Summary:

Ryan Baker is the Principle and one of the founders at Upsourced Accounting, a virtual accounting firm that delivers full service bookkeeping and accounting packages designed to help small businesses grow. They leverage powerful cloud accounting tools (like Xero) to provide real time financial statements and advisory to business owners. In this episode, we cover Ryan’s upbringing, path to where he his today, previous entrepreneurial ventures, the creation of Upsourced Accounting and what their mission is, and the goals that him and his team have for the future at Upsourced Accounting.

Milemarkers:

(00:00:00) Ryan Baker, Principle at Upsourced Accounting
(00:00:25) Like, subscribe, and share Conquering Columbus!
(00:00:42) The SunDown Group
(00:01:04) Facilities Management eXpress (FMX)
(00:01:35) Do you want to sponsor Conquering Columbus?
(00:01:55) Conquering Columbus intro
(00:02:50) Introduction to Ryan Baker
(00:03:30) A typical day in Ryan’s life
(00:05:30) Ryan’s childhood, family, and path to college
(00:09:00) Finding his entrepreneurial itch
(00:10:55) Ryan leaves Ohio State for his first job
(00:13:45) Taking the entrepreneurial leap
(00:15:30) SQRL
(00:24:30) Starting and scaling Upsourced Accounting
(00:27:30) Will this work?
(00:30:00) What makes Upsourced Accounting different?
(00:32:30) Ryan and his teams plans for the future at Upsourced Accounting
(00:42:00) Recruiting for Upsourced Accounting
(00:43:20) Live Uncomfortably
(00:47:10) Like, subscribe, and share Conquering Columbus!
(00:47:30) The SunDown Group
(00:47:52) Facilities Management eXpress (FMX)
(00:48:25) Conquering Columbus outro

Links:

Upsourced Accounting
Ryan Baker
Facilities Management eXpress (FMX)
The SunDown Group[subscribe]