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Beer, Golf & Business. Three CPAs, three handicaps, one very serious leaderboard.
Three CPAs who each run a small firm crack open a beer, talk golf like it’s a second job, and dig into the real business advisory questions they see every week. The golf varies. The beer gets a score.
The show
Beer. Golf. Business.
Beer
In the glass
Each of us brings a beer and explains the pick. At the end it gets a score out of 10, decimals included, and it goes on the RDTFM Leaderboard permanently. That seemed like a good idea at the time.
Scale
1 to 10, decimals allowed
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Golf
On the course
Every episode gets into the latest rounds. Club championships, swing rebuilds, new drivers, and the shot on 14 we’d rather not discuss. We discuss it anyway.
Handicaps
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Business
At the firm
Three small-firm owners work through a real question from our own practices. Cash reserves, S Corps, client concentration, pricing. General education, not advice for your situation. That part’s on your CPA.
Segment
The Approach, every episode
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Episode 7
A Membership Audition, the Sleep at Night Cash Test, and Tasty Jams
45 min
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Explicit
Welcome back to RDTFM, where Dalton, Chad, and Chris crack open Hamilton Family Brewery's Cactus Jack, Brix City's Tasty Jams, and Edmund's Oast Bound by Time IPA on tax deadline day. This week the guys cover an Eagles meltdown in London, a membership audition round in Southern California, and how much cash a business should actually keep in the bank.
Golf
A Membership Audition
Business
The Sleep at Night Cash Test
The Final Pour · Ep. 7
The round
How every episode plays
Hole 1
Pop That Top
Everybody cracks a beer and tells you what it is, where it’s from, and why they picked it. Sometimes the reason is the label. That’s rarely a good reason.
Hole 2
The Scorecard
A few minutes of golf. Recent rounds, swing fixes, new gear, and an honest accounting of what went wrong. Honest accounting is sort of our whole thing.
Hole 3
The Approach
The heart of the show. One of us brings a real business question from our own firms, and the three of us talk through how we’d think about it. We don’t always agree. That’s usually the good part.
The RDTFM Leaderboard
Every beer. Rated. Forever.
Each host brings a beer, and in The Final Pour it gets a score out of 10, down to the decimal. A 9 or 10 is the holy grail. A 5 is solid. A 2 means we’re looking for a polite way to pour it down the sink.
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06
41 min
Club Championship Lessons, the Customer Concentration Trap, and Iron Maiden Beer
Dalton, Chad, and Chris are back with Birdsong Brewery's Hazy Sexy Cool, Stone's Chill Villain IPA, and a Lagunitas Trooper with Iron Maiden artwork on the can. This week the guys cover a club championship that went sideways in three holes, a cramp that ended a round on 14, and what to do when one customer is 25% of your revenue and wants a discount.
Golf
Club Championship Lessons
Business
The Customer Concentration Trap
Episode details
05
35 min
Club Championship Week, Messy Prior-Year Returns, and TikTok Tax Advice
Dalton, Chad, and Chris are back with a Fractal Enigma, a 10% triple IPA that might end Chad's night early, and a blood orange IPA. This week the guys cover range sessions that don't carry over to the course, a junior golfer's first legit par, and what to do when a new client's prior-year books turn out to be a disaster.
Golf
Club Championship Week
Business
Messy Prior-Year Returns
Episode details
04
45 min
The Productive Pause, Swing Rebuilds, and the Best Red Ever
Welcome back to RDTFM, where Dalton, Chad, and Chris crack open a Day of the Dead double red, a local hazy, and a Lowcountry favorite. This week we're flipping the Approach segment on its head, trading the usual advisory scenario for a conversation about unplugging, leading better, and why stepping away might be the most productive thing a firm owner can do.
Golf
Swing Rebuilds
Business
The Productive Pause
Episode details
03
37 min
A Free Driver, Bunny Beer Regret, and the $100K S Corp Test
Welcome back to RDTFM, where Dalton, Chad, and Chris crack a few IPAs and get into everything from charity scramble golf to the entity-selection conversation every CPA has had a hundred times. This week: a second-place finish that paid better than first, a rehab milestone at TopGolf, and a hard look at the worst business advice on social media.
Golf
A Free Driver
Business
The $100K S Corp Test
Episode details
02
33 min
Swing Rebuilds, Profitable but Broke, and the Marshmallow IPA Mistake
Welcome back to RDTFM, where Dalton, Chad, and Chris dodge a looming tax deadline long enough to crack open a few more IPAs. This week brings a first-ever golf lesson, a counterintuitive bunker tip, and the debut of a brand-new segment where the guys tackle a real-world client puzzle.
Golf
Swing Rebuilds
Business
Profitable but Broke
Episode details
01
47 min
Surviving Cog Hill, AI Fraud, and a $15,000 Tech Win
Welcome to the inaugural episode of RDTFM, where Dalton, Chad, and Chris crack open a few high-octane IPAs and hit the ground running. We’re covering everything from brutal rounds on tour-level courses to navigating the latest small-firm accounting tech.
Golf
Surviving Cog Hill
Business
AI Fraud
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Your hosts
Three CPAs, three firms, three handicaps
South Carolina, Kansas, and California. One of us can actually play.
CH
Chris Hervochon
CPA, CVA · Hilton Head Island, SC
Better Numbers
CA
Chad Allen
CPA · Lawrence, KS
Hutchins & Haake
DS
Dalton Sweaney
CPA · Upland, CA
Gray, Salt & Associates
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