Small Business 101 with Bernadette Johnson-Hairl

Bernadette Johnson-Hairl is an accountant, author, business consultant, professional speaker, and trainer committed to “Keeping Small Business in Business.” As President of By The Book Accounting, she has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs across the country start, run, and grow thriving ventures. She also manages three other successful companies. She is the Founder & Executive Director of Raising An Entrepreneur, a faith-based non-profit organization committed to teaching and training young people (ages 13-21) in the areas of money management and business development.

Bernadette’s sense of humor and ability to translate accounting language into “plain English” make her a popular workshop leader. She has conducted training sessions for the U.S. Small Business Administration, and has developed her own seminar series. Bernadette has helped workshop participants and clients alike avoid costly mistakes and save thousands of dollars in taxes. She recently self-published her first book, Business Blueprint: A Small Business Owner’s Guide to Starting & Running a Business THE RIGHT WAY!

She has a B.S. in Accounting from Cheyney University of PA, and later earned her MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management.