Big Four

topic on 9 shows · 11 statements across 10 episodes · said 4 times in 4 episodes since 2018

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NEON SHOW Assertion Not checkable as stated
Myntra hired Recko for reconciliation after Big Four accounting firms failed
“So Myntra reached out to us and Myntra They told us that look, guys, we have, you know, some problem on the reconciliation side. We have tried almost every consultant every engineer, every big four, and nobody has been able to solve our problem.”
Saurya Prakash Sinha May 30, 2025 ▶ 14:25 Why Stripe Paid $150M For A Young Indian Startup | Saurya Prakash Sinha, Recko
MAD Opinion
Sivulka is "very short" Accenture, consultancies, and the Big Four
“I'm very short Accenture and consultancies, but and the big four.”
George Sivulka May 29, 2025 ▶ 44:24 AI That Ends Busy Work — Hebbia CEO on “Agent Employees”
THE PITCH Assertion Not checkable as stated
Robbins: Handle's Oregon GM turned down Big Four consulting offers
“He came to us when he was a student and loved the business so much, you know, we gave him a little bit of equity compensation and then we put this new compensation structure in place and he passed up, you know, big four consulting jobs to stay and run this loc…”
Chase Robbins Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 26:44 #126 Handle: The Uncut Pitch
BG2 Prediction Held up
Gerstner: Big Four Tech to Spend $220B on CapEx in 2024
“If you look at the big four, they're gonna spend two hundred and twenty billion this year on CapEx, you know.”
Brad Gerstner Aug 9, 2024 ▶ 32:02 Ep14. Public Market Volatility, AI Air Pocket, $GOOG Ruling | BG2 w/ Bill Gurley & Brad Gerstner · Bg2 Pod
NEON SHOW Assertion Supported
Goyal: Tracxn hired CFO in first 10 employees and used Big Four for seven years
“So in our case, our CFO was among the first 10 employees to join. We had Big Four from last seven years.”
Abhishek Goyal Oct 25, 2022 ▶ 4:48 The Process & Preparation of IPO Ft. Tracxn Technologies Founders Neha Singh & Abhishek Goyal
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
DeckRobot's power users work at Big Four and Big Three firms
“So they're internal agencies, like designers working for big professional services firms, like Big Four, Big Three.”
Tony Urban Jun 12, 2021 ▶ 1:30 DeckRobot Breaks $1m Revenue Helping You Create Slide Decks Faster
ALL-IN Prediction Didn’t hold up
Chamath predicts large acquisitions by the Big Four are now impossible
“So I think large acquisition in M&A by the big four it's impossible.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jul 31, 2020 ▶ 21:00 E6: Big Tech antitrust aftermath, potential effects of an M&A clampdown on Silicon Valley & more
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Legasys beats Big Four accounting firms in most head-to-head deals
“There are times when we win against the big fours as well. In fact not a few times, most of the times we win against the big four.”
Jaideep Kewalramani Mar 1, 2020 ▶ 12:40 1681 Why This $5m Legal Compliance Software is Looking for a $5m Bridge Round
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Gass: Big Four auditors are pushing back on 409A startup valuations
“The other thing we've started seeing is, is during audit, during the audit process, when you, whether you're using a big four or one of the other large firms, you're starting to actually see some pushback on that, right?”
Jonathan Goss Sep 2, 2016 ▶ 5:39 EP 405: 409A Valutions, Cap Table Pro-Formas and More with Jonathan Gass of NomadFinancial
Villamena: Big Four Accounting Firms Are Like Post-College Frat Parties
“The thing about PwC is it, I mean, and really the big four in general is like, you know, if you want to be an accountant, it's a great place to start off. I mean, you know, every, it's really young organization. It's kind of like a frat party. Everyone from co…”
Vincenzo Villamena Apr 1, 2016 ▶ 3:34 Quit $100k+ Private Equity to Move to South America, Does $1m Tax Business Now with Vincenzo Villamena of Online Tax Man EP 216
TOP FOUNDERS Assertion Contradicted
Villamena: 80% to 90% of Big Four Hires Leave After CPA Licensure
“Pretty much, you know, 80, 90% of the people that, that, that start working in big four accounting just end up, you know, getting their, fulfilling their CPA licensure requirements and then getting, getting out of Dodge.”
Vincenzo Villamena Apr 1, 2016 ▶ 4:19 Quit $100k+ Private Equity to Move to South America, Does $1m Tax Business Now with Vincenzo Villamena of Online Tax Man EP 216

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