The Empowered CPA

The Empowered CPA

Hosted by: Dawn Scott

Are you looking for a place that demystifies the business side of Entrepreneurship? Hello and welcome to The Empowered CPA podcast, I am so glad you are here! I am your host Dawn Scott. Using my experience in...

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Ep. 22 - Creating a Moment

My guest this week is Miami based designer and South Florida resident Wade Hallock. Wade is the founder of Hallock Design Group, a boutique design studio in Miami focusing on how to work synergistically with clients...
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Ep. 21 - How To Make a Payment Plan with the IRS

Have you ever wondered what happens if you can’t pay your taxes all at once? In this week’s episode, I chat with fellow podcaster Janene about how to create an Installment Plan (fancy tax lingo for payment plan), how...
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Ep. 20 - Going Outside Your Comfort Zone

Every year (sometimes more frequently) I do something that completely terrifies me. My logic has always been that if I always stay within the walls of my comfort zone, I will never truly know how far I could possibly...
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Ep. 19 - How to Price Your Services

In this episode, we discuss the process of pricing your services. We talk about how pricing has been done historically, how the current economic climate is making us re-evaluate our pricing more frequently and the...
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Ep. 18 - A QuickBooks Alternative

Stabilize, Strengthen and Sustain – this is the foundation that Morgaine’s firm, Honestly Bookkeeping, is built upon. Instead of niching by industry, she has chosen to niche by technology stacks and processes....
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Ep. 17 - Death and Taxes

Mortality is something that most of us avoid talking about as it isn’t exactly the most joyous topic. We put off making plans, including creating a trust or a will, because when it all boils down to it, we don’t want...
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Ep. 16 - Lead, Learn, and Listen

To lead, or to learn, you must first listen. In this episode I had the opportunity to talk with Florida House Representative, Christine Hunschofsky. We discuss her journey through politics, which began with...
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Ep. 15 - Burned At Both Ends

In this episode I celebrate wrapping up another successful tax season. I discuss how I intentionally set up my practice to be different than the industry norm; which includes working until exhaustion and normalizes...
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Ep. 14 - Ten Degree Shifts

In this episode, I had the opportunity to talk with Monica Rivera; Curious Storyteller, Speaker & Podcaster. Monica’s electric personality and passion for everything she does has pushed her outside of her comfort...
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Ep. 13 - Creative Altruism

In this episode, I had the opportunity to talk with the one and only Andrew Martineau. Originally from Trinidad & Tobago, he attended the International Fine Arts College (now the Miami University of Art &...
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Ep. 12 - Leaving your 9-5

In this episode, I talk with Cait Potter, founder of Cait Potter Creative, about how she carefully crafted a plan to go from a W2 employee to entrepreneurship. Her experience with AmeriCorps VISTA led her into a...
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Ep. 11 - Creating Your Dream Business

In this episode I take a deep dive into what you need to do today, to get ready for the future. To make progress you need to see what is happening currently and forge a clear path to where you want to go. We talk...
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