Small business clients need help using their financial data to understand the growth of their business and make strategic decisions. As a public accountant you are perfectly positioned to be a strategic advisor to your small business clients. You must determine how to deliver this service in your firm and what toolsets you will use to support it. This course will introduce you to the LivePlan Method for Strategic Advising.
The type of information small businesses want from their public accountant.
What is strategic advising, and how does it differ from standard accounting services.
The concepts of Lean Business Planning - turning client goals into strategic metrics.
Setting up a process for monthly feedback to your small business clients
Modeling a financial forecast - how to set yourself up for success.
Setting up a process for monthly feedback to your small business clients.
LivePlan for Strategic Advisors
Director of Strategic Development
kathy@paloalto.com
Kathy Gregory has over 20 years of experience in business development, including: financial forecasting, strategic planning, process development, project management, and mergers and acquisitions. She has worked in public and private, small to mid-size organizations doing business development, and strategic planning and implementation, working with executives, boards and their investors. At LivePlan Kathy runs the specialized program for Strategic Advisors. She is a graduate of the University of Oregon.