Author: Joe Carufe

What do Warheads  and a career in accounting have in common? According to my recent Snack Chat with Scott Scarano, more than you’d think. For Scott, his childhood memory of Warheads wasn’t just about candy—it was about embracing the sour. He loved the blistering, puckering first 20 seconds even more than the sweet finish. And in that contrast, we found…

Joe Carufe & Luke Lanzoni on Mental Health, Entrepreneurship, and Building a Better Path Featuring Luke Lanzoni – Therapist, Coach, and Longtime Friend What happens when the person who leads the business needs support of their own? In this special episode of Snack Chat, I sat down with my longtime friend and mental health expert Luke…

There are people in this industry who shape it — and Rachel Fisch is one of them. In this episode, I caught up with my longtime friend, tech leader, firm owner, and fellow sugar enthusiast, Rachel Fisch. We’ve known each other since the early T-Sheets Council days, back when there were only a handful of cloud apps to build…

In this episode of the podcast, I got to sit down with a good friend and someone who’s doing big things in the accounting world — Chris Williams, CEO of System Six Bookkeeping. Chris took over the reins of System Six in 2021 and, in just a few short years, has nearly doubled the size of the firm. And…

In this episode, I sat down with my longtime friend Michael Ly, founder and CEO of Reconciled, to reflect on where he’s come from, what he’s building, and where the accounting industry is headed. Michael’s story is unlike anyone else’s in the space — part legacy, part grit, and all heart. But first, shrimp chips. A Snack…

In the debut episode of my new podcast series, I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with my friend and longtime industry inspiration, Tim Petrey, President of HD Growth Partners (formerly HD Davis CPAs). We kicked things off with a nostalgic dive into childhood snacks (shoutout to chocolate-vanilla Snack Pack “twists”) and ended up somewhere even sweeter…