Coming to you live from The Clark County Historical Museum in Vancouver Washington, this was recorded at our April 2022 Passages to Success member Event.

We are excited to have Owners Jon Dyer and Kara Bowman of CheckRight NW, a Bookkeeping and Payroll company based in Vancouver, WA.

Her journey from 10 hours a week to 10 hours a day

Jon started offering bookkeeping services while getting his accounting degree and by the time he graduated, he had an established business. The question was whether or not to change to a CPA business or stay the course.

He stayed the course, growing from just bookkeeping, in an office barely big enough for two people, to multiple offices all over Portland, OR Metro and expanding in to Payroll Services as well.

Kara started as a part time employee in 2012 as Jon's first hire, and has now become a Partner in the business.

Episode Highlights:

00:42 Introductions

3:53 High level overview of CheckRight NW

5:10 The beer portion of the program

6:30 Our first ever live TikTok

11:25 How John and Kara came together

17:55 Should have quit my jobs sooner ("18:50 I wish I would've just let go of some of things that were holding me back")

19:40 Work life balance

24:40 Building their company culture

30:05 How Kara went from employee to partner

36:25 Curiosity as a cornerstone of growth

41:03 Don't bake for clients

45:11 How their Customer Service culture will drive future growth decisions

49:15 Advice for small business owners about growth

53:30 The Final Question

55:55 Contact information

57:20 Wrap up

Episode Links:

Passages to Success

CheckRight NW

Kara Bowman

John Dyer

Jon's Mom's Google Review

Von Ebert Brewing

Sector 7 Hazy IPA