Small town accounting and big city finances with Kyle Bryant

Kyle Bryant is the Managing Partner of Market Street Partners in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Kyle oversees the firm’s operations and has provided assurance, tax, and business consulting services for over a decade. In this episode, Kyle and Stuart discuss the rapid growth of Chattanooga, what attracts businesses to invest in the region, and what the projections are for the future. As a manager of the largest transaction in Chattanooga’s history, Kyle is a top-tier professional in his city and gives an insight into how accounting is developing the Tennessee market.

Together they discuss:

• The story behind Market Street Partners (01:00)
• Kyle’s journey as a private CPA (2:30)
• Kyles work at the Lamp Post Group (3:30)
• Serving a new group of clients in Chattanooga (4:30)
• The size and profile of Market Street Partners (5:30)
• Local and remote employees at Market Street Partners (07:30)
• The competitive landscape in Chattanooga (08:30)
• Market Street Partners’ mission (9:50)
• What retirement looks like for Kyle (11:00)
• Market Street Partners’ media strategy (12:45)
• Why accountants are reluctant to delve into business development and sales (14:20)
• Chattanooga’s local economy and development (16:15)
• What types of businesses come to the South East (18:30)
• The shortage of young accounting professionals (19:30)
• What Kyle does outside of work (21:10)
• Market Street Partners’ tech stack (21:40)
• The game plan for the near future (23:30)