Why Did Gwen Seymour Build Her Own Accounting AI Automation Platform From Scratch

🚀 Catch up on episodes with my amazing past guests: https://scaleyoupodcast.buzzsprout.com 🔥 I’m hosting the Delegate or Automate Workshop where I’ll share the framework for scaling yourself and your business. You can sign up here: https://2xyou.com/workshop On this 72nd episode of the Scale You podcast, Le-an sat down with Gwen Seymour, Founder of Jaco Labs and CPA, to talk about building custom AI tools for small and mid market teams. After 13 years in public accounting, Gwen pivoted to coding and data analytics to solve the exact operational bottlenecks she spent over a decade watching businesses fight through. She shares how she coded her own accounting platform to avoid paying for off the shelf software and broke down the security hurdles of classifying confidential tax documents with AI. This episode is for small business owners and operators looking to replace manual work with tailor made automation without buying complex enterprise software. Watch now to hear how a CPA builds custom tools to eliminate business bottlenecks. 🔥 Connect with Gwen here: 👉   / gwen-seymour   #gwenseymour #customai #operationalefficiency Timestamps: 00:00 — Intro 00:48 — Meet Gwen Seymour 01:29 — From CPA to Data Analytics 03:41 — Spotting Bottlenecks in Small Businesses 06:25 — Building Her Own Accounting Platform 08:35 — Overcoming Security Hurdles in Tax Classifier 12:56 — Managing AI Hallucinations and Errors 14:40 — Inside Gwen's Tech Stack 23:53 — Entrepreneurship and Life Outside Work 27:18 — Gwen's Vision for Business Diagnostics 29:45 — Outro Let's map out your systems and figure out exactly where AI fits into your business. 👉 https://webuildaisystems.com/ The right support and the right system? Here’s how to get both: 👉 https://2xyou.com/letsscaleyou/ Sign up for the 2xYou Newsletter: 🩵 https://2xyou.com/Newsletter More resources for you: 👉 https://2xyou.com/resources Let's Be Friends: Facebook -   / leanlailacaba   Instagram -   / leanlailacaba   LinkedIn -   / leanlailacaba   TikTok-   / leanlailacaba   Le-an Lai Lacaba is the Co-Founder of 2xYou, winner of the 2021 Stevie Award for Employer of the year. 2xYou is an outsourcing company that specializes in switching service-based entrepreneurs from owning a job to owning a business with a highly-trained, executive assistant who comes with a custom business operating system. She has been working from home since she was 15, published her own books at 18, became CEO at 20, and partnered up with her boss to start 2xYou Executive Services at 23 and aims to help 10,000 entrepreneurs grow remotely, and 1 Million Filipinos to work from home. She also has a coaching brand on Youtube, where she trains Virtual Assistants on how to work from home. She is also an international speaker, and a content creation monster who has a blog, a Youtube channel, and an upcoming book. Subscribe to my Youtube channel for tips on How To Scale as a Business Owner! #scaleyou #remoteteam #outsourcing #2xYou #virtualassistant