Choosing the right people to be in your life is just as important in business as it is anywhere else.Business is about people and having the right team around you.Having worked as an accountant in public practice since 2000 and being a small business owner since 2002 – I have always felt a disconnect between these 2 worlds. The support we needed through our small business and start up journeys were not things accounting firms offered. And how could it be? Most accountants learn their trade as employees in existing accounting firms. They haven’t lost sleep wondering where the money to pay their staff was going to come from or had to go hungry to make those ends meet.Start-ups and small business can be a lonely experience. Sumo Accounting was imagined from my belief that your accountant should be your partner on this journey. Someone you can rely on from the early days of your business, when your business is a profitable enterprise and beyond.Someone who will be honest with you, who will listen to you and help you when and how you need it. Your accountant should be a core part of your team.Despite being ready to launch Sumo – I was hesitant to leave LWM. It is such a blessing and privilege to find people who not only are your personal cheerleaders, but who have become family. The only logical solution was for Sumo Accounting to become a part of the LWM universe.Having the right team around you is so important. It is a truth I actively put into practice. Let me be a part of yours.