When clients don't pay: how I lost $20K and what I learned

Have you ever lost money because a client didn’t pay? I know the pain all too well. In this video, I share my journey of losing nearly $20,000 due to clients not paying and how I turned those hard lessons into essential practices for my bookkeeping business.

I’ve made the mistakes so you don’t have to. I’ll walk you through my stories, the reasons why I didn’t get paid, and, most importantly, the lessons I learned that changed my business for good.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
0:25 How Much I Lost
1:27 Why I Didn't Get Paid
3:10 The Biggest Lesson I Learned
4:20 Conclusion

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