New Research Suggest SMB’s Truly Embracing Technology
At Luminari, innovation and CPAs are at the forefront of everything we do. As we have previously discussed, with the help of our friends over at CIBC, we created a…
Small Business Owners’ need help; here’s what CPAs can do
On the heels of Luminari & CIBC’s new white-paper about the future of public accounting, we’re tackling other relevant research on small businesses in Canada, and where CPAs can add…
CIBC and Luminari Present: The Future of Public Accounting White Paper
We brought together 35 of Canada’s top accounting firm-partners to provide them with a first look at CIBC SmartBanking for Business and host a discussion around future-proofing their practice, technology…
The Changing Economics of Music with Alan Cross
We sat down with renowned Canadian music historian, Alan Cross, to discuss the evolution of the music industry from a business perspective. From vinyl and cassettes to CDs to Napster…
Two Years Ago Jim Balsillie Rejected Me; Here’s the Story of How it Turned into a Collaboration
Two years ago I wrote about how I met Jim Balsillie for 30 Seconds, he rejected me, and I thought he was great. I had received the ‘slow no’ rejection…
CPA Ontario’s Whitepaper on AI
“AI doesn’t replace jobs, it replaces routine tasks.” The prominence of process automation and job outsourcing has certainly made job security in front of the minds of many professionals including…
Not the CPD We Need, The CPD We Deserve
By: Michael Kravshik, CPA, CA Over the past 12 months we’ve spoken to over one thousand CPAs about Continuing Professional Development (CPD), and what we heard is extremely disheartening. The…
“We don’t like the term ‘Smart City’. Most cities are already smart, so it’s about bringing all these technologies together” – Nicole LeBlanc, Director, Sidewalk Labs
“The numbers are the numbers. I’m not going to be able to change them and you’re not going to be able to change them. So let’s look at what we have, and let’s deal with it.” – Gillian Goldblatt, Principal at msi SPERGEL
Building the City of the Future with Nicole LeBlanc
Nicole Leblanc, a CPA by trade, is the Director of Investment & Partnerships at Sidewalk Labs. She uses her accounting background to decide which companies should join their investment portfolio…