Business in a Box: Your Guide to Start, Grow, and Scale Your Virtual Office for Bookkeepers and Tax Professionals

Are you a bookkeeper or tax professional wishing you could leave your corporate job to start your own business but don't know what options you have? Do you do most of your work on your computer and wonder why you have an hour commute each way, each day? You are in the right place!

Your Guide to Start, Grow, and Scale Your Virtual Firm by author Lily Tran can help bookkeeping and tax professionals set up and scale their own successful virtual office. From start to finish, this guide covers it all, including:

• Selecting the right equipment
• Marketing your offers to the right people
• Onboarding clients the right way
• Building your dream team of employees or contractors
• Investing in yourself through education and networking

Lily Tran has two decades of experience in accounting, tax, consulting, and advisory services for small business owners and corporations, and has been running her wildly successful virtual office for the past six years. Over the past five years, she has advised dozens of colleagues as they transitioned from corporate jobs to self-employment by creating their own virtual office, and she decided to create this guide to share her strategies with others.

Lily is a member of the National Association of Enrolled Agents, past Director of Washington State of Enrolled Agents, and past Treasurer of Washington State Tax Consultants. She has been featured in Forbes, Bloomberg Tax and Accounting, and SUCCESS Magazine. Your Guide to Start, Grow, and Scale Your Virtual Firm is Lily's second book. Her first book, The Most Common Tax Mistakes Made by Small Businesses, has been essential for helping small business owners avoid tax troubles and money mistakes.