by Sandi Leyva | Aug 21, 2013 | Grow Your Accounting Practice
Technology has allowed just about everyone to start their own businesses. We can do something part-time, full time, or in between. We can start and stop our businesses. We can be successful at lots of different business models. And we can...
by Sandi Leyva | Aug 14, 2013 | Grow Your Accounting Practice
When you are working out of your home and have reached the point where you want to hire someone, you have many options, but one of them may not be having employees come to your home to work. And although I have had employees working out of my home when I was...
by Sandi Leyva | Jul 24, 2013 | Grow Your Accounting Practice
When I look through the Accounting Today’s Top 100 Leaders list and the comments they have made about what they perceive to be the challenges in our profession, many of the answers are the same: change, talent, and relevance are a few you’ll see. And...
by Sandi Leyva | Jul 3, 2013 | Grow Your Accounting Practice
There are courses and conferences to help you build the technical skills you need to succeed in accounting. Some of my favorites include the Sleeter conference, coming up in the fall, AICPA’s TECH+ conference held in Las Vegas, and the just completed Scaling New...
by Sandi Leyva | Jun 18, 2013 | Grow Your Accounting Practice
The amazing change the internet has set in motion for the world still blows me away when I think about it. But an organization called TED and the impact it’s had on the world blows me away just as much. You’re in for a jaw-dropping experience if you’ve...
by Sandi Leyva | Jun 5, 2013 | Grow Your Accounting Practice
Imagine that a new client comes to you with “the dreaded shoebox” of bank reconciliations, receipts, and bills. The client is a year or so behind, and you are hired to get them caught up. Do you take that client, knowing you’ll be swamped doing data entry...