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How Rapid Growth, $67 Million in Funding Requests, Alleged Financial Fraud, Weak Internal Controls, and Questions About Lender Oversight Became a Fight Over Ethics at Uncle Nearest
The public story of Uncle Nearest was fast growth, expansion, social media toasts to success, a major distillery that we could visit & be engulfed in the history of the incredible Nearest Green, and a founder who was on the stages and in the community lifting up everybody Black from founders and young audacious Black girls. The financial story unfolding behind the brand was far less polished. Founders need to have enough financial fluency to recognize when the business story
What the CPA Exam Taught Me About Accounting, Audacity, and Becoming
"I'M AN EDUCATOR."
I am that because I said so.
Sometimes the most meaningful moments in life are the ones where the world finally catches up to something you already knew about yourself.
Accounting in Real Life: The Warner Bros. Discovery Bidding War - and Why Paramount Is Pushing So Hard
A real-world breakdown of how Warner Bros. Discovery arrived at its current acquisition battle with Paramount, through the lens of accounting, leverage, and lived post-merger experience.
When the Cloud Crashes: The AWS Outage as a Real-World Case Study for the ISC Section of the CPA Exam
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage is a reminder of how one company’s infrastructure powers much of the modern world, and how fragile things become when that single point of failure breaks.
For CPA candidates, this was a live case study for the Information Systems and Controls section of the CPA exam.
The CFO’s Perspective: Accounting Priorities at Year-End
From audit prep to budget season, here’s a CFO’s perspective on year-end priorities. Learn what leadership, employees, and investors are focused on. CFO’s perspective on audit season, budgets, bonuses, and employee moves. Year-end priorities are in motion—are you ready for 12/31?
Behind Beyoncé’s Record-Breaking Cowboy Carter Tour: An Accounting Perspective
Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Tour is rewriting industry records. The Cowboy Carter Tour stands as the highest-grossing country tour of all time. Let’s walk through the Cowboy Carter Tour’s economics: what came in, what went out, and why Beyoncé’s structure continues to be one of the most strategically sound in entertainment today.
HB148 Applauded for New CPA Licensure Pathways + Expanded Accounting Practice Mobility in Georgia
HB148 is now law in Georgia, creating two new CPA licensure pathways and expanding mobility rules. Effective January 1, 2026, this legislation modernizes the profession and removes long-standing barriers without lowering standards. It affirms that experience and education can take different forms and still produce qualified CPAs prepared to serve and protect the public interest.
Forever 21’s Bankruptcy: The Cost of Not Evolving & The Accounting Behind It
Forever 21 filing for bankruptcy not once, but twice, is a prime example of antiquated business models decimate companies.
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