EP163: Eric Burgmaier - The Power of Having A Bookkeeping Business Niche

Eric Burgmaier: I think to some degree I'm that ordinary average guy in the accounting world who listened and became a good student and began to implement all this stuff. So, you know, I think I'm proof positive that if you listen to the experts out there and the knowledge thinkers, you can implement this stuff. And honestly, Michael, we've got a practice that is going to end this year close to $1,150,000 in sales just on the accounting side. I've got about 7 people working for me. Them part-time. We do all value billing, and, and, and people don't have to keep track of time. You're listening to The Successful Bookkeeper with your host, Michael Palmer. Listen each week as inspiring guests share their secrets of success to help you increase your confidence work smarter, and build a business you love. This episode of The Successful Bookkeeper is brought to you by purebookkeeping.com, the proven system to grow your bookkeeping business. Welcome back to The Successful Bookkeeper Podcast. I'm your host, Michael Palmer, and today's show is going to be a fantastic one. Our guest is the owner of Bergmeyer and Associates and has over 20 years of healthcare industry experience in public accounting, private industry, and academic institutions. He is a CPA who runs a niche practice that mostly focuses on dentists. Eric Bergmeyer, welcome to the show. Thank you so much for having me, Michael. I really appreciate it. I'm honored to be on your show today. Well, you know what, it's our pleasure, and I'm excited. In our pre-chat to this interview, we touched upon a whole bunch of stuff. I should have hit the record button right away, uh, so I know we've got some cool couple things to talk about with you today. And before we get into it, tell us about you. How did you become the Eric Bergmeyer of today, uh, up to this point?

Ad Read: Yeah, so I started my career in public accounting back in 1992 or 1993. It's been quite some time now. My father had suggested I go into business, and under business, the first level of study was accounting. So kind of went to accounting and then figured, well, if I was going to be an accountant, I might as well study for my CPA exam. And if I'm going to be a CPA, I might as well try and get into one of the Big Six, which is where I started my career. I was lucky enough to start in, in the healthcare industry in upstate New York with, at the time was Coopers Lybrand. And I just found that as my career progressed, I continued to stay in