oliver: build a biz that runs without you | the disruptors
“they get a check every month, and they don’t have to do any work.”
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the disruptors
with liz farr
blake oliver noticed a consistent pattern with firm owners. “the hardest part for them, it seems, just based on my conversations, is getting started and then building that initial team, creating that firm from scratch, going from zero to something is really, really, really difficult,” he explains.
that “hardest part” echoes his own experience.
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before he became known to the accounting world as the co-host of the accounting podcast and founder of earmark, oliver had his own firm. “i spent five years building a firm from scratch…going from zero to a million dollars in revenue in five years,” he says. because he was largely figuring it out on his own, the process was far harder than it needed to be.
his new book, “building a sustainable firm: strategies for the modern accounting practice,” distils the lessons he learned from talking to firm owners and from his own experiences into a blueprint for creating an accounting business that supports your team, your clients, and your own life.
“if you’re going to take the leap to go start your own firm…you should have something that you’re happy with at the end,” he explains.
expect strong demand for tax planning, business advisory and bookkeeping cleanup work. 
