One Step Better: A Podcast for Accounting Firm Owners

About this episode

This episode discusses the challenges and strategies for accounting firm owners to bridge the gap between their current state and their goals.

If you own an accounting firm, you probably feel a gap between where you are and where you want to be.This podcast is about closing that gap by building a firm One Step Better at a time.Hosted by Matt Patrick (owner and founder of Patrick Accounting) and Mike Shaeffer (COO), you'll hear the unfiltered conversations that happen when you own an accounting firm. The ones you probably have with yourself at midnight, but nobody else seems to be having out loud.This is the show going forward. Honest, unfiltered, firm-owner-to-firm-owner. If you've been listening for a while, the focus is sharpening. If this is your first time here, welcome.🎧 Subscribe now so you don't miss Wednesday's first firm-owner episode: Are You Ready to Scale Your Accounting Firm? 💬 Got a topic you want us to tackle? Drop a comment, send us a message, or share this episode with a firm owner who needs to hear it.🎙 Want to be a guest? We're opening the show up to firm owners who want to talk shop. Connect with us: ⁠patrickaccounting.com⁠ Matt Patrick on LinkedIn → ⁠https://hubs.la/Q04fKVdQ0⁠ Mike Shaeffer on LinkedIn → ⁠https://hubs.la/Q04fKVdX0⁠ Tired of struggling to find qualified accountants for your firm…

People in this episode

Hosts: Matt Patrick, Mike Shaeffer

Topics covered

• accounting
• firm ownership
• business growth
• entrepreneurship
• scaling firms

Keywords

• accounting firm
• business strategies
• firm owner
• scaling
• entrepreneurship

Sponsors

Cloud Accountant Staffing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patrick Accounting, LinkedIn

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