Real Firms

business, entrepreneurship · EN

Real Firms is Rebecca Driscoll, CPA, and Charlie Barmore, CPA, CFE, CVA, figuring out what the accounting firm of the future actually looks like. Charlie explores the frontier of AI in accounting: new models, tools, agents, workflows, and things accountants can do that weren’t practical before. Rebecca looks at how work is organized, how technology fits into the firm, and how decisions about clients, pricing, people, and boundaries affect the business. Whether an episode starts with a new AI capability or a problem inside a firm, they compare notes on how accounting firms are changing and what that means for the people running them. Real Firms sits at the intersection of AI Lab for Accountants and The Collaboration Room. AI Lab explores what’s becoming possible, while TCR focuses on the realities of running the firm. Real Firms is where those conversations meet, with two CPAs testing ideas, questioning old assumptions, and talking openly about what’s changing inside accounting firms