Helped a Firm Hit $10M, Then Waited 9 Months for a Client | Lee Walker

The Accounting Leads Now Podcast · Oct 29, 2026 · 28m

Lee Walker gave his firm two months' notice so his team and clients wouldn't be left hanging. Leadership's answer: "we're just going to let you go." Within weeks he had launched his own business, turned his Denver house into a 14-bed Airbnb, started learning Spanish and moved to Peru. His first paying client didn't come for nine months.

Episode 97 features Lee Walker, founder of Daily Driver Consulting, known as the CAS Doctor. He spent three years inside an accounting firm that grew from $1M to $10M in revenue, 10 to 50 employees and 300 to 900 clients without a single acquisition or merger…