I have missed this. I have missed you.
It’s been a long time, too long, since I sent my last email to let you all know I was taking a short break, but I am finally back!
Last year was a year unlike any other for us as a family, and all the plans and goals I set at the start of the year went out of the window. That’s OK; family has to come first.
I last spent any time in my business on October 15th. Today is my first day back. 1 week shy of 3 months, almost completely out of the business. Upon reflection, this was a monumental win for the business. Albeit a very strange feeling for me to adapt to! I achieved what many lifestyle entrepreneurs spend years striving for - FREEDOM.
However, I am stepping back into the business to take it to a new level. It’s clear I am not needed much for day-to-day, which is great, so I have been designing my new role. I am more excited than ever for this!
I have already been inundated with questions about my time off. Mostly, “You still worked behind the scenes though, right?” - Wrong. So, I am going to share my experiences with you in a future post. How I and my team prepared for this (it didn’t just happen). What went well? What I learnt. How can I help others do the same?
This brings me to my new role and this newsletter. I really enjoyed writing long-form posts with a deep dive every week, but being completely transparent took a lot, probably too much to maintain.
A major part of my new-look role in the business is to create and share more valuable content with entrepreneurs looking to create the business of their dreams, scale and exit for life-changing sums.
One of the reasons I paused this newsletter was to concentrate on my book. I did for a while, and then life hit. This is top of the agenda for this first quarter. While I write the book, a long-form post here every week is too much.
My plan is still to write a weekly post here on all things tax, tech and tactics but to make those posts a little shorter and easier to digest. Then, I do a deep dive on one topic once a month.
How does that sound to you guys? Would you get value from that?
As part of my pledge to produce more content this year, I am mixing up how this is delivered. I am working on short-form video content, mostly shared on my Instagram this quarter. A full long-form YouTube channel and podcast will be following later this year.
Give me a follow: @lukedesmond_crispaccountancy
As always, I really value your feedback, so please reply with your thoughts on my plan and what topics you want to see me cover.
Until next week…
About the author
Luke Desmond
Fractional CFO for Tech, eCommerce & SaaS. CEO @Crisp_Acc provides virtual finance functions. Co-Founder @getvaulta SaaS Startup for accountants.