What would you do if you were just starting a firm from scratch? What would your tech stack look like? Would you hire an employee, offshore? On this episode Lorilyn walks through this scenario with Kane Polakoff, currently at CohnReznick, but who started the CAAS practice at UHY and grew it to over 100 employees in under 4 years.

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Connect with Kane Polakoff :

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kanepolakoff
CohnReznick: https://www.cohnreznick.com/people/kane_polakoff

Connect with Lorilyn Wilson :

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LorilynWilson
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thenotspicyaccountant
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorilynacrum

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