Scaling an eight-figure accounting, tax, law and advisory firm by breaking all the rules.
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Big 4 Transparency
With Dominic Piscopo, CPA

Robert Gauvreau, FCPA, founder and CEO of Gauvreau Accounting, Tax Law and Advisory, joins Dominic Piscopo on the Big Four Transparency show to explain how he’s scaling an Ontario-based firm from a non-obvious location—Peterborough, not Toronto—into a $20 million operation built around fast decision-making, aggressive reinvestment in talent, and a deliberately non-traditional partnership structure.

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Gauvreau says he made a strategic decision from day one to never take on equity partners, arguing that the traditional partnership model is “broken” because conservative consensus-driven decision-making too often blocks growth. Instead, he built a structure of high-compensated “partners” who share in wins without taking on debt, working-capital risk, or ownership downside—while enabling the firm to move quickly without governance gridlock. He framed the tradeoff clearly: partners get stability and upside participation, while the founder retains the long-term exit value.

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Transformation in audit can help predict clients’ futures.

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The Disrupters
With Liz Farr
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Audit has a reputation for being slow to change, but leaders like Sarah Flischel, Director of Audit Transformation and Training at AAFCPAs, are making it happen.

“We’re fundamentally reimagining how audits are being conducted,” Flischel says. She’s pushing not merely for change in the profession, but true transformation, drawing on wisdom from Tom Hood to distinguish change and transformation: “Change is doing things differently, and transformation is doing different things,” she explains.

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While change improves existing processes, transformation creates something fundamentally new. Traditional audits have been linear: gathering documents, testing samples, filling out checklists, and writing reports. Audit transformation means leveraging technology, using data analytics, and leveraging a risk-based approach to create an entirely new way of understanding clients’ businesses.

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AI Readiness Gap Threatens CPA Firm Competitiveness.
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Gear Up for Growth
With Jean Caragher
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“This is a make-or-break year for AI in accounting,” says Ellen Choi, founder and CEO of Edgefield Group, in the new episode of Gear Up for Growth, hosted by Jean Caragher.

“Firms that don’t move now will start to see a widening gap between themselves and competitors who have already begun building these capabilities.”

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Choi warns that timing is critical, and firms that delay action risk falling behind. With even basic AI tools capable of delivering immediate productivity gains, firms that act quickly can improve efficiency, enhance client experience, and create capacity for growth.

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