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The Valentines Threesome feat. Nikole Mackenzie, CPA, scott scarano, ea 🥶😈 & Kenji Kuramoto
“the best partnerships are when both sides feel like they got the better end of the deal” - K²
Kenji Kuramoto, CEO of Acuity CFO Online Bookkeeping Accounting and Business Tax talks to us about running a $11M Firm with a partner, and running it like a true company
Kenji’s words of wisdom on partners:
as an entrepreneur you have to ask yourself, do you work better alone or with others? are you a team player or the solitary leader?
when you’re going into business with friends, find someone that complements your weaknesses and reinforces your strengths
titles are external facing, we run things as a team, but titles are important for those that are outside of the organization and how they perceive our roles than they do to us
accounting is a profession that lends itself to money-making opportunities
you’ve gotta include more long-term planning to make sure all partners are in alignment and on the same page
then we go into how SalesForce, AirTable and Process Street are all being integrated into Acuity with their newly formed partnership/alliance with Catching Clouds, Patti Scharf and Scott Scharf
shout out to Spanx and Sara Blakely … the youngest self-made female Billionaire… that’s just baller