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The bookkeeper
The bookkeeper
isn't the problem.
Every founder I talk to who's frustrated with their books wants to fire their bookkeeper. Almost none of them should. The bookkeeper is doing the job they were hired to do — but the inputs upstream are broken, and no amount of bookkeeping will fix it.
1. What bookkeepers actually do
Coming soon. Bookkeepers categorize transactions and reconcile accounts. They don't fix billing, build forecasts, or chase missing invoices. That's a different job.
2. Where the real problem lives
Coming soon. (Hint: it's in the systems your bookkeeper inherits, not in their work.)
3. What to do instead
Coming soon. Spoiler: keep the bookkeeper, fix the plumbing.
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