#93 - How To Solve The 4 Biggest Challenges For Accounting Entrepreneurs With Author, Coach and Speaker Rick Grossman

This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Rick Grossman.  Rick has been involved in the franchise industry since 1994. He franchised his first company and grew to 49 franchised locations in 19 states during the mid to late 90's. He served as the CEO and primary trainer focusing on franchisee relations and creating tools and technologies to increase franchisee success. During the interview we discuss the 4 biggest challenges that accounting entrepreneurs face:   Not enough time - one of the biggest struggles that entrepreneurs face is the feelings of stress and overwhelm; whether you are just starting out or have been doing this for awhile.  We all have 24 hours but how you manage those hours is the key to your entrepreneur success.   Not enough support - feeling isolated is a big challenge that many entrepreneurs face today.  Having a supportive community, offering you the right tools, systems, coaching, mentorship and support is what sets entrepreneurs up for success.  Not enough quality clients - the key with building any accounting practice is clients, specifically quality clients.  This is a challenge for a lot of accountants who were never taught the skills of marketing and sales.  You want to do high quality work and service clients who need your expertise, but it's not easy to find those quality clients to fill your book. Not enough confidence - Uncertainty, confusion and doubt are par for the course when being an entrepreneur.  A lack of confidence can be the thing that stops you from even taking the leap to have your own practice or from growing your current practice.  When you don't have confidence, you don't have a strong foundation on which to build. Listen in as Rick and I discuss these 4 challenges and how to solve for them.