The Accounting Podcast

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Show Notes

• 01:20 – Meet Ted!
• 02:59 – Ted talks about Intuit's impetus behind moving into the service game
• 03:28 – Confidence is key! Most of the small businesses without an accountant or bookkeeper lack the confidence to reach out for help
• 04:42 – While QuickBooks Live and TurboTax Live share similar tech, their services are very different
• 06:04 – QuickBooks Live is only available, currently, in the U.S., and all Live bookkeepers reside in the U.S.
• 07:03 – Ted shares some of the requirements for becoming a QuickBooks Live bookkeeper
• 08:01 – The gentleman talk QBO Accountants Edition, and some of the new feature roll-outs, such as the Optimization Center
• 09:42 – Intuit sees a huge opportunity to capture those small businesses that are, so far, sans accountant
• 11:11 – What's the real scope of the QuickBooks Live offering?
• 13:42 – What differentiates the different price points in QuickBooks Live?
• 14:38 – Intuit is solving for both sides of the market - small biz and accounting professional
• 15:38 – A bit of discussion on the different ProAdvisor buckets and how QuickBooks Live will affect them
• 16:39 – What do you tell a ProAdvisor who loses a client to QuickBooks Live?
• 17:46 – Take a load off, Annie - QuickBooks Live plays a key role in the advisory vision - by transferring lesser-value work to QB Live, so accountants and bookkeepers can focus on advising and other value-add services
• 18:28 – Intuit needs to establish clear guidelines around relationships to solve for the needs of the customers and accounting partners
• 19:43 – Is there a grand convergence of all the Intuit offerings on the horizon?
• 20:29 – Who's in charge of ensuring the delivery QuickBooks Live services meet's Intuit's WOW factor?
• 21:49 – What's next on the agenda, for Ted, and QuickBooks Live?

Connect with Ted

• Ted Callahan, Director, QuickBooks Live Offering, Intuit
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  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tedcallahan/

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