My first blog: A little about me

My name is Cathy Glenn, and I have spent my life surrounded by small business owners. This is because Raymond J. Busch Ltd. CPA (www.buschcpa.com) is my father, and while I was young the accounting firm was a home based business. Clients would come by daily to pick up and drop off their bookkeeping and tax work. Like most family businesses, at a very young age I started “working” for the business. It began by getting coffee, copies, and answering the phones. My passion for the company, and our clients began then, and grew stronger as the years went on. Raymond J. Busch, Ltd., has grown quite a bit since those years and has been servicing the accounting needs of the small business for over 36 years, and still retains the business of its first few clients in its’ 3,200 square foot office in Tinley Park. Once I finished school and began to work full time for the company, I started as the Marketing Director. I was only 22 years old and had no prior sales experience, but what I did have was a passion for our product and services. It was an interesting road at first, many doors closed in my face and failures. However, I finally realized what people needed was help, not a presentation. When I stopped talking and started listening I was surprised to learn of the poor services out there. I learned that my job was not to sell, but to inform people that there were real solutions for their accounting and tax needs which are affordable and easy. After six years of client relations, I was prompted to write an, easy- to- understand small business accounting guide. It’s a way for me to educate more local owners on the basics of financially managing their business and growing profits, as well as doing what I love!