Erica Goode: Build a $200K Firm in 15 Hours a Week | The Disruptors

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Erica Goode was exhausted and burned out as a corporate accountant and mom of two young children. “I could not figure out a sane way to operate a 50-hour work week and raise two kids and have a spouse who worked a 50-hour work week,” Goode explains. “I don't think there is a great way to do it. It does not leave a lot of margin to be a full-time working parent.”

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So she quit to become a full-time mom. However, she missed accounting. So when the owner of the fitness studio where one of her children took Tae Kwon Do classes asked for help, she said yes, even though she had never touched QuickBooks before.