Running a business is a Big Freaking Deal!

Dawn, Sharrin, and Sean

Will educate, inspire, and entertain business owners around the world about topics touching on accounting, tax, business, and wealth; the BFD advisors aim to help entrepreneurs achieve greater levels of success in shorter amounts of time.

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the BFD Advisors

Dawn, Sharrin, and Sean educate and inspire business owners with their unique and entertaining insights on accounting, taxes, business, wealth, and more.

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Team Brolin

Dawn Brolin

Glass Wallet Ventures

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Sharrin Fuller

SMD Consulting & Accounting LLC

Sean Duncan

Running a business is a Big Freaking Deal!

Dawn, Sharrin, and Sean

Will educate, inspire, and entertain business owners around the world about topics touching on accounting, tax, business, and wealth; the BFD advisors aim to help entrepreneurs achieve greater levels of success in shorter amounts of time.

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Business

Starring

the BFD Advisors

Dawn, Sharrin, and Sean educate and inspire business owners with their unique and entertaining insights on accounting, taxes, business, wealth, and more.

F

Team Brolin

Dawn Brolin

Glass Wallet Ventures

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B

Sharrin Fuller

SMD Accounting

Sean Duncan

Dawn W. Brolin, CPA, CFE

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Sean Duncan, CPA​

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founder of Team Brolin and author of The Designated Motivator and The Designated Motivator for Accounting Professionals.

Dawn is the CEO
of Connecticut-based CPA firm, Powerful Accounting Inc., and the owner of Fight Against Fraud, a training organization dedicated to helping accounting professionals and small businesses optimize their operations and reduce their fraud risks.

Dawn’s in-depth knowledge and down-to-earth, entertaining approach make her an in-demand trainer, speaker, and thought leader on the topics of business innovation, technology assessment and implementation, motivation, and strategies for building better professional practices and business organizations.

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the CEO and founder of Glass Wallet. After successfully launching and selling her first financial services business.

she is empowering business owners across the states to achieve the same level of success as she has.

Over nearly two decades in business, she is a prominent thought leader and speaker for fintech, small business, and the accounting and bookkeeping profession. She specializes in consulting on business strategy, human capital optimization, partnerships, and entrepreneurship. Sharrin developed the Remote Firm Scaling System and Remote Team Roadmap to help accounting firms position themselves for growth and eventual acquisition with maximum productivity from their teams.

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the president of SMD Consulting & Accounting LLC. and founder of Chief Proactive Advisors, LLC.

Sean built his reputation as a thought leader in the accounting industry by focusing on advising, teaching, and helping clients with proactive strategy and planning.

Over the last 25+ years, Sean has accumulated a diverse and unique set of credentials and knowledge that he shares through speaking at conferences and events, in private seminars, one on one with clients, and with his very talented team at SMD.

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