S2 Ep 4 - Matthew May: On Accounting Firm Mergers and Acquisitions

 In this episode, we chat with Matthew May. He’s a CPA who works with technology companies and the president of Acuity, a US based client accounting services practice.

We chat about a range of topics including:

• [05:12] Why Matthew’s business partner Kenji decided to bring Matthew into the business when Acuity was almost 10 years old 
• [14:42] Their unique approach to employee compensation which allows team members to share in the risks and rewards 

• [20:05] How Acuity leverages professional sales people to generate leads and run the end to end sales process 
• [23:39] How Acuity generates deal flow
• [26:08 Why Matthew became interested in acquiring other firms
• [31:31] A breakdown of Acuity’s first acquisition, factors they considered in deciding to move and why it wasn’t the outcome they hoped
• [35:30] A breakdown of having another firm merge with them

You can connect with him on LinkedIn or Twitter. 

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