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Sep 10
9m 20s

Point A to Point B

Ryan Lazanis
About this episode

A firm that can't be clearly credited for changing a client's business becomes exactly the kind of replaceable vendor that gets shopped against a cheaper competitor.

In this episode, I walk through why a proper diagnosis is the starting point for avoiding that trap, how to scale the depth of that diagnosis to the size of the engagement, and a real example of a CPA who turned his own diagnostic process into a standalone tool.

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