When I started my first cafe, I had no idea that there would be others to follow. I was just living out my dream, but that dream exploded in so many positive ways. I had a small staff of six people, and I handled the accounting, inventory, and scheduling as well as worked in the kitchen and front. The cafe became so popular that I opened up seven more within two years. I knew after my second one though that I needed to look at professional cafe accountants because handling one cafe was hard enough but handling more than that was just impossible for me.
I considered hiring a bookkeeper to just come in and handle this full time. I figured with seven cafes open, there would be plenty of work. Now there was, but I discovered with the person that I hired that they were not exactly efficient. I …