Our guest, the remarkable Kylie Parker from Lotus Accountants imparts her knowledge and experience as an accountant, a partner, a business founder and a woman on all aspects of her career and personal life. If you are curious on how she built her firm without any marketing within this unique niche, then you won’t want to miss this episode.

“If someone's passionate and wants to help and wants to learn, they're a pleasure to work with. Because they always go above and beyond”

“Connect and profit at Australia’s biggest exhibition and conference for the fast-changing World of Accounting, Business, Finance and Money!

Accounting Business Expo is back and set to take place in-person on 28 & 29 April at the ICC in Sydney.  The market is evolving continually at a rapid pace with new solutions, product developments, and trends designed to enhance the way you do business. Don't miss your chance to get up to speed and join Australia’s largest, most comprehensive, and ground-breaking event for savvy, forward thinking accounting and finance.

Visit www.accountingbusiness.com.au to book your FREE spot!”

The self proclaimed ‘millennial accountant’ - our guest, Michelle Knight from Little Miss Bookkeeping shares everything there is to know about growing your own business, following your heart and using social media to drive leads and lifestyle!

Get comfortable as Michelle talks about her passion for business, her profession and just life in general:

"I enjoy helping new business owners and existing business owners to a level where everything is nice and clean.”

Show Notes

You can find out more about Michelle Knight   and her firm Little Miss Bookkeeping from their website: https://littlemissbookkeeping.com.au/

Michael Edelstein: [email protected]

Mobile: 0421 892 145

As part of our international expansion we’re pleased to have our first American guest Gary Shamis from Winding River Consulting sharing all there is to know about how to effectively lead a business in the modern era where baby boomers are running firms populated by millenials.

Gary is a global powerhouse when it comes to leadership training for accounting firms and trains partners from all over the world, especially focusing on what it means to be an effective Managing Partner.

Listen in as he reveals the blueprint to successful leadership in an accounting firm and the how to’s that will help you achieve your goals. Here are some of the topics we discussed in this episode:

"I had a really simple philosophy which was - every year I wanted to be better than I was a year ago and all I wanted to do was continually improve knowing it's never good enough and it could always be better"

“You can't make a bad investment on a great person”

Click the link for more info: https://recruitmentexpert.com.au/podcast/strategy-vs-execution-how-to-build-a-100m-firm-within-a-single-niche/

Most people nowadays use social media to promote their business in the most fun and creative ways, and our guest for today is not one to miss out on the opportunity! Meet Natalie, the accountant who gets her clients from Tiktok!

Keep listening as Natalie Lennon from Two Sides Accounting shares her ups and downs of running a fast growing business during a pandemic. Some of the thing we touch on include:

“I was never very good at selling before, and I thought it was me. But then I realised that it was what I was selling…I didn't believe in what I was selling, whereas now - Two Sides is me, it's what I want to do”

Show Notes

You can find out more about Natalie Lennon and her firm Two Sides Accounting from their website: https://www.twosides.com.au/

Have you ever heard of an accountant who gets his clients from the gym? Our guest today, Reuben Bergola from New Wave Business Solutions surely has unique ways in scaling up his business. In this episode, he shares his journey, vision and tips on how he managed to start young and organically grow to a multi-million dollar accounting firm in a short span of time.

Join us as Reuben shares the how to’s in structuring your accounting firm, from recruitment to marketing and many more things:

“Work culture is a collaborative environment that people are happy to be in”

Show Notes

First of all - you have to check out Blue Rock’s website - it’s out of this world (click on the link below)! This ‘picture’ will paint a thousand words about our guest Peter Lalor from Blue Rock who shares his incredible vision and the journey towards materialising it.

Join us in this episode as Peter shares his insights into leadership and what it takes to build a distinctive brand from nothing to a billion dollar firm, and many more things:

“I'd rather build a legacy where people feel like they've come in well, and they've left well.”

“If you build it they will come. And it's all about building a great ecosystem to excel and the rest will sort itself out.”

Profile

Peter Lalor is an experienced Company Director with a demonstrated history of working with entrepreneurial business owners since his 20’s. He is passionate about thinking differently and about technology in the Accounting industry. His keenness for growth and opportunity to help entrepreneurs and develop a strong client community and his value and purpose are admirable. His vision - to work with smart people to break the rules!

Show Notes

From working for the top accounting software businesses to starting the Australian operation for Xero, with his wife on their kitchen table, our special guest Wayne Schmidt from PracticeEQ tells it how it is.

Join us as he shares the secrets to marketing, leadership, taking risks, building an accounting business, and many more things:

“The Accounting industry has moved online, the world moved online, whether they like it or not”

Profile

Wayne Schmidt knows accountants and industry inside out, being in the industry for more than 35 years. He is a sales and marketing guru, a traveller who likes blogging, a website designing enthusiast and a business mentor. One word to describe him? - Bold. He likes taking risks and is passionate about life and calls himself a ‘digital nomad’. His goal - to help accountants find out what makes them unique!

Show Notes

Contact Info

You can find out more about Wayne Schmidt and his firm Practice Paradox from their website: https://www.wayne-schmidt.com/

Michael Edelstein: [email protected]

Mobile: 0421 892 145

In this episode, we speak with Baidy Laffan, a leader who despite her young age, has been able to achieve so much by following the unconventional path to success.

Sit back and listen to this episode with the amazing Baidy Laffan of Yellow Canary as she shares:

"Don't ask, Don't get!”

Profile

Baidy Laffan is not just an accountant but a leader who is incredibly passionate about her work, and about getting more women into tech and senior roles. Her spirited goal to bring radical change in the industry by offering new solutions and her big picture thinking is what brought her success. Her goal - to achieve the impossible through creative problem solving!

Some quick facts:

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Contact Info

You can find out more about Baidy Laffan and his firm Practice Paradox from their website: https://www.yellowcanary.com.au/

To find out more about RecruitmentExpert please go to www.recruitmentexpert.com.au or email

Michael Edelstein: [email protected]

The ever enterprising Greg Hayes of Hayes Knight , a familiar face in the industry, leading one of the top mid-tier accounting firms in Australia, discusses the fundamental challenges facing the baby boomer accounting firms and what they need to do to adapt.

Some of the thing we cover include:

"We have a generation of accountants now who have never had to market, hunt and eat and kill to get their business"

Profile

Greg Hayes is a highly skilled professional who has a wealth of experience in this industry. From running an ASX Listed business to successfully building his own national firm and being well known in both Australia and globally for his achievements - he brings incredible wisdom to every conversation. He is passionate, focused on his goals and what is possible. His belief - “Lateral and innovative thinking sometimes makes the difficult achievable!”

Some quick facts:

Contact Info

You can find out more about Greg Hayes and his firm Hayes Knight from their website: https://www.hayesknight.com.au/

To find out more about RecruitmentExpert please go to www.recruitmentexpert.com.au or email

Michael Edelstein: [email protected]

Starting out as a Graduate Accountant and eventually paving his way and co-founding his very own high tech accounting practice, our guest gives us more than a sneak peak of what his journey has been about, how he focused on systems, growth and scaling the business. His business aims to disrupt the traditional accounting model.

Listen in as Patrick Sargent, CEO of Pop Business enlightens us about:

“We've tripled last financial year in revenue and staff and looking to double this financial year.”

Profile

Patrick Sargent is a seasoned accounting professional with over 10 years of experience on his hand. He co-founded and currently leads Pop Business - revolutionising how accounting services are delivered to SME’s helping put businesses in the best position to achieve their objectives!

Some quick facts:

Show Notes

Contact Info

You can find out more about Patrick Sargent and his firm Pop Business from their website: https://popbusiness.com.au/