After working for Ernst & Young for three years and then as a controller for two years, Troy Patton decided it was time to be on his own. At the end of 1996, Troy took the plunge and started his own practice with zero clients. (read more)

As many of you may be aware, Duane Gravley has been working with NCI for the past five years providing training on how to effectively manage a practice. We thought it would be nice to feature him in our Spring Issue 2002 of New Client News so he could share with our readers some of the elements of his success. (read more)

In Fall Issue 2001 of New Client News, our featured accountant is a CPA from Austin, Texas. In 1995 Nathan Robnett was a corporate accountant working for Dupont. While working for Dupont he had also been planning to either start his own practice or purchase an existing one. (read more)

Last year, Dennis Burke, a CPA from Nashville, Tennessee had a vision but was missing the clients and the details to make it reality. Today, he is operating a successful practice with 51 new monthly write-up clients and he's experiencing steady growth. He has an innovative system for client processing and profitability and his vision has been realized. (read more)

Sue Cirocco had been a corporate controller for some 20 years, but always wanted to be in her own practice. Being a single mother to four children would not allow her to pursue that dream until just recently. After getting married again and having two of the kids out of the nest, Sue felt it was time to pursue that dream. (read more)

After spending seven years taking a high tech firm public, Bob Mason, CPA from Santa Cruz, CA decided it was time to be on his own. "I had worked for an internet company that was doing telemarketing and sales, and had spent 20 years with various high tech firms. At times it was a roller coaster ride with firms running hot and cold. I saw net worth positions grow and then evaporate. I wanted to get off that roller coaster and build equity in a business that would be stable and grow consistently, and not be subject to the cycles of high tech." (read more)

In August of 2002, Donald Button was looking to purchase an accounting practice when he contacted NCI. Having spent the last seven years working for an executive benefit consulting firm, Don was ready to go out on his own. I always wanted to start my own business, so I called NCI to discuss buying a practice. Your representative explained to me the benefits of building a firm and I found it intriguing that, for less money, I could build, rather than buy. (read more)
 

Ray Perez has a very unique and interesting story to tell.  This story starts all the way back in high school for Ray, a time when his friendship with Thomas Behar first started.  After high school, the two parted ways going to separate colleges, each to study accounting, but they kept in touch as good friends do.  Tom went on to sit for his CPA, while Ray became an EA and began handling businesses from an advertising standpoint while still doing some accounting work. (read more)
 

Who hasn't at some point daydreamed about leaving their corporate job?  Not having to answer to a boss and creating your own destiny (not to mention hours) is too appealing not to dream about.  As you will read below in our interview, Chuck Foley, CPA had a high paying corporate job with Prudential insurance for ten years.  In 1986 he was earning six figures but like many of the people I speak with on a daily basis, he was unhappy having to answer to someone and work within the confines of a corporate environment.  That's when he saw NCI 's ad and decided to take a leap of faith on what was at that time a new company.  This decision would ultimately pay endless dividends and end his corporate slump for good.  Since that time Chuck has built not one, but two tax and accounting practices using the NCI Plan 2 program.  The first was in New Jersey which he sold (through NCI ) for a 1.5 gross multiple, all cash.  The second practice he built in Arizona and he just recently sold it for a 1.29 gross multiple, once again all cash.  Now he has shifted gears again and is focusing on helping others become entrepreneurs like himself as a franchise consultant. (read more)