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The Net Effect
Tailor Hartman
Tailor Hartman

Owner of Celerity Accounting, 40 under 40 CPA, and lover of new tech.

You’re Probably Hiring the Wrong Operations Person

Sep 28, 2026

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6 min read

You’re Probably Hiring the Wrong Operations Person

Guest Post by Chase Damiano

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Chase Damiano
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Trust Makes Mistakes Survivable

Sep 8, 2026

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2 min read

Trust Makes Mistakes Survivable

The business advantage of being trusted before something goes wrong

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Tailor Hartman
You’re Giving Away the Best Part

Aug 31, 2026

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3 min read

You’re Giving Away the Best Part

Guest Post by Luke Templin

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Luke Templin
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What the Hell Are We Selling?

Aug 3, 2026

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2 min read

What the Hell Are We Selling?

A different way to think about pricing.

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Tailor Hartman

Guest Post

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I Almost Became a Spy Accountant

Jul 20, 2026

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3 min read

I Almost Became a Spy Accountant

Guest Post by Erin Pohan

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Erin Pohan
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Growing a Firm

Why your SOPs aren't working

Jul 6, 2026

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2 min read

Why your SOPs aren't working

You can’t document everything.

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Tailor Hartman

Guest Post

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The Cost of Assumptions

Jun 22, 2026

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3 min read

The Cost of Assumptions

Guest Post by Steph Llano

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Steph Llano
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Accounting

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Everyone wants to automate. Then what?

Jun 8, 2026

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2 min read

Everyone wants to automate. Then what?

The next competitive advantage won’t be automation.

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Tailor Hartman

Guest Post

The Rooms we don't belong in

May 26, 2026

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4 min read

The Rooms we don't belong in

Guest Post by K.C. Eames

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K.C. Eames
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Growing a Firm

Keep your friends close and your tech companies closer.

May 11, 2026

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2 min read

Keep your friends close and your tech companies closer.

Software partnerships gives our firm a major edge

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Tailor Hartman

Technology

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The Best Firms Won’t Compete With AI

Apr 27, 2026

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2 min read

The Best Firms Won’t Compete With AI

They’ll use it to become more valuable, not more replaceable.

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Tailor Hartman
Nothing Is More Permanent Than a Temporary Fix

Mar 30, 2026

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6 min read

Nothing Is More Permanent Than a Temporary Fix

That workaround from 2019 needs to go

Tailor Hartman
Tailor Hartman

Accounting

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Pick a Lane

Mar 16, 2026

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5 min read

Pick a Lane

How flexibility turns into drag.

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Tailor Hartman

Guest Post

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The Other Side of Cringe

Mar 2, 2026

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7 min read

The Other Side of Cringe

Guest Post by Tom Zehentner

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Tailor Hartman

Accounting

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This Wasn’t an Accounting Problem

Feb 16, 2026

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5 min read

This Wasn’t an Accounting Problem

Why modern firms inevitably step into operations.

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Tailor Hartman
Is Posting Online Actually Worth It?

Jan 20, 2026

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7 min read

Is Posting Online Actually Worth It?

What building a large following really did for my firm

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Tailor Hartman

Growing a Firm

Designing for Scale

Jan 5, 2026

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4 min read

Designing for Scale

Why scaling exposed flaws effort couldn’t fix

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Tailor Hartman

Business

What I Got Wrong This Year

Dec 22, 2025

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5 min read

What I Got Wrong This Year

Growth forced a rethink

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Tailor Hartman

Accounting

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You're doing way too much

Dec 5, 2025

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6 min read

You're doing way too much

The one thing every CAS firm gets wrong.

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Tailor Hartman

Accounting

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Give Their Mind Back

Nov 21, 2025

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6 min read

Give Their Mind Back

Reduce the cognitive load or lose the client.

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Tailor Hartman
Your best clients can be your biggest risk

Nov 7, 2025

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4 min read

Your best clients can be your biggest risk

The slow shift from partnership to overextension.

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Tailor Hartman

Business

The most dangerous mindset in accounting

Oct 27, 2025

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6 min read

The most dangerous mindset in accounting

The firms that thrive next year won’t do things the same way as last year.

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Tailor Hartman

Accounting

When Accounting Finally Catches Up to Business

Oct 10, 2025

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6 min read

When Accounting Finally Catches Up to Business

It's time to stop being historians.

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Tailor Hartman

Business

I was wrong about referrals

Sep 26, 2025

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8 min read

I was wrong about referrals

Why your network is the most scalable system you’re not investing in.

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Tailor Hartman

Business

The Hidden Cost of Zero Churn

Sep 15, 2025

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6 min read

The Hidden Cost of Zero Churn

Three and a half years of “perfect” churn almost stalled our growth.

Tailor Hartman
Tailor Hartman
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