California firm Dark Horse CPAs has created a program to train CPAs who wish to create their own book of business, but want a little help. Once accountants successfully complete the Principal Accelerator Program, they become an equity principal of the firm.
The program trains accountants on Dark Horse’s bot-enabled technology stack of apps, followed by sales training and one-on-one coaching. Once the training is complete, CPAs can field inquiries from potential Dark Horse clients.
Accelerators are given access to full-time and fractional professional personnel support from the firm as they build their book of business. This model includes a corporate team that ensures their work is of high quality and strategically focused. It’s after completion of this step of the process, to the satisfaction of the firm, that the CPA becomes an equity principal.
“Many CPAs at traditional firms are living lives of quiet desperation,” said Chase Birky, Dark Horse co-founder and CEO, in a statement. “Caught up in a system that celebrates and rewards those who’ve exchanged a life of balance for one that makes them a stranger to family and friends, they leave public accounting in droves to salvage what’s left of their best years. Others strike out on their own as sole practitioners only to discover a journey more difficult and consuming than they bargained for. And, of course, a few make partner. Our Principal Accelerator Program was born out of the belief that there’s a better way to practice public accounting if you’re willing to deconstruct the outdated partnership model that demands the blood, sweat and tears of accountants to enrich those at the top.”
Dark Horse CPAs is now hiring for its accelerator program. Interested CPAs are invited to make contact on
