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August 16, 2025

Addition by Subtraction: A Smart Way to Grow Your Firm

Many firms grow by adding clients and services, but this often creates complexity, burnout, and lost leverage. Renew’s “addition by subtraction” approach helps owners simplify—focusing on the right clients, sunsetting low-fit services, and standardizing delivery. The result: more time, control, profitability, and a happier team.

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Addition by Subtraction: A Smart Way to Grow Your Firm

August 16, 2025

Many firms grow by adding clients and services, but this often creates complexity, burnout, and lost leverage. Renew’s “addition by subtraction” approach helps owners simplify—focusing on the right clients, sunsetting low-fit services, and standardizing delivery. The result: more time, control, profitability, and a happier team.

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Lifestyle accounting firms: More work, less profit, less life.

August 10, 2025

Many accountants leave corporate life to create lifestyle firms hoping for more freedom—but often find themselves overworked and underpaid. This blog explores why prioritizing "life over firm" ironically leads to less life. By accepting low-value clients and underpricing services, firm owners fall into a cycle of working more for less. The better path? Build a firm with a clear commercial purpose, defined service offerings, and strong boundaries. At Renew, we help accountants do exactly that.

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Strategic Growth. What it means and what is your plan?

August 2, 2025

Strategic growth means growing your accounting firm with intention—not just reacting to opportunities. It focuses on building long-term value through niche marketing, leveraged teams, value-based pricing, and purposeful M&A. The goal is more freedom and profitability, not just more revenue.

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Don’t turn down the offer until you get it

July 26, 2025

Private equity in accounting may spark debate, but the real focus should be on building a firm worth buying—PE or not. This post revisits timeless advice: don’t say no before there's something to say no to. If you want to explore a transition—whether PE, internal succession, or merger—you’ll need strong fundamentals. That means profitability, talent bench strength, and performance metrics that matter. No fluff, just facts.

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This Is for Serious Accounting Firm Partners Only

July 19, 2025

Tired of chaos, overwork, and undercharging? This post is for firm leaders ready to stop tinkering and start transforming. See how real Renew members have redesigned their firms—raising revenue, cutting client load, reclaiming time—and how you can, too. Serious about change? Join us for a free webinar on August 20 and take the first step.

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Pricing Matters: 10 pricing mistakes firms make

May 31, 2025

Most accountants underprice their value. In this blog, we break down the top pricing mistakes firms make—and how to fix them. If you want to work fewer hours and make more money, it starts with better pricing.

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How Firms Are Using Model Firm Metrics to Transform Their Business Model so that they do NOT Repeat Tax Season

May 24, 2025

Most accounting firm partners don’t need to be told they’re working themselves and their team too hard.

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Your 1040 Practice. You cannot be serious!

May 3, 2025

Folks let’s face it; the future isn’t bright for 1040 heavy firms.

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You may need a coach to help you NOT repeat tax season

April 26, 2025

As you reflect on tax season, no doubt you’re thinking that there must be a better way.

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