor, Dungeon and Class Hotfixes, and everything going on around Azeroth! Episode #681: Puzzled by Player Rewards! What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft! Wee…
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Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players! This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss 11.1.5 features, the Puzzling Cartel Chip, Dungeon and Class Hotfixes, and everything going on around Azeroth! Episode #680: 11.1.5 has arrived! What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft! Weekly Event…
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How to End the Wild West of Cloud Integrators ⚙️ | Ryan Pearcy
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Today I’m speaking with Ryan Pearcy, founder of Digital Transformers and co-host of the Digi-Tools in ACCruel World podcast. Background: From theoretical physicist to chartered accountant with a passion for cloud technology From Theory to Tech: Ryan shares his journey from theoretical physics to founding Digital Transformers, helping accounting fir…
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Episode #679: 11.1.5 Part 1, coming April 22nd!
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Welcome to The Starting Zone Podcast, The World of Warcraft Podcast for New and Experienced Players! This week Spencer Downey and Jason Lucas discuss Class Balance changes, Horrific Visions, 11.1.5 features, Hotfixes, and everything going on around Azeroth! Episode #679: 11.1.5 Part 1, coming April 22nd! What’s New this Week in World of Warcraft! W…
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The Roundtable assembles once more. All elustrious members have returned: Jesse Cox, Okaymage and Preachgaming. The cloud has lifted and celebrations ring out over the internet as MSQ returns. But who is the real bad of this expansion? Is it the new Calyx or is there a more sinister face in plain view? Will baby king say "I'm in"? Will the crew agr…
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Digital Transformation & AI in Accounting – 🤖The Future is Now
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A dynamic panel explores how accountants can lead digital transformation, harness AI, train teams, and shift from compliance to advisory to stay relevant in a fast-changing tech landscape. The role of trusted advisors in leading digital transformation. Challenges in adopting new tech, especially in larger firms with undertrained internal finance te…
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Switch 2 is switching it up, with more expensive games? The line-up is unconvincing, but has some mysterious gems. Our WoW Hardcore adventure is underway with Jocat, Squidsena and Girl_DM. Lots of details on our dangerous adventures. FF14 got hard. We’ve said that before but the expansion keeps getting harder. All this and more.…
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