1 hr 22 min
Andrew Van De Beek - Starting a Firm at a young age and Maintaining Culture through Fast Growth Accountants EXPOSED
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- Entrepreneurship
He started as a Cadet in a Big 4 firm and within 6 years, he established his own practice at an early age of 26. Andrew has a knack of attracting the right people giving him the opportunity, along with his own skills to create something unlike any other accounting firm we’ve heard of.
We catch up with Andrew Van De Beek, Founder and Head of Purpose of Illumin8 as he speaks about:
Importance of community and collaboration of accountants working together to improve their business
Impetus for getting into accounting and deciding to open your own firm at 26 as a junior in Big 4
Importance of relationships in this business
The biggest challenges in his career, disputes, business separations, bad decisions and the consequences of hiring people at the wrong time
The truth about bookkeeping, the reason he opened a bookkeeping firm and the pitfalls of outsourcing
Structuring equity for your staff and how to decide who gets it and when
How he keeps up personally with the growth of the firm, realizing his vision and creating an incredible workplace full of culture
The importance of branding and marketing and breaking the barrier of being a sole practitioner
Value of an advisory board for your business
His most effective marketing tool
His perspective on branding, tattoos, his downtime and his love for whiskey!
Profile
Andrew Van De Beek is an accountant with more than 15 years of experience, a business founder and a passionate professional who shows that accountants can have a personality and be successful at the same time.. But don’t be fooled - his fun loving side contradicts his seriousness in helping and supporting business owners to achieve their personal and business goals. Proven by the frequently heard phrase from his client “If only I found you guys earlier, I’ve been looking for someone like you my whole life.” - over and over again!
His goal is to make sure that they are not just accountants, but people who are open, authentic and whom clients not only connect with, but also have a whiskey with!
Some quick facts:
Australian Accounting Thought Leader of the Year - 2018
Australian Xero Practice Advisory Council Member - 2018 to current
Winner of 2017 - Xero’s Accounting Partner of the Year (VIC)
Contact Info
You can find out more about Andrew Van De Beek and his firm Illumin8 from their website: https://www.illumin8.com.au/
To find out more about RecruitmentExpert please go to www.recruitmentexpert.com.au or email
Michael Edelstein: michael@recruitmentexpert.com.au
He started as a Cadet in a Big 4 firm and within 6 years, he established his own practice at an early age of 26. Andrew has a knack of attracting the right people giving him the opportunity, along with his own skills to create something unlike any other accounting firm we’ve heard of.
We catch up with Andrew Van De Beek, Founder and Head of Purpose of Illumin8 as he speaks about:
Importance of community and collaboration of accountants working together to improve their business
Impetus for getting into accounting and deciding to open your own firm at 26 as a junior in Big 4
Importance of relationships in this business
The biggest challenges in his career, disputes, business separations, bad decisions and the consequences of hiring people at the wrong time
The truth about bookkeeping, the reason he opened a bookkeeping firm and the pitfalls of outsourcing
Structuring equity for your staff and how to decide who gets it and when
How he keeps up personally with the growth of the firm, realizing his vision and creating an incredible workplace full of culture
The importance of branding and marketing and breaking the barrier of being a sole practitioner
Value of an advisory board for your business
His most effective marketing tool
His perspective on branding, tattoos, his downtime and his love for whiskey!
Profile
Andrew Van De Beek is an accountant with more than 15 years of experience, a business founder and a passionate professional who shows that accountants can have a personality and be successful at the same time.. But don’t be fooled - his fun loving side contradicts his seriousness in helping and supporting business owners to achieve their personal and business goals. Proven by the frequently heard phrase from his client “If only I found you guys earlier, I’ve been looking for someone like you my whole life.” - over and over again!
His goal is to make sure that they are not just accountants, but people who are open, authentic and whom clients not only connect with, but also have a whiskey with!
Some quick facts:
Australian Accounting Thought Leader of the Year - 2018
Australian Xero Practice Advisory Council Member - 2018 to current
Winner of 2017 - Xero’s Accounting Partner of the Year (VIC)
Contact Info
You can find out more about Andrew Van De Beek and his firm Illumin8 from their website: https://www.illumin8.com.au/
To find out more about RecruitmentExpert please go to www.recruitmentexpert.com.au or email
Michael Edelstein: michael@recruitmentexpert.com.au
1 hr 22 min