Vertical CPA

www.verticalcpa.ca

We help Small Businesses solve all their bookkeeping, accounting, and tax problems.

Founder & CEO

Apple

Finance lead and advisor to the Canada Carrier sales channel

Structure demand generation programs, assess strategic initiatives, and business case development

Carrier Finance Route-to-Market Lead

BMO Capital Markets

Sector: Media & Telecom

Coverage: Rogers Communications (RCI-B.TO), BCE (BCE.TO), TELUS (T.TO), Shaw Communications (SJR-B.TO), Quebecor (QBR-B.TO), Cogeco (CCA.TO), Cineplex (CGX.TO), and others

Equity Research Associate

Macquarie Group

Sector: Oil & Gas 

Coverage: ARC Resources (ARX.TO), Crescent Point Energy (CPG.TO), Baytex Energy (BTE.TO), Peyto Exploration (PET.TO), Tourmaline Oil (TOU.TO), and others

Deloitte Canada

Financial Advisory - Valuations and Corporate Finance / M&A

Senior Associate

KPMG

Financial Institutions & Enterprise Audit

In 2021, during the height of the COVID 19 pandemic, I decided to leave a well-paying corporate job to start an accounting firm…

Why did I do something so crazy?

Before leaving my job, I learned that my dad who was working with his accountant of 5 years never filed his corporate tax returns. 

After doing some digging, we found out that although my dad paid his accountant every year, it was his accountant in fact who never submitted his tax returns. It wasn’t my dad’s fault – it was the accountant’s fault! 

Determined to fix this wrong, I helped my dad get his past-due tax returns filed. 

Soon after that, I learned that many of my friends who were business owners had a similar experience. Most accountants are smart but don’t take the time to (1) explain, (2) provide proactive advice, and (3) respond to their customers on time (in my dad’s case, nothing was done…)

We at Vertical CPA are determined to change this.

Most well-run corporations don’t accept mediocre service and it’s about time that small businesses are treated the same way

If you feel like you’re not getting the service you deserve from your accountant or bookkeeper, reach out to our team 

Get in touch today: info@verticalcpa.ca

Ali Ladha

Michael Houck

Megaphone

We create high-converting LinkedIn, X, and newsletter content for over 50 founders and send it viral with the help of over 400 creators with tens of millions of followers.

Founder

Founding Journey

Helping founders build, grow, and raise capital for their startups.

launch house

An early stage venture fund for companies building the New Silicon Valley. It began as a membership club built around IRL coliving residencies in LA, NYC, Tulum, Aspen, Miami, and Lisbon.

Co-Founder

Airbnb

Product Manager

Uber

Product Analytics, Uber Eats

TherapyNotes, LLC

Software Engineer

85,000+ founders read my free weekly newsletter. Follow me to learn about startups and venture capital.

I didn't know what a startup was until after college. I wasn't lucky with connections or mentors.

But within a few years my startup raised $23 million from a16z + other investors.

Along the way I:
· Cold emailed my way into an early role at Uber Eats
· Got laid off by Airbnb during COVID
· Built an audience of ~100K across LinkedIn and X
· Started a coliving residency for startup founders in Tulum
· Co-founded a venture fund and made over 50+ early stage investments (incl. Figure and Beehiiv)

More recently I've bootstrapped my personal holdco from $0 to $100K MRR in under 2 years. We help founders through content, connections, capital, and services:

· megaphonestudio.com → let my content agency build your newsletter or social media audience
· megaphone.network → partner with big creators in your niche

· join.foundingjourney.com → get my weekly playbooks and advice alongside 75k founders (for free)
· upgrade.foundingjourney.com → get ~100 fundraising case studies from founders I interviewed
· go.foundingjourney.com/fundraising → get connected with investors (including me)

I'm also building a new YouTube channel. Here's a recent video on the history of Silicon Valley: youtu.be/alUQxEldEMM

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