When It Matters

In this episode of When It Matters, Meshed's Partnerships Consultant Derek Granger sits down with Leanda Daddow, founder of Celtic Bookkeeping & Accountancy Services, to talk about resilience, rebuilding, and running a business that means something. From heartbreak to freedom, Leanda shares how she built an accountancy practice that helps people find their why- not just their profit 🙌

In this episode of When It Matters, Meshed’s Partnership Consultant Derek Granger sits down with Jacquelyn Simpson of Jaxx Accountancy and Donald Gilmour of Clarity Accounting to talk about what it really means to be the person businesses turn to when things get tough — the sounding board, the steady hand, and the human side of accounting in an AI world.

Will an AI take your job? And is there anything a human can do on the internet right now that an agent won’t be able to do in 6 months? 💡
Meshed's Founding Engineer Mike Powroznik sat down with Edward Upton and Tom Diacono of Asteroid (YC 25) to talk the tech behind building one of YC's most prominent agentic AI companies, self-healing AI, browser agents, the future of human + machine collaboration - and why we’ll never be alone on the internet again 🤖

In this episode, Meshed CEO Mark Costello and Partnerships Consultant Derek Granger sit down with globally renowned entrepreneur, keynote speaker and published author of 'The Ask' Russell Dalgleish to explore the power of asking for help, building trust in sales, and why curiosity is the real growth engine 👏
You can learn more about Russell's book 'The Ask' here 👉 https://theask.scot/

In this episode, Founder's Associate Elle Noble sat down with Preeti Koli of Ozark & Co. to discuss how she's changing the definition of outsourcing in the industry, how accountants are no longer the "bean counters" but instead strategic partners and her journey from self-doubt to becoming one of the Global Top 50 Women In Accounting 🙌 Link here to the LI post we talked about, regarding her top 50 lessons: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/preeti-koli-ms-ozark-286a99171_entrepreneurship-leadership-businesslessons-activity-7364639694246068224-6sKf/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAACjq30YBTaomWCjximuLlDd9vy8G3kooYBU 

For Episode 4 of When It Matters, we sat down with digital transformation and emerging tech accounting pioneers Ryan Pearcy, Founder of Digital Disruptors and Digital Transformers UK, and Eriona Bajrakurtaj, MD of Majors Accounts & Co. and Founder of Volt Digital Transformation ⚡️
We talk through their journeys in becoming owners of digital-first accounting businesses, how they've found inspiration in tech and AI, their predictions for the future of the big accounting firms, why now is the best time to start your own accountancy practice and how the minimum standard of what customers expect from their accountants has changed for good 🎧

In the third episode of When It Matters, Meshed's Founders' Associate Elle Noble sits down with Lara Manton, the multi-award-winning founder of LJM Bookkeeping, ACE-XL and all-round accountancy tech extraordinaire 🙌
Lara was the winner of Xero’s Innovative Partner of the Year 2023 and Small Firm of the Year 2024 and was one of the Top 50 Women in Accounting 2023 and 2024 🏆 We were lucky enough to pick her brains on everything from accountancy & bookkeeping’s digital transformation, her current personal and professional tech stack, the power of community in becoming more digitally literate, her “zone of genius” framework and even how she became the bookkeeper on a world-famous TV show… 🎬
Enjoy! If you're interested in coming on our pod as a guest, please reach out to elle@meshedcover.com 💕

In the second episode of When It Matters, our CEO Mark Costello sits down with Dave Sellick of Sidgrove and David Adderson of Youtopia to talk all things accounting and emerging tech. From the evolving role of the accountant from strategic CFO to confidante 🕶️ to whether AI really will replace accountants as everyone likes to say 📲 to why half of the conversations they have with their clients often have nothing to do with accounting 🤫
We hope you enjoy - and stay tuned for Ep 3 coming very soon 🔥
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The inaugural podcast from Meshed.In this first episode, our CEO Mark Costello sits down with our first investors, Aviva.Hear from the innovation team at Aviva, Arslan Hannani and Jason Chambers, as they go over why Aviva invested, what tech means to SMEs, why tech is important for the future of insurance, and how tech can add value to customers.