On the QT | The Official Newsletter of GWA April-May 2016 | Page 11

BUSINESS

KATIE ELZER-PETERS

Keeping house:
hiring a bookkeeper

I

recently interviewed a person who runs
a retail greenhouse with a unique online
ordering system. Her key to success?
“Hire a professional photographer. It’s
the difference between running a business and having a hobby.”

What can I say? I like a person who knows
when it’s time to hire out. I hate receipts,
math, and accounting. That’s why I have a
bookkeeper.

SPEND MONEY TO MAKE MONEY
I called Jim Merritt, of QuickTrainer, Inc.,
in Wilmington, North Carolina, to ask him
why he thinks entrepreneurs should have
bookkeepers. He’s been mine since March
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