What they don’t tell you before you start your practice.

Of the businesses that started in 2020, more than half didn’t make it to 2023. We see the success stories on social media, but rarely hear from those who closed the door and returned to employment.

In this session, Libby Walklett of The Ethical Bookkeeper asks, ‘how do you build something that lasts’? Drawing on her own experience of the early years – the mentor who never followed through, the job that taught her everything about how not to run a practice, the financial pressure, the unsupportive voices – she talks honestly about what held her back, what she got wrong, and what she wishes someone had told her.
This session covers the comparison trap of social media, the resilience required when there’s no-one to pass the hard stuff to, and the practical steps that make the difference between a practice that survives and one that doesn’t.

You’ll leave with a clear picture of what going it alone actually involves – and what to put in place before you need it. She lost years finding this out. You don’t have to.