Episode 69 | Recorded April 4, 2022

Guest: Ryan Lazanis, CPA

Hosts: Jason Ackerman and Scott Scarano

Let’s bring our focus on the Accounting Messiah, the Righteous Lazarus aka Ryan Lazanis, and how he started impacting the accounting space. Ryan shares his internal process on how he started his accounting firm, so far ahead of the curve he practically created the curve. What is your end goal? Why not start with that end goal in mind? As for us, we aim to keep you informed, entertained, and educated until the last minute of this episode so be sure to make space for all the insights that Ryan, Scott, and Jason share.

2 - Accounting is the language of business

3 - Accounting, you’re going to need it no matter what profession you go into

6 - Ryan’s path to starting up his own accounting firm

8 - The Accounting Messiah from Montreal

13 - Xen Accounting’s early days

14 - Growth and Scale difference

Shoutout to Xero, ReceiptBank (now Dext)

18 - To scale professional services, it really starts at the offering level

21 - Creating a factory that could replicate it without you there

24 - How selling his accounting firm came about

27 - My purpose was really about helping advancing the accounting profession. Modernize the profession in some way, shape, or form

31 - An accounting trip to the tax havens

33 - Future Firm provides coaching, training, education, and community to modern accountants that want to create a scalable systematic firm that improves their lifestyle

36 - Biggest mistake traditional firms make? The firm’s structure

40 - What’s hotter than a million-dollar cloud firm with low churn

43 - What is a healthy profit margin? No lower than 30%

Shoutout to Jeff Phillips, Padgett Business Services, Dark Horse CPAs, Chase Birky, CPA, Marie (Phillips) Greene, CPA

47 - Ryan’s take on the changes coming to the accounting world

50 - Bringing the relationship back to accounting while scaling your firm

57 - Want Ryan’s tips and tricks directly in your inbox? Checkout futurefirm.co/newsletter

58 - Ryan’s advice for firm owners? Start with the end in mind