Building A Successful Accounting Firm: Interviews With Sixteen Founders Of Australian Accounting Firms

Accountants who venture out on their own are usually motivated by the greater financial rewards, freedom and control, owning a business can provide.However, starting any new business, an accounting business included, is filled with challenges and risks.In Australia, one in three new small businesses fail in the first year and only one in four survive the first five years. As such, those who choose to make the leap and start their own business, need to equip themselves with as much knowledge as possible about not just accounting, but how to run an accounting business.And what better way to do that than to learn from those who have successfully started and built an accounting firm themselves.This book is a collection of interviews with sixteen founders of Australian accounting firms.You will get to hear each one of their stories. You'll get to see commonalities and differences within their firms. And you'll get to see their different personalities and points of view on certain topics, including:*What their early years in business were like*Their initial vision for the business and if or how it evolved*The best decisions they've made for their business*How they built up their client base*How they got their best clients*How they manage their time*Creating strong relationships with clients*Creating a strong team*Biggest challenges and frustrations*Most rewarding thing about the business*What advice they would give those starting out==Contributor List:-Brian Willett from FinCare-Canio Muscillo from Muscillo + Romano-Charles Younis from YCG-Dominic Papaluca from Rise Business Solutions-Garry Anderson from Anderson Chartered Accountants-Jamie Johns from Sky Accountants-Jerry Zhao from Leader Accountancy-Kris Simmons from Simmons Livingstone & Associates-Matthew Tol from MTA Optima-Michael Mekhitarian from ATB Partners-Phil Ibbotson from Ibbotson + Moscatelli-Steph Hinds from Growthwise-Stuart Brandman from 542 PArtners-Terry Dewing from Sullivan Dewing-Tony Tilenni from Tilenni Stiles & Associates-Troy Townley from HTA Advisory

• | Author: Nathaniel Cheung
• | Publisher: Independently published
• | Publication Date: Mar 12, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 327 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1980504601
• | ISBN-13: 9781980504603