This week Louis talks with Swapnil Shinde, whose fintech startup Zeni launches out of stealth mode this week. 

Zeni is a full-service finance firm that blends machine learning and artificial intelligence tools with a team of highly experienced financial professionals. The collaboration aims to create faster and more accurate, real-time accounting experience. 

Louis talks to Swapnil about founding the company with his brother, his years-long frustration with bookkeeping, this year’s tax season hurdles and much more. 

Highlights include: 

-What is Zeni? How is it a new kind of accounting tool? 

-What will finance look like 10 years from now? 

-How should startup founders pick a finance partner? 

-When is it time to hire a full-time CEO? 

-What are trends in global work & accounting? 

-What has changed coming into tax season 2021?

More on today’s episode, including a full transcript @ https://rocketplace.com/blog/podcast-episode-20-accounting-swapnil-shinde/.

[Guest / Host bios] 

Guest: Swapnil Shinde is the founder & CEO of Zeni alongside his brother Snehal, who serves as the company’s Chief Product Officer. Prior to Zeni, the brothers founded Mezi, a travel booking tool that was acquired by American Express.   

Host: Louis Beryl is the founder and CEO of Rocketplace. A 3x founder, investor, and board member, Louis began his tech career as a partner at Andreessen Horowitz. When he's not building businesses (or talking about them!) Louis enjoys cooking for his family and talking at length about it to anyone who will listen.