ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
The stories behind great leaders and better businesses.
What does it really take to build a successful career, lead a team, or grow an accounting firm?
On Protea Conversations, host Zane Stevens sits down with accountants, entrepreneurs, and service-firm leaders for honest, unscripted conversations about the experiences that shaped them.
From career-defining decisions and unexpected setbacks to leadership challenges and lessons learned along the way, each episode explores the human side of professional success.
No rehearsed answers. No polished presentations. Just meaningful conversations with people willing to share what they've learned.
Whether you're starting your accounting career, developing as a leader, or building your own firm, you'll find fresh perspectives, practical lessons, and ideas to carry into your own journey.
Learn more:
Protea Financial: https://proteafinancial.com
Connect with Zane: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zane-stevens/
Hosts:
Update frequency:
biweekly
Average audio length:
50 minutes
Guest interviews
Video podcast
English
United States
71 episodes
since June 6, 2024
episodic
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Meet Luke!
Most accountants track their sales pipeline in their heads. Luke Frye thinks that's about as reasonable as a client telling you they keep their financials in theirs.
In Episode 68 of Protea Conversations, Zane Stevens sits down with Luke Frye, CPA, Accountant in Residence at Canopy. …
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Meet Michael!
Accountants are trained to run with the herd: don’t get ahead, don’t fall behind, don’t take risks. Mike Brown decided that wasn’t what clients needed.
Zane sits down with Mike Brown, CPA, co-founder of Brightline. They trace Mike’s path from a small-town Ontario history buff to n…
Meet Melissa!
What happens when the business you built grows faster than the systems needed to support it?
In this episode of Protea Conversations, Zane sits down with Melissa Armstrong, CPA and founder of SteadyHand Accounting & Advisory, for an open conversation about entrepreneurship, ac…
Meet Anderson!
What does the accounting firm of the future actually look like?
In this episode of Protea Conversations, I sit down with Anderson Petergeorge, co-founder of Quanto, to talk about accounting, entrepreneurship, AI, marketing, niching, and what it really takes to build a modern acco…
Protea Conversations is the podcast for accountants and service-firm leaders.
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Meet Dan!
In this episode of Protea Conversations, Zane sits down with Dan McMahon, CPA, CM&AA, founder and managing partner of Integrated Growth Advisors.
Dan shares his journey from …
Meet Camden!
Camden Bean didn't set out to build software for accountants; he grew up around them. After dropping out of college to join Divi, a fintech startup founded by his uncle, Camden helped take the company from zero to $100M in ARR in two and a half years before it was acquired by Bill.co…
Meet Chase!
In this episode, Chase Damiano shares his journey from chemical engineer to successful entrepreneur and business consultant. He discusses the importance of leadership, delegation, creating psychological safety, and scaling businesses while maintaining passion and purpose.
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Meet Jennifer!
In this episode, Zane sits down with Jennifer Green, founder and partner at Jade Consulting, to explore what it really takes to build a people-first, scalable accounting firm.
Jennifer shares the story of how she got started in accounting after an unexpected layoff in investment …
Protea Conversations is the podcast for accountants and service-firm leaders.
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Meet Seth!
Join us as Seth Fineberg, a seasoned journalist and analyst with nearly 30 years at the forefront of accounting technology and culture, shares his unique perspective on the evolvi…
Meet Diana!
Discover how Diana Gleason transitioned from a professional dancer to building a thriving six-figure accounting firm, and her insights into scaling a service-based business, leadership, and personal growth.
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- Diana’s unconventional path from dance to accounting
- Buil…
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