Willie & Kori Robertson

Willie and Korie Robertson, stars of A&E’s hit reality television show Duck Dynasty, owners of their family business Duck and Buck Commander, and their newest venture Tread Lively Productions.

Writing credits include NYT Best Seller The Duck Commander Family: How Faith, Family, and Ducks Built a Dynasty, American Hunter, American Fisherman, American Entrepreneur, Duck Commander Devotions for Kids, and Strong and Kind: Raising Kids of Character.  Married for 30 years, the parents of six and grandparents of five, Willie and Korie live in their hometown of West Monroe, LA.

Molly Pittman

Molly Pittman is a leading digital marketing strategist, educator and entrepreneur who has trained more than 10,000 people across the globe. By the age of 24, she had risen from intern to vice president at an 8-figure digital marketing company. Now the CEO of Smart Marketer, Molly is mentoring the next generation of digital marketers. She’s helped her students do everything from get positions at Fortune 500 companies to quadruple their revenue in one month.

Rachel Miller

Rachel Miller is the creator of Moolah, a system helping thousands of small businesses grow on Facebook. She has personally grown engaged fan pages – some to over 500,000 and others to over 2.2M – fueling massive businesses!  Digital Marketer has called her a “Facebook Guru” after she helped them grow one of their pages to over a million fans.  Rachel has helped 51 of her students grow engagement and reach over 10,000,000 people with single posts on Facebook. 

She is the author of multiple books, one of them being a best seller with over 100,000 copies sold and her content has been featured on Good Morning America, been a featured instructor alongside Tony Robbins, Lewis Howe, Chalene Johnson, Dean Graziosi, Russel Brunson, in addition, to literally hundreds of stages, national publications and syndicated shows.  As a mom of six kids, Rachel lives in Fort Worth, Texas.

Jonathan VanHorn

Jonathan created Tooth & Coin to solve the problem facing many dentists – they have a complicated business and their time is stretched way too thin. Most dentists spend 15,000 hours learning to be a dentist but ZERO hours learning how to be a business owner.

Tooth & Coin aims to completely automate and outsource the bookkeeping, financial reporting, and tax portion of the dentist’s business so that they can focus on what really matters in their practice. By creating an automated workflow for the dentist and by focusing on showing dentists what numbers they need to be watching, Tooth & Coin has allowed dental practices around the country to raise profits by hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

Jonathan is proud to have been honored as a rising star in Arkansas Business’ 40 Under 40 Class of 2019. This list recognizes 40 intriguing business and political leaders under 40 years old, and is nominated by readers and chosen by the editors of Arkansas Business.

When not interviewing dentists on his podcast Start Your Dental Practice, coaching dentists on being a better business owner, or just nerding it up with business owners about ways to be more profitable Jonathan enjoys spending time going to the lake with his wife April, daughter Harper, and son Finn. He’s also been known to play golf (poorly).

Weird facts about Jonathan – he was once ranked in the top ten in the nation at whiffleball, played bass guitar in a rock band for eight years, and spent his college years playing semi-professional poker.

Crystalynn Shelton

Crystalynn Shelton is a small business advisor specializing in financial accounting software training, coaching, and consulting. She is the author of three Amazon Bestsellers: Mastering QuickBooks 2020, Mastering QuickBooks 2021, and Mastering QuickBooks 2022. In addition to being a small business owner, she has more than 20 years of experience leading accounting departments in the entertainment, oil and gas, education, and computer technology fields.

Crystalynn graduated with her accounting degree from UTA (University of Texas in Arlington), and she is an Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor. This year, Crystalynn was named as one of the Top 100 ProAdvisors in the country! Crystalynn has taught accounting, bookkeeping and QuickBooks courses as an Adjunct Instructor for the last 12 years at the University of California at Los Angeles Extension. When she is not in the classroom, Crystalynn enjoys trying new restaurants with her hubby, watching her Dallas Cowboys play and curling up with a good book.

Tyler Otto

Tyler Otto along with his wife Karen are the owners of Specialty Bookkeeping, LLC, where he has developed a winning formula for an innovative, virtually-based accounting and tax firm. His company leverages technology to simplify clients’ financial processes, creating greater visibility into their financials and driving profit. He has extensive experience in the finance side of the hotel and tourism industry, where he served as the Corporate Director of Finance with Imprint Hospitality in 2020. Tyler has been featured on the I Love Bookkeeping and Building the Premier Accounting Firm podcasts and most importantly, presented at BKX 2022.

Tyler has a passion for team development and promoting fun and collaborative cultures. He believes that a dedication to continuous improvement and learning is the backbone of any successful venture. He loves helping clients make more money. His career has been focused on serving as a financial analyst and business partner, helping business managers make strategic decisions that will grow their businesses for years to come.

Tyler is a fanatic about making new relationships and collaborating with others on large projects. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with his wife Karen and two children. When he’s not geeking out in Visual Basic, he’s found in the woodshop doing any number of woodworking projects, or on his road bike.

Ben Stein

Ben is the cofounder and CEO of Keeper – your one app to run a bookkeeping business.

Prior to founding Keeper, Ben was the CFO of Mira, a Sequoia-backed tech startup. At Mira, he was responsible for all financial operations, from bookkeeping to board reporting.

There, he experienced firsthand the pain of managing a month-end close, which inspired him to build Keeper.

Geni Whitehouse

A basset hound worshipper and keynote presenter, Geni believes there is magic in the numbers and is on a mission to unlock the magic so business owners can apply it in creating the life of their dreams.  She hasn’t quite figured out what she wants to be when she grows up and is fortunate to work in a number of different businesses. 

Geni is an author and former TedXNapaValley speaker who now divides her time between working as a winery consultant at Brotemarkle, Davis & Co in the Napa Valley and writing, speaking, and tweeting at EvenANerd.com. She is a co-founder of Solve Services, a remote bookkeeping business for the wine industry, and is a Certified Level 5 Advisor and Instructor at www.TheImpactfulAdvisor.com. There, she teaches fellow accountants how to apply magical numbers for the benefit of their clients.

Kanika Redd

Kanika is the owner and founder of Primary Focus Bookkeeping LLC. She started her bookkeeping, tax, and business consulting firm in November of 2015. Prior to establishing her firm, Kanika spent over 15 years in corporate accounting. She started out as a staff auditor with Arthur Andersen (yes, a very long time ago…LOL) in Houston, TX, and quickly went into industry working primarily for publicly traded companies in their financial reporting departments. She has both a bachelor’s and master’s in accounting from Mississippi State University. Her son Kellen is her reason and the joy of her life.

When not working in her business, Kanika enjoys cooking MOSTLY healthy meals, making soap and lip balm, reading, homeschooling, and playing the occasional video game with her son, and exploring new places both in-person and virtually.

Justin Boynton

Justin Boynton is the owner of Watch My Green. He is a former banker turned bookkeeping business owner and started his business in 2017 after completing Bookkeeper Launch. He started working with the Bookkeepers.com team in late 2021 and has loved watching the business grow!

He is a father of 3 boys, and his wife Rachel is a school teacher. He enjoys coin collecting, woodchopping, and hunting, and is a fan of all Boston sports teams.

He is a firm believer that anyone who has a skill should look at owning a business. It is the best professional decision he has ever made.

Jocelyn Maynes

Jocelyn Maynes is the founder and president of Primary Bookkeeping, a boutique virtual bookkeeping firm and based in Los Angeles, CA. Primary Bookkeeping advises clients in a wide range of industries from service-based to building rocket ships (true client), while specializing in e-commerce. With a background in the music industry and commercial real estate, her passion for people and enthusiasm for growth built the foundation for her ability to create long-lasting relationships. Over the last 6 years, Jocelyn and her team have helped their clients take their businesses from startups to powerhouses being featured on Shark Tank, Good Morning America, and Universal Studios. Jocelyn’s ability to tell a story through numbers helps her clients see the bigger picture so they can make the best possible decisions to reach their goals.

To add a personal touch – I am a mom to 2 young kiddos, my whole reason for starting my business, and when not working I enjoy the outdoors, crafting, and Kings hockey games.

Jaime Rodriguez

Jaime Rodriguez is the Founder and CEO of Paralledger, a leading bookkeeping company specializing in services for law firms. Based in Houston, Texas, Jaime is a dedicated entrepreneur and a proud first-generation immigrant with a passion for excellence and a dedication to empowering others to achieve their entrepreneurial dreams.

Jaime attended Sam Houston State University, where he earned his degree in accounting. He honed his skills as a controller for an immigration law firm before deciding to venture out on his own. In the summer of 2017, after completing the Bookkeeper Launch program, Jaime established Paralledger to provide top-notch, outsourced bookkeeping services to law firms. His extensive experience and ability to communicate seamlessly in Spanish and English allow him to provide tailored solutions to a diverse clientele.

When he’s not meticulously managing his clients’ finances, Jaime can be found enjoying life with his wife, Kristen, and their two beloved dogs. He is an avid NBA basketball fan and is mildly obsessed with the Dallas Mavericks.

Valerie Johnson

Valerie Johnston is the owner and founder of Profit Meadow Bookkeeping. She launched her business in 2017 after hearing about a guy named Ben Robinson. In a prerecorded video, Ben told her she could start her own business and stay home with her infant daughter. She believed him.

Valerie is the author of two Amazon Bestsellers in nonfiction: D.I.Y. Bookkeeping and Minimalism for Business Owners. She also writes paranormal romance novels. In her debut novel, she wrote a present-day retelling of Beauty and the Beast where the GIRL is the beast. She is currently writing a 16-book series in the paranormal romance genre. 

In addition to a business owner, bookkeeper, and author, Valerie is also a Christian, wife, mother, artist, minimalist, and dreamer. 

Ben Robinson

Ben Robinson is the founder and CEO of bookkeepers.com. He has helped thousands of Bookkeeping Professionals to start, grow and transform their practices into true businesses.

He used his background as a CPA for small businesses to formulate a blueprint that helps our profession deliver more value to our clients and earn more money.

Ben was an air-traffic controller in the Air Force before graduating from the University of Central Arkansas. He proudly supports Bookkeeping Professionals around the globe through a partnership with Charity Water.

He lives in Atlanta and has three grown children, one in college and two who work with him.

Emcee: Yelitza Mora