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Melissa McCarthy for Accounting Professionals

Melissa McCarthy for Accounting Professionals

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Melissa McCarthy for Accounting Professionals


Season 1 Episode 6


FACULTY: Dawn Brolin

CLASS: #Shoperations

TITLE: Melissa McCarthy for Accounting Professionals


Scott interviews Dawn Brolin, CEO of Powerful Accounting, discussing her New England attitude, handling challenging clients, crucial business processes, inter-firm collaborations, lessons from a six-year partnership, numerical aspects, motivating accountants, hiring strategies, personal and professional goals, encounters with figures like Mike Michalowicz, representing clients before the IRS, pricing intricacies for selling, and the importance of personal time.


  • The New England Attitude
  • PIA and PITA Clients
  • Most Important Process
  • No Partner Firm
  • Inter-Firm Collaborations
  • What Dawn Learned from a 6 Year Partnership
  • Hard Numbers
  • Motivating Accountants
  • Hiring and Managing People
  • Dawn's Goals
  • Meeting Mike Michalowitz
  • Representing Clients Before the IRS
  • Pricing for Selling
  • Making Time Off


Shout Outs:


[00:02:57] The New England Attitude

[00:05:36] PIA and PITA CLients

[00:10:06] Most Important Process

[00:12:00] No Partner Firm

[00:15:54] Inter-Firm Collaborations

[00:21:05] What Dawn Learned from a 6 Year Partnership

[00:25:32] Hard Numbers

[00:27:20] Motivating Accountants

[00:31:00] Hiring and Managing People

[00:35:27] Dawn's Goals

[00:39:49] Meeting Mike Michalowitz

[00:44:40] Representing Clients Before the IRS

[00:47:20] Pricing for Selling

[00:49:53] Making Time Off

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