In this episode of Drink While You Think, Kenji & Matthew dig into what the future holds for Sorren and for accounting — from the next evolution of CAS to the agentic space, plus how they’re thinking about firm-building from here.

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👉 What’s Next At Sorren? (00:00)
👉 Building Up Our CAS Practice (01:50)
👉 Matthew’s Experience At BDO Alliance Conference (06:00)
👉 What CAS Will Look Like In Top Firms (07:15)
👉 What Happened To Payroll Will Happen To Accounting (10:32)
👉 Will Sorren Keep Adding Firms? (11:59)
👉 What Kenji’s Up To? (13:39)
👉 Supporting Accounting Tech Startups (17:34)
👉 Professor Kuramoto? (18:28)
👉 The Agentic Space (21:02)
👉 Landing This (4-Episode) Plane (22:09)
👉 Catch Up With Us At Conferences (23:20)
👉 Cheers & Drink Shoutouts (24:51)

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In this episode of Drink While You Think, Kenji & Matthew talk about what happens after the deal closes — how they told the team, how fast integration started, and how many emotions went into this process.

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👉 Deal Is Done, More Drinks (00:00)
👉 “The Dog Has Caught The Car Bumper” (01:37)
👉 How We Staged Telling Our Team (02:24)
👉 And…Matthew’s Parents Are In Town (04:26)
👉 PE = Everybody Assumes They’re Fired (05:00)
👉 Leadership Meeting, Then All-Hands (06:33)
👉 Matthew Books Site Visits (09:40)
👉 The Hardest Work: Immediate Integration (10:43)
👉 This Is Where Mental Health Comes Into Play (13:05)
👉 “Who Am I Now?” (15:36)
👉 The Heavy Responsibility For Firm Owners (20:37)
👉 Let’s Get Into Integration (21:38)
👉 Pros & Cons To Choosing Culture Influence (24:10)
👉 Bringing 14 Firms Together To Make A Top 50 Firm (28:37)
👉 We Now Have Leaders Who’ve Done It (30:50)
👉 Is PE Worse Than Staying Stagnant? (33:20)

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In this episode of Drink While You Think, Kenji & Matthew talk through what it looks like to navigate a deal — from stepping out of daily ops to prepping management decks, surviving diligence, and leaning on the right people to keep it all going.

(This is episode two in a four-part series, so stay tuned for more to come!)

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👉 Why Kenji Stepped Away From Operating (00:00)
👉 Management Presentations & Matthew Taking Over (02:20)
👉 What Happens When Everyone’s Great? (06:05)
👉 Where Shit Gets Real: LOIs (07:13)
👉 Deal Structures Are Crazy (08:55)
👉 The Most Important: Culture & Team (10:29)
👉 Diligence = Tequila Time (14:02)
👉 The Importance of Bankers & Lawyers (16:20)
👉 The Emotional Aspect Of This Deal (18:48)
👉 Our Forums Were So Helpful (21:01)
👉 Being Ready For Deals To Die (22:36)
👉 Until You Sign The LOI…(23:48)
👉 How Your (Future) Partners Work With You (26:00)
👉 Not To Burst Your Bubble, But… (27:10)

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