CFO Chronicles: The Secrets Behind Success

About CFO Chronicles: The Secrets Behind Success

The accounting industry has a growth problem. This podcast is the solution. The ALN Podcast is the premier show for firm owners and financial professionals who are serious about building something significant. Hosted by James Donovan, this is where the most successful operators in the industry stop gatekeeping and hand you exactly what's driving their growth. Every episode is built to be the most valuable 30-60 minutes of your week. Solo episodes deliver James's unfiltered analysis, field-tested frameworks, and the insights most people in this industry never get access to. Interview episodes go deep with elite firm owners, industry vendors, and the professionals quietly reshaping what modern accounting looks like, giving you a front-row seat to the conversations that used to happen behind closed doors. Lead generation. Client acquisition. Sales strategy. Pricing. Marketing that actually works. The real numbers behind fast-growing firms. If it moves the needle for ambitious accounting professionals, we cover it. This isn't background noise. This is the podcast you pause, rewind, and take notes on. Subscribe now and get an insider edge on the industry's most important conversations, before your competitors do.

Publisher

James Donovan

Category

business · business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Jul 2024

Latest episode

8 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

14 of 96 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   8 Oct 2026

   The Revenue Accounting Firms Miss in Client Meetings | Camden Bean

   Camden Bean, CEO and co-founder of Ping, shares how accounting firms capture missed revenue opportunities discussed in client meetings.

2. 

   1 Oct 2026

   From One $600 Client to a $500K Tax Practice | Luke Frye

   Host Luke Frye, CPA, shares how he built a $500K tax practice from scratch, offering insights for accountants facing overcapacity.

3. 

   24 Sept 2026

   The Company Moving 1% of US GDP Says Your Old Playbook Is Dead | Jonathan Leaf

   Host [Host Name] interviews Jonathan Leaf, Chief Revenue Officer at BILL, as they discuss why outdated revenue strategies fail for high-growth companies.

Inside a recent episode

How Karen Reyburn Fired 15 People to Save Her Own Agency

Published 10 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And because it's the life that I want. Not everybody wants to live on an island. Not everybody wants to be like, oh, I need to go to Costco. So I need to arrange two ferries and a drive and all of these things. Oh, nope, I cannot do that because there's a storm. And that's fine. That's part of why I wanted to live here was to push myself to slow down a bit and not be racing to achieve something simply because I can. So I think getting really honest about what kind of life you really want is And that is hard because in the last year before I did the restructure, I had countless people being like, what do you want? […]

Who has been a guest on CFO Chronicles: The Secrets Behind Success

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Camden Bean
• Luke Frye
• Jonathan Leaf
• Madeline Reeves
• Karen Reyburn

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

13,007

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

25 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 67 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

92

Social presence

0

YouTube

72

Engagement

32