I started my firm in 2005 in a spare bedroom in my home, never running a small business on my own before. I picked up clients rapidly and within 2 years, I had outgrown my small home office.

I moved to a small executive suite and hired my first employee. Then shortly afterwards, I hired 3 more. My firm was growing pretty fast at this point which has its own set of challenges. As more work came in, more work needed to be done and I struggled to keep up.

I hired more employees to help with the work but that required me to spend much of my time managing employees and not much time to do the work that paid the bills.

After more than a decade of managing my “successful” accounting practice, I was starting to get burned out. Working more and more without much to show financially for my efforts. About this time, I had the fortune to meet someone who had experience building and operating multiple CPA firms. He offered me some help and I responded like many other small business owners that I have worked with over the years:

“I don’t need any help,”

I said, thinking "I have a Master’s Degree in Accounting and a CPA license."

And for the next 2 years, my friend continued to offer help and I continued to turn him down. Still working harder and more hours with little to show for my efforts.

Finally, I was getting desperate so I thought I would take him up on his offer. What he shared with me was simple, but not easy. Choosing to limit my practice to business owners that used QuickBooks, I worried about financial ruin as I let go almost 20% of my clients that year.

And what was the result? In one year, my revenue increased 14% and my net income increased by 24%!

I learned a valuable lesson from this experience that I now try to pass on to my clients.

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The story of Adam Hodson CPA:

“I don’t need any help,”