https://www.devoncoombs.com/podcast https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RbIK694S7_I/hqdefault.jpg Revenue vs. AI Reality AI is changing how companies think about revenue, pricing, and cost in real time. Devon and Angela work through the accounting problems behind rapid AI feature launches, consumption-based pricing, and why traditional revenue recognition rules are getting harder to apply. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RbIK694S7_I 2026-07-10T22:02:55-07:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/podcast/limor-bergman-career-leadership-growth https://i.ytimg.com/vi/KmRlPIaAEnk/hqdefault.jpg Ambition, Aligned: How to Take Control of Your Career & Leadership Growth | Executive Coach Limor Limor Bergman coaches women in tech and engineering through self-doubt and into senior leadership. She walks through her own move from software engineering to executive coaching, the golden handcuffs that kept her in place for years, and why waiting for permission is the most common career mistake she sees. https://www.youtube.com/embed/KmRlPIaAEnk 2025-02-21T08:23:59-08:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/podcast/chirag-panjikar-trust-is-the-ultimate-skill https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xuq1e_KmUIg/hqdefault.jpg Trust is the Ultimate Skill: From Stanford Engineer to Leadership Expert - Ambition, Aligned Ep. 2 Chirag Panjikar spent 20 years leading digital transformation and supply chain modernization, including teams of more than 250 people. His conclusion after all of it is that people and trust matter more than any technology, and he explains how to build that trust when a team does not believe in its leadership. https://www.youtube.com/embed/xuq1e_KmUIg 2025-02-28T08:02:49-08:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/podcast/laura-aziz-why-high-performers-get-stuck https://i.ytimg.com/vi/N1MOr-_Hnjw/hqdefault.jpg Why High Performers Get Stuck—And How to Break Through | Dr. Laura Aziz on Leadership & Success Dr. Laura Aziz has led more than 3,000 coaching sessions with executives who hit a plateau. She explains why competence alone stops working at a certain level, the blind spots that hold professionals back, and how to communicate with real executive presence. https://www.youtube.com/embed/N1MOr-_Hnjw 2025-03-07T09:00:28-08:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/podcast/shannon-mccullar-leadership-secrets https://i.ytimg.com/vi/6Zdg1qImsgo/hqdefault.jpg Leadership Secrets with Shannon McCullar - From Coast Guard Commander to Executive Coach Shannon McCullar commanded in high-stakes environments before becoming an executive coach. He argues that leadership is influence, trust, and empowerment rather than rank or control, and explains why leaders who rescue their teams set them up to fail. https://www.youtube.com/embed/6Zdg1qImsgo 2025-03-14T08:28:59-07:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/podcast/eric-nehrlich-how-to-avoid-burnout https://i.ytimg.com/vi/sOiaMquH8NU/hqdefault.jpg How to Avoid Burnout: Choose Your Life, Not Just Your Career (Ex-Google Leader's Story) Eric Nehrlich hit rock bottom after years of 100-hour weeks at Google and rebuilt his career around his values. He talks about the moment he realized he had a choice, the discipline of saying no, and how experimenting with different paths led him to coaching. https://www.youtube.com/embed/sOiaMquH8NU 2025-03-21T09:01:07-07:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/podcast/nadia-discover-your-purpose https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZcRnx0RiSfc/hqdefault.jpg Stop Feeling Lost & Discover Your Purpose (Google Leader Reveals Her Secrets) Nadia leads data analytics at Google and came through a period of mental health struggles during COVID-19 by finding her purpose. She shares the practices that got her there: listening to her own voice, reflection and journaling, and bringing her full self to work. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZcRnx0RiSfc 2025-03-28T09:00:46-07:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/podcast/larry-jacobson-get-a-job-fast https://i.ytimg.com/vi/yJeZmSoKKpA/hqdefault.jpg 10 ways to get a job so fast it should be illegal - Executive Coaches Larry & Devon, CPA, MBA Larry Jacobson spent 15 years as a technical hiring manager at companies like Snap and Amazon before becoming an executive coach. He and Devon go through job search strategy for experienced professionals: the resume, the LinkedIn profile, networking that works, and how to handle interview questions. https://www.youtube.com/embed/yJeZmSoKKpA 2025-04-04T09:01:30-07:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/podcast/vladimir-baranov-ai-cannot-coach-you https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tBtt_c6XZYQ/hqdefault.jpg AI Can’t Coach You: Why Most Tech Founders Fail as Leaders Vladimir Baranov coaches technical founders, including YC-backed teams, through the leadership problems that stall companies. He explains why brilliant engineers cap their own growth, how AI is misused as a crutch instead of a coach, and what breaks when a team reaches 10, 50, or 100 people. https://www.youtube.com/embed/tBtt_c6XZYQ 2025-04-10T09:01:22-07:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/podcast/ravi-prakash-overcoming-blindness https://i.ytimg.com/vi/37RZBsP6zHs/hqdefault.jpg Overcoming Blindness & Starting With $20 to Leading Global Teams & Bestselling Author - Ravi Prakash Ravi Prakash arrived in the United States with no money and no family, lost his eyesight, and went on to lead digital transformation programs at Salesforce and write Safar, a book on resilience and self-mastery. He talks about leading when the odds are stacked against you and why joy has to come before money. https://www.youtube.com/embed/37RZBsP6zHs 2025-04-17T09:00:05-07:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/podcast/kent-frazier-getting-promoted https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jog8bkuDVkw/hqdefault.jpg Getting Promoted Is the Worst Thing That Can Happen (If You Miss This) - w/ Exec Coach Kent Kniebel Most promotions come with a lie: that you are ready. Executive coach Kent Frazier explains why top performers fail upward into roles they were never trained for, the invisible shift from contributor to leader, and the 90-day playbook every new leader should follow. https://www.youtube.com/embed/jog8bkuDVkw 2025-04-24T09:01:14-07:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/podcast/tabot-ai-for-accountants https://i.ytimg.com/vi/PWb3P42qKrA/hqdefault.jpg They Left $300K+ Tech Jobs to Build AI for Accountants - TABot's Untold Startup Story Nina and Harton left careers at Google and Big 4 firms to build TABot, an AI co-pilot for technical accountants. They explain how fine-tuned models save hours in audit and memo preparation, how they dealt with hallucinations in accounting work, and what it takes to run a lean startup in a regulated space. https://www.youtube.com/embed/PWb3P42qKrA 2025-05-01T09:00:43-07:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/podcast/blake-oliver-collapse-of-accounting https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AXnliZAiezc/hqdefault.jpg We’re All Lying — Blake Oliver & Devon Coombs on the Collapse of Accounting, and How To Fix It Blake Oliver, CPA, founder of Earmark and host of the most listened-to accounting podcast, joins Devon to talk about the crisis of trust in the profession: secret timesheets, burnout built into the system, CPE that no longer teaches, and revenue recognition games. They also talk about what it would take to fix it. https://www.youtube.com/embed/AXnliZAiezc 2025-05-06T18:53:27-07:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/podcast/sara-fung-burnout-to-bestseller https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HpT8oE1LaYc/hqdefault.jpg From Burnout to Bestseller: A Nurse’s Radical Career Reinvention Sara Fung was denied stress leave and gaslit by her workplace before she walked away from a toxic healthcare system. She built a business from scratch, started The Gritty Nurse podcast, and reached number one on Canada's bestseller lists while raising kids and recovering from burnout. https://www.youtube.com/embed/HpT8oE1LaYc 2025-05-15T09:00:26-07:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/podcast/ray-sang-inkwise-ai-writing https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ME_WXT9oboE/hqdefault.jpg Why Most AI Writing Fails (And How Ray Sang via Inkwise Is Fixing It) Ray Sang, a former Revenue Director at Elastic and Deal Controller at Google, is building Inkwise, an AI writing platform for professionals in law, accounting, and finance. He explains why most AI-generated memos and contracts are flawed, what professional-grade drafting with AI should look like, and drafts a real ASC 606 memo live. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ME_WXT9oboE 2025-05-22T09:00:29-07:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/podcast/nickolaus-violin-startup-deal-mistake https://i.ytimg.com/vi/veRkq64zhew/hqdefault.jpg The #1 Mistake That Killed My Startup Deal (and How to Avoid It) Nickolaus Violin launched a flexible workspace business and nearly lost it to real estate deals gone wrong, difficult landlords, and delayed permits. He talks candidly about trust and betrayal in partnerships, why a handshake is never enough, and where optimism turns into delusion for a founder. https://www.youtube.com/embed/veRkq64zhew 2025-05-29T09:01:42-07:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/podcast/claire-kipsy-saas-for-accountants https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CHcFVYhTDuk/hqdefault.jpg She Built a SaaS Company Accountants Actually Love — Without the Title, Degree, or VC Backing Claire went from Deloitte to BlackLine to a startup before founding Kipsy, a software company built for accountants. She talks about leading with a customer-first mindset, finding the right co-founder, the role of mentors, and the challenges she pushed through to get the company where it is. https://www.youtube.com/embed/CHcFVYhTDuk 2025-06-09T09:00:16-07:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/podcast/shane-clark-financial-freedom-tax-strategies https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RpEyWvY20wM/hqdefault.jpg Financial Freedom & Tax Strategies with CPAs Shane Clark & Devon Coombs | Ambition Aligned Shane Clark left 75-hour weeks at a large accounting firm to join his father's tax practice in Los Angeles and build a family-centered business. He and Devon cover tax strategies for high earners, the benefits of owning a business, and the practical steps that stop lifestyle creep. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RpEyWvY20wM 2025-06-17T09:00:46-07:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/podcast/kelsie-neibel-mindset-broke-and-burnt-out https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_bSldexX2p4/hqdefault.jpg Your Mindset is Keeping You Broke & Burnt Out. Here's How to Fix It. Kelsie Neibel hit severe burnout more than once in a high-performing sales career that ran through Deloitte and Goldman Sachs. She explains the science-backed methods she used to rewire her thinking, the T-chart method for replacing a scarcity mindset, and how she changed her relationship with money. https://www.youtube.com/embed/_bSldexX2p4 2025-07-08T08:01:06-07:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/podcast/melissa-north-pole-marathoner-oracle https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7BKV-DkfQi0/hqdefault.jpg North Pole Marathoner & Oracle Exec: Melissa's Extreme Grit in Tech & Endurance Melissa has navigated billion-dollar transformations in tech, from shrink-wrapped software to global cloud infrastructure and AI, and has run a marathon on a floating sheet of ice with polar bear guards. She connects endurance sport to leading global teams and shares advice for CFOs on risk and understanding a business beyond the numbers. https://www.youtube.com/embed/7BKV-DkfQi0 2025-07-22T09:00:20-07:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/podcast/principal-consulting-group-beyond-billables https://i.ytimg.com/vi/J2YPtYEX570/hqdefault.jpg Beyond Billables: How Principal Consulting Group Built a Firm Around People, Not Just Profits Ryan Volk and Aaron Einhorn left traditional accounting careers to launch Principal Consulting Group, an advisory firm that puts culture and trust ahead of transactions. They explain hiring slow and firing fast, expanding from technical accounting into data analytics without losing quality, and the leadership lessons that came with growth. https://www.youtube.com/embed/J2YPtYEX570 2025-08-12T09:00:36-07:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/podcast/jotham-immigrant-accountant-to-tech-ceo https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5xOZXk-Ezjw/hqdefault.jpg From Immigrant Accountant to Tech CEO... Then He Quit. Here's Why. Jotham grew up in the Philippines with a chip on his shoulder, broke through as a CPA, then built and led a technology company. A health crisis forced him to re-evaluate everything, and he talks about using a custom ChatGPT to manage his recovery and about trading relentless accomplishment for what matters. https://www.youtube.com/embed/5xOZXk-Ezjw 2025-09-03T05:52:19-07:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/podcast/alula-crypto-blockchain-ai https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wQxlo4pZZoo/hqdefault.jpg Understanding Crypto, Blockchain, and AI with Industry Expert Alula: A Deep Dive Alula went from public accounting to founding Edge Consulting Labs, where he works on blockchain in business operations and AI-driven tools. He and Devon, college friends, cover the evolution and misconceptions of cryptocurrency, Bitcoin's scarcity model, and Edge Flow, a blockchain-based inventory management tool. https://www.youtube.com/embed/wQxlo4pZZoo 2025-09-26T09:45:01-07:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/podcast/time-value-of-money-lecture https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y3QHqfmCO2k/hqdefault.jpg My $400,000 Mistake (Time Value of Money Lecture) A lecture on the time value of money, from the five variables to the retirement math they drive. Devon uses his own decision to sell $200,000 of Google stock to pay off a 3% mortgage, forfeiting the upside when the stock later tripled, to show what opportunity cost really costs. https://www.youtube.com/embed/Y3QHqfmCO2k 2026-03-06T08:01:01-08:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/podcast/revenue-vs-ai-reality https://i.ytimg.com/vi/RbIK694S7_I/hqdefault.jpg Revenue vs. AI Reality AI is changing how companies think about revenue, pricing, and cost in real time. Devon and Angela work through the accounting problems behind rapid AI feature launches, consumption-based pricing, and why traditional revenue recognition rules are getting harder to apply. https://www.youtube.com/embed/RbIK694S7_I 2026-07-10T22:02:55-07:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/ https://i.ytimg.com/vi/y5azZIGsuQk/hqdefault.jpg From Sleeping in My Car to Building a Life in Finance | The 10 Laws of Finance The official trailer for The 10 Laws of Finance by Devon Coombs, CPA, MBA: from sleeping in his car at 21 to multibillion-dollar transactions at Google Cloud, a finance professorship, and a business of his own. https://www.youtube.com/embed/y5azZIGsuQk 2026-08-31T09:20:33-07:00 yes no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BLuRqgQgx_o/hqdefault.jpg Devon Coombs, AI and Finance Lecture A university lecture by Devon Coombs, CPA, MBA on how AI is changing finance and accounting work, from the classroom of a teaching professor who advises finance leaders on AI adoption. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BLuRqgQgx_o 2026-03-17T16:07:20-07:00 yes no https://i.ytimg.com/vi/om3a-NLukHU/hqdefault.jpg Watch AI Build a Finance App From Scratch (ASC 606 Demo) Devon Coombs uses AI to build a working revenue recognition (ASC 606) tool live, showing finance professionals what current AI tooling can produce from a plain-language brief. https://www.youtube.com/embed/om3a-NLukHU 2026-03-09T13:01:27-07:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/book https://i.ytimg.com/vi/y5azZIGsuQk/hqdefault.jpg From Sleeping in My Car to Building a Life in Finance | The 10 Laws of Finance The official trailer for The 10 Laws of Finance by Devon Coombs, CPA, MBA: from sleeping in his car at 21 to multibillion-dollar transactions at Google Cloud, a finance professorship, and a business of his own. https://www.youtube.com/embed/y5azZIGsuQk 2026-08-31T09:20:33-07:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/media https://i.ytimg.com/vi/y5azZIGsuQk/hqdefault.jpg From Sleeping in My Car to Building a Life in Finance | The 10 Laws of Finance The official trailer for The 10 Laws of Finance by Devon Coombs, CPA, MBA: from sleeping in his car at 21 to multibillion-dollar transactions at Google Cloud, a finance professorship, and a business of his own. https://www.youtube.com/embed/y5azZIGsuQk 2026-08-31T09:20:33-07:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/training https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BLuRqgQgx_o/hqdefault.jpg Devon Coombs, AI and Finance Lecture A university lecture by Devon Coombs, CPA, MBA on how AI is changing finance and accounting work, from the classroom of a teaching professor who advises finance leaders on AI adoption. https://www.youtube.com/embed/BLuRqgQgx_o 2026-03-17T16:07:20-07:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/aicoe https://i.ytimg.com/vi/om3a-NLukHU/hqdefault.jpg Watch AI Build a Finance App From Scratch (ASC 606 Demo) Devon Coombs uses AI to build a working revenue recognition (ASC 606) tool live, showing finance professionals what current AI tooling can produce from a plain-language brief. https://www.youtube.com/embed/om3a-NLukHU 2026-03-09T13:01:27-07:00 yes no https://www.devoncoombs.com/insights https://i.ytimg.com/vi/om3a-NLukHU/hqdefault.jpg Watch AI Build a Finance App From Scratch (ASC 606 Demo) Devon Coombs uses AI to build a working revenue recognition (ASC 606) tool live, showing finance professionals what current AI tooling can produce from a plain-language brief. https://www.youtube.com/embed/om3a-NLukHU 2026-03-09T13:01:27-07:00 yes no