This Accountant Built His Own Payroll Software, Because No One Else Would - With Brian Clare

About this episode

Brian Clare discusses his journey in building payroll software for accountants and the impact of innovation in the accounting industry.

Most accountants talk about innovation. Brian Clare actually builds it. From killing time tracking to launching his own payroll software for Canadian accountants, Brian isn't just running a firm, he’s engineering the next wave of how firms work. In this episode: Why hourly billing is killing your marginsHow turning down the wrong clients changed everythingThe cost of hiring late and why he hired ops before he needed toBehind the scenes of building a brand-new payroll tool from scratchHow he m...

People in this episode

Host: James Donovan

Guest: Brian Clare

Topics covered

• innovation
• payroll software
• accounting
• business operations
• client management

Keywords

• payroll software
• accounting innovation
• hourly billing
• client selection
• business operations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Canadian accountants

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