EP303: Spotlight - Jasen Stine & Jim Buffington - Building A Bookkeeping Business With Impact!

Michael Palmer: When our customers look back on the things that they've accomplished and the changes they've made, they're always super proud of that and they're like, "Oh my gosh, my practice is so much better, my services are better, and I wish I could have done this earlier." But getting through it, getting through those is usually a difficult process. You're listening to The Successful Bookkeeper with your host, Mike Johnson. I'm Michael Palmer. Listen each week as inspiring guests share their secrets of success to help you increase your confidence, work smarter, and build a business you love. This episode of The Successful Bookkeeper is brought to you by purebookkeeping.com, the proven system to grow your bookkeeping business. Welcome back to The Successful Bookkeeper Podcast. I am your host, Michael Palmer. I'm Michael Palmer, and today's show is going to be a Successful Bookkeeper Spotlight interview, and it's going to be a fantastic one. Our guests both work for Intuit. One is a tax and accounting education leader and podcast host of Account Trends, and the other is an advisory service leader at Intuit Accountants. Jason Stein and Jen Buffington, welcome to the show. Hi, Michael. Thanks for having us. Yeah, thank you, Michael. Great to have you both. You know, I'm sure our listener is wanting to learn more about both of you, so perhaps we can have each of you tell us a little bit about your career journey leading up to this point. Let's start with Jason.

Jasen Stine & Jim Buffington (June 16): Okay, let's see. Well, so my role at Intuit is the training and education leader for the tax and accounting profession. I've been with Intuit in the industry for nearly 25 years now, which I always joke makes me the old guy at Intuit, but the young guy in the profession. And then, so a lot of, you know, you already mentioned we have the podcast with David Bergstein, my good friend and co-host. And we, you know, we go out there and do similar things, talk to guests from all over the profession and just really focus on helping people, you know, get their arms around what are the major trends happening now and looking to the future. And then, you know, just having some conversation about it, having some fun with the topic. And that, of course, that's in addition to, you know, my normal day job, which is, you know, oversight of all of our webinars and virtual conferences and participating in outside conferences with others like the Successful Bookkeepers