The lesson she wishes she'd learned before year two with Hope Brown

Hope Brown figured out one of her most important lessons in year two, and she is honest that it came later than it should have. Running a firm she never planned to open, she got so caught up in the work she loved that it nearly swallowed her whole. In this episode, she talks with Sam and Candy about balance, and why loving what you do is not enough if there is no core left for yourself. Hope runs Brown Business Solutions, a virtual firm based in Washington, D.C., known as the Tax Minded Bookkeeper. She shares how one client's bookkeeping question grew into a company, why she left federal procurement behind, and what community financial education means to a second-generation business owner. Along the way: why not every client is your client, why you do not have to do it alone, and why getting out to conferences changed everything.

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