If Your Firm Needs You to Function, You Don't Own a Firm | Dr. Jackie Meyer, CPA

The hard truth most accounting firm owners don't want to hear: if y'all can't step away without everything falling apart, you didn't build a firm. You built a job.

Dr. Jackie Meyer, CPA, 2025 Most Powerful Women in Accounting honoree and founder of TaxPlanIQ, breaks down the difference between being a bottleneck and being a true firm owner, and what it actually takes to build a practice that runs without you.

If you're an accounting firm owner, a CPA looking to scale, or someone stuck in the technician trap, this one's for y'all.

⏱️ Timestamps:
0:00 - The hard truth about firm ownership
0:03 - "You own a job. The worst one."
0:10 - Life as the bottleneck
0:25 - The moment success felt like a trap
0:40 - Dependency vs. real firm ownership
0:55 - The goal: build something that works without you

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