Need
In previous decades, the profession of the accountant may have evoked images of bean counters with green eye shades and ten-keys with mile long tapes. Despite the fact these images are excellent fodder for "CPA jokes", they are images of the past. Today accountants are "techo-savvy" to say the least.

CPAs and accountants are continually in search of tools and resources to help them truly understand how they can quickly obtain online information, effectively utilize the Internet to grow their business and use the Web to service their clients.  However, one thing accounting professionals are short on is time and that is where CPA can help wade through millions of websites on the Internet.

Solution: CPAnet
This is where CPAnet steps in. CPAnet is a website resource to help accountants interact in an online community, find resourceful websites tailored to their needs, utilize the Internet to gain new business, improve the quality of client service and conduct efficient and effective research.

Currently, CPAnet is primarily a resource directory of websites that are of interest to the accounting profession. CPAnet includes over 3,000 links to various accounting related websites and is a valuable Internet information and navigation resource.  In addition, CPAnet has a lively and active community within its discussion forums that primarily caters to those seeking to obtain their CPAs and sit for the CPA Exam.

About the Founder
CPAnet was founded in March 1996 by Brenda J. Mizgorski, CPA. She started up at a time when there were only 25 links returned when you searched the word "CPA" in YAHOO!. As of today, there are 16 million at Yahoo! and Google returns 34.6 million links).

Ms. Mizgorski has been a CPA since 1990 and has had experience running her own outsourcing practice providing services to corporations and CPA firms.  She also hold an MBA from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.  She Prior to starting her own business, she was a Business Assurance Manager with Coopers & Lybrand, LLP where she gained five years of auditing experience in a wide array of industries.

CPAnet In the News
CPAnet was featured in the April 1997 issue of the Journal of Accountancy. You can access the article at the following webpage: http://www.aicpa.org/pubs/jofa/april97/online.htm.