Cyrus Shirazi: Scaling Haven to $10M & The Obsession with Radical Responsiveness Cyrus Shirazi is the CEO and founder of Haven, a tech-forward accounting and financial services firm built on speed. After seeing his founder friends constantly ignored by traditional CPAs, Cyrus realized the industry didn't need better accountants, it needed better service .

In this episode, Zach Schofel dives into Cyrus’s journey from scaling a dorm-room agency to managing hundreds of millions in AUM at Meow, and finally building Haven into a $10M ARR powerhouse in just 2.5 years. Cyrus breaks down his "obsession-first" approach to customer experience, why he manages his entire firm via Slack, and his ambition to build the PWC of the AI era .

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• The Responsiveness Moat: How Haven uses custom Slack bots to ensure a sub-5-minute response time.
• Scaling Channels: The difference between the "hustle" required for $1M and the "compounding channels" needed for $100M .
• Founder Dynamics: The pros and cons of building a company with a best friend of 20 years.
• The Agentic Future: How Haven is using AI and OCR to automate bookkeeping and provide real-time financial reporting in natural language .

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