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My TEDx Talk

Rob Nixon — Thu, 09 May 2013 03:23:07 +0000

Posted in Fun

Crazy & Exciting Manila

Rob Nixon — Fri, 03 May 2013 06:55:19 +0000

I have just spent the week in Manila, Philippines. I was here for 2 reasons. Firstly to attend a leadership conference with 400 people from Entrepreneurs Organisation where I am the current Membership Director and incoming President for the Brisbane chapter. Secondly to check out the outsourcing movement first hand. And a third one – have some fun [...]

Professional Development Opportunities

Rob Nixon — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 01:00:44 +0000

Posted in Annoucements

I have a number of offerings coming up which Accountants may be interested in. Remaining Relevant – Webinar. On May 7 Russell Evans (CEO of CCH, Asia Pacific) and myself are hosting a free Webinar on the future of professional services and the role of cloud technology. Register for free here. Remaining Relevant – seminar tour. Coming [...]

Time to Die

Rob Nixon — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:40:36 +0000

Posted in Lifestyle

I have 20,570 days left to live. That’s exactly when I turn 100. I figure that’s a good innings. That’s my goal – to leave this current world in just over 56 years. I have an app on my iPhone that counts down each second. It’s very sobering to look at it ticking away (as [...]

Queenstown – 35 Accountants Bungy jumping

Rob Nixon — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 22:09:35 +0000

Posted in Cool Accountants

I didn’t realise how much my ‘stunt’ would work in Queenstown. At every break at the conference we drew 2 delegates names out of a hat. They were the prize winners. They didn’t know what their prize would be. 4 days later we transported the entire group of 200 delegates to AJ Hackett Bungy. The [...]

Queenstown – day 4 – 6

Rob Nixon — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 08:29:59 +0000

Posted in Cool Accountants Entrepreneurs

Conference days. John Warrilow was first up with an awesome 3 hour workshop on how Accountants can help their clients sell their businesses. To push the value of a business up the acronym of TVR needs to be in place – Teachable, Valuable and Repeatable. He gave the delegates the 6 hierarchy of recurring revenue as well [...]

Queenstown day 3 – Extreme Accounting!

Rob Nixon — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 08:35:22 +0000

Posted in Cool Accountants

Day 3 in Queenstown – raining, cold and exciting! We had our opening cocktail event tonight complete with amazing views, great laughs, the Haka (which I did with a Monk, a Canadian, a bunch of Aussies and a few Kiwis) and we even have a new competition – Extreme Accounting. Although we had the team [...]

Queenstown day 1 & 2 – The Hills

Rob Nixon — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 22:01:47 +0000

Posted in Fun Lifestyle

Arrived into Queenstown NZ yesterday for my annual conference. We have 220 Accountants and sponsors arriving tomorrow. If you have never been to Queenstown before then you are missing out on one of the beautiful places in the world. Nat, the kids and I have been coming over here for 13 years. We love the [...]

Accountants Running for Product

Rob Nixon — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 03:00:10 +0000

Posted in Fun

During my current seminar series (Remaining Relevant) I am giving away a $3,000 product to 5 lucky Accountants. But they have to work for it. Watch what happens! Next stop Melbourne with 180 accountants and then Auckland with 80.

Accountants with their heads in the sand

Rob Nixon — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 22:26:04 +0000

Posted in Entrepreneurs

It is estimated that up to 40% of ‘compliance revenue’ will be wiped out by technology and outsourcing! Outsourcing to Asia, cloud accounting and convergence of internet based technology at the SME end is what is driving it. Compliance is fast becoming a commodity. Why would a business owner pay an Accountant $10,000 for their [...]