EP430: Hector Garcia - Innovate & Create: Reframing Your Story - Part 1

Hector Garcia with old BILL ad: As a firm owner and as a successful bookkeeper, you kind of have to build an innovation muscle and you have to build in time in your schedule to always be innovating and trying new things. So we can— so I can figure out what the next thing for our firm is going to be. So I can have a firm that's continuously seen as an innovative firm, whether it's high tech or not high tech, just, just a fresh new look, a fresh new way of solving a problem. 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 we have a fantastic two-part series with the popular CPA and YouTuber Hector Garcia. In part one, he'll discuss what's been happening since his last appearance on the show, including the development his innovative app Write Tool Plus, much more. All right, let's start that conversation now. Our returning guest is very popular in our industry, has a massive YouTube channel. He's been contributing to the industry for several years. He's well known. Hector Garcia, welcome back to the show. Thanks for having me back. I've always loved this podcast, so it's an honor.

Michael Palmer: Thank you. Thank you. Well, your episode's one of those standout episodes. If our listener right now has not listened to it, it's episode 219. So we're jumping— sorry, 159. I don't know where 219 came from. Probably because it was back in 2019. That's where the 219 comes from. And that's a standout episode that I hear people talking about and I reference a lot great story about you building your YouTube channel, how you got into the business, your pricing, how you were able to get some of your first clients, some really great nuggets of knowledge for anyone that's growing their practice. Definitely a must-listen episode. But Hector, it's been 2019. I don't know why I keep saying 2019. 2019, when I looked at that date, I'm like, wow, the world's had a couple of changes since then, and I'm sure you have as well. Why don't you give us a little bit of an update to let us know what's changed in your world since then?

Hector Garcia with old BILL ad: Yeah, of course. So what