Why ScaleFactor Failed, According to Employees (It Wasn't COVID-19)

Sponsors ClockShark: https://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/clockshark BQE Core: http://cloudaccountingpodcast.promo/core Show Notes 05:55 - What Arizona's Tenuous Coronavirus Plateau Could Teach Us – NYTimes 09:32 - McConnell’s stimulus waiting game turns into race against clock – Accounting Today 10:10 - White House, GOP Agree On $1T CARES 4.0 - PYMNTS.com 11:12 - What Democrats and Republicans want in the next coronavirus relief package – Reuters 14:10 - State CPA society CEOs call for federal relief for state and local governments amid coronavirus – Accounting Today 15:09 - New AICPA tool automates PPP loan forgiveness process - Journal of Accountancy https://www.pppforgivenesstool.com/ 17:15 - Strip-club stimulus reveals lingering uncertainties over U.S. small-business aid – Reuters 21:00 - Why Zoom meetings really do leave you exhausted - Journal of Accountancy 23:12 - Companies Start to Think Remote Work Isn’t So Great After All – Wall Street Journal 24:41 - Staff do worse when asked to report frequently, accounting study shows – CFO Dive 25:23 - 66% Working from Home Say They're More Likely to Work Nights and Weekends – Small Business Trends 27:41 - Employees Want to Return to a Physical Workplace – Small Business Trends 30:25 - ScaleFactor Raised $100 Million In A Year Then Blamed Covid-19 For Its Demise. Employees Say It Had Much Bigger Problems. – Forbes 48:20 - Siri Srinivas on Twitter on the Forbes ScaleFactor article - Twitter 52:12 – A listener's feedback on our brief discussion on modern monetary theory – Twitter 58:37 - The Rescues Ruining Capitalism – WSJ 1:00:58 Jirav scores $8M in Series A funding – Accounting Today 1:01:03 - Lawsuit Alleges Plaid Violated User Privacy - PYMNTS.com 1:01:20 - Kabbage Rolls Out Checking Accounts For SMBs - PYMNTS.com 1:01:24 - Brex Offers FDIC Insurance - PYMNTS.com 1:01:31 - FinTech Revolut Raises $80M In New Funding - PYMNTS.com 1:01:41 - Painting the Art of the Possible, with Brad Smith - Shift Addendum: Scale Factor Botkeeper story we broke in FEB 2019 https://medium.com/datadriveninvestor/its-not-a-bot-the-truth-about-botkeeper-the-google-funded-ai-powered-bookkeeper-replacement-9c3f42d230b6 https://www.cloudaccountingpodcast.com/60 https://www.cloudaccountingpodcast.com/61 https://www.facebook.com/davidleary/videos/10157125979906477/ VisorTax's failure https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/think-your-2018-tax-season-tough-check-out-visors-attempt-david-leary/ https://www.cloudaccountingpodcast.com/70 Our past Scalefactor coverage https://www.cloudaccountingpodcast.com/55 https://www.cloudaccountingpodcast.com/104 https://www.cloudaccountingpodcast.com/160 Get in Touch Thanks for listening and for the great reviews! We appreciate you! Follow and tweet @BlakeTOliver and @DavidLeary . Find us on Facebook and, if you like what you hear, please do us a favor and write a review on iTunes , or Podchaser . Interested in sponsoring the Cloud Accounting Podcast? For details, read the prospectus , and NOW, you can see our smiling faces on Instagram ! You can now call us and leave a voicemail, maybe we'll play it on the show. DIAL (202) 695-1040 Need Accounting Conference Info? Check out our new website - accountingconferences.com Limited edition shirts, stickers, and other necessities TeePublic Store: http://cloudacctpod.link/merch