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Nathan Hirsch is the Co-founder of EcomBalance, a monthly bookkeeping service helping e-commerce businesses manage their bookkeeping and finances. Nathan began his entrepreneurial journey in 2009 by selling products on Amazon and is best known for his involvement in co-founding Freeeup in 2015. With an initial investment of $5,000, Nathan helped scale the business to $12 million in yearly revenue before selling it in 2019.

Nathan is also the Co-founder of AccountsBalance, EcomBalance’s partner company, and the Co-founder of Outsource School, where he teaches business owners proven hiring methods for finding top-tier virtual assistants.

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Finances are the driving force behind any company and indicate operational strengths and weaknesses. Most e-commerce business owners are ill-equipped to read and decipher financial statements, yet they shoulder bookkeeping responsibilities. Taking ownership of financials without accounting knowledge is a risk most entrepreneurs can’t afford.

Although hiring a bookkeeper is an additional monthly payment, business owners are relieved from the stress of balancing accounts. Bookkeeping requires understanding accounting principles and allocating time to read and record accurate financial details. Most e-commerce executives can’t commit to recording expenditures amidst their leadership responsibilities. Nathan Hirsch testifies business owners who take financial responsibility are likely to spend more money fixing their mistakes than if they had hired a professional. He implores entrepreneurs to hire a bookkeeper, and, at the very least, review income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow monthly to recognize company trends. 

On this episode of the Up Arrow Podcast, William Harris welcomes Nathan Hirsch, Co-founder of EcomBalance, to discuss the pertinence of accurate bookkeeping for e-commerce businesses. Nathan shares common mistakes business owners make when balancing their books, how segmenting books can accelerate business growth, and the three financial reports owners must compare monthly. He also provides resources for hiring vetted CPAs and CFOs to transcribe budget data.

Nathan Hirsch is the Co-founder and CEO of EcomBalance and Outsource School. EcomBalance is a monthly bookkeeping service for e-commerce businesses selling across multiple channels. Outsource School teaches business owners effective hiring methods for hiring and retaining top-tier, offshore virtual assistants. In 2015, he co-founded FreeUp.net, scaling it to $12M in yearly revenue before exiting in 2019. Nathan has appeared on over 400 podcasts and is a social media personality.

Offshore outsourcing involves contracting individuals or service providers located in different geographical regions. In-demand business functions and industries such as IT services, software development, finance and accounting, customer support, and data entry have sparked a need for outsourcing virtual talent. Additionally, there are a multitude of benefits to using this type of service, including cost-effectiveness, scalability and flexibility, time zone advantages, and access to specialized skills.

As with any type of business, outsourcing comes with many challenges. Nathan Hirsch, a longtime entrepreneur, experienced years of hiring trial and error. The lessons he learned along the way led him to scale businesses beyond seven figures using only virtual assistants. Eager to share these methods as an online educational resource for other business owners led him to co-found the Outsource School.

In this episode of the eComm Breakthrough Podcast, Josh Hadley interviews Nathan Hirsch, Co-founder of EcomBalance and Outsource School, to discuss finance and business operating systems. Nathan shares the challenges of outsourcing talent, proven hiring methods for acquiring offshore talent, the benefits of using Outsource School, and business owners’ common bookkeeping mistakes.

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With over 13 years of experience as an entrepreneur, Nathan Hirsch is a knowledgeable ecommerce leader and a successful founder. He is the Co-founder and CEO of EcomBalance, which offers simple bookkeeping services for growing ecommerce brands. He co-founded and eventually sold FreeeUp, which provided online business owners a more reliable and faster way to hire talented workers online.

Nathan also co-founded Outsource School to help companies find virtual assistants. Most recently, he launched the sister company of EcomBalance, and AccountsBalance was born and provides bookkeeping services to agencies, SaaS, and online businesses. At the beginning of his career, Nathan got his start selling textbooks through Amazon, and he and his co-founder eventually scaled it to $5 million.

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In the last episode, Guillaume spoke with Nathan Hirsch about how to scale a business from nothing to eight figures. Now they touch on the next step for many entrepreneurs: How do you successfully sell and exit your business?

There are countless pitfalls you need to be aware of when selling. Higher numbers are not always better, and many unsuspecting entrepreneurs have missed the proper way to exit. Since Nathan and his business partner successfully navigated their own deal, he wants to offer those same insights to you.

In this episode of the Ecommerce Wizards Podcast, Guillaume Le Tual interviews Nathan Hirsch, the Co-founder and CEO of EcomBalance, to detail how to successfully sell an eight-figure business. They talk about the success that led to exiting, how to maximize your company’s value, and strategies for negotiating the best possible deal. Stay tuned to hear all of the essential advice for yourself!

With over 13 years of experience as an entrepreneur, Nathan Hirsch is a knowledgeable ecommerce leader and a successful founder. He is the Co-founder and CEO of EcomBalance, which offers simple bookkeeping services for growing ecommerce brands. He co-founded and eventually sold FreeeUp, which provided online business owners a more reliable and faster way to hire talented workers online.

Nathan also co-founded Outsource School to help companies find virtual assistants. Most recently, he launched the sister company of EcomBalance, and AccountsBalance was born and provides bookkeeping services to agencies, SaaS, and online businesses. At the beginning of his career, Nathan got his start selling textbooks through Amazon, and he and his co-founder eventually scaled it to $5 million.

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Every entrepreneur wants to know the keys to launching a successful ecommerce startup. What about the challenge of starting from scratch and working up to eight-figure revenue? This process is difficult but not impossible, and few know this better than Nathan Hirsch.

Starting in his college dorm room, Nathan quickly built his side hustle into a full-blown business. Since then, he has started and successfully operated several other companies using the same winning principles. One of his more recent ventures is Outsource School, having scaled the business from zero to eight figures of income. Now he explains the process he uses that makes his companies thrive.

On this episode of the Ecommerce Wizards Podcast, Guillaume Le Tual talks with Nathan Hirsch, the Co-founder of Outsource School, the Co-founder and CEO of EcomBalance, and the Co-founder of FreeeUp, about his advice and strategies for launching his businesses from the ground up. They talk about Nathan’s entrepreneurial background, the internal structures his teams used, and how they got the word out about their brand. They also take time to break down Outsource School’s approach to hiring and freelancing.

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About Nathan Hirsch of Ecom Balance- https://www.ecombalance.com

EcomBalance was founded by Nathan Hirsch and Connor Gillivan in 2021 after discovering a huge need for a simple bookkeeping service specifically for eCommerce businesses. Nathan and Connor are longtime entrepreneurs who have sold over $25 million on Amazon so they understand the eCommerce space. They also built the eCommerce freelance marketplace, FreeUp, to 8 figures (acquired in 2019 by The HOTH). With EcomBalance, they’re on a mission to change the way bookkeeping is offered to eCommerce companies.

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Nathan Hirsch is the CEO at EcomBalance, a bookkeeping service for e-commerce businesses, and the Co-founder of Outsource School, an education platform for businesses. With over 10 years of e-commerce experience, Nathan has always had a passion for running his own businesses and being an entrepreneur. He recently built and sold his e-commerce business, FreeUp.net, for eight figures. 

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Do you want to spend more time scaling your brand and less time bookkeeping? If so, Nathan Hirsch has the solution to ease the financial burden for you.

As an entrepreneur at heart, Nathan understands the intricate parts of running a brand — which is why he created his bookkeeping service, EcomBalance. Good financials are the building blocks of a successful e-commerce brand, and properly organized books can mean accurate add backs and a greater exit. So, how can you get organized to make more profitable decisions for your brand?

In this episode of the Quiet Light Podcast, Joe Valley sits down with Nathan Hirsch, CEO at EcomBalance, to discuss the importance of e-commerce bookkeeping for growing and exiting your brand. Nathan talks about his entrepreneurial roots, how to get the most profit from your add backs, and why you need clean and proper books as an entrepreneur. Stay tuned! 

On the show this week is Nathan Hirsch, Nathan speaks about:

-High Intensity Workouts

-Growing an Amazon business in college to $25 Million in Revenue

-Improving his management style

-His newest venture: "Outsource School", which is an online education platform teaching entrepreneurs how to hire and scale their business with virtual assistants.

-His favorite book, place he's visited and way to give back!

In 2015, Nathan Hirsch and his partner started FreeUp.com, an online marketplace of virtual assistants. Four years later, Hirsch and his partner were billing more than $12 million when they received an acquisition offer from a customer they couldn’t refuse.

When building our business, how do we start outsourcing those things that are not part of our core expertise? One solution is to hire a virtual assistant. Start outsourcing that work to someone that can do it at a fee that makes sense for your business and will do it better than you can.

Today we talk all through the processes of how you build outsourcing into your business, how to get through those initial barriers, and why outsourcing certain tasks is so important.

Highlights:

• Learn all the ways your business will benefit
• Understand the three different outsourcing levels
• Find out what to look for when hiring
• Become familiar with common outsourcing pitfalls and how to avoid them
• Get tips for business growth

Quotes:

"A lot of people don't realize how powerful that is when you can focus your time on what you're really good at, the high-level parts of your business. You can quickly delegate a lot of the smaller stuff or the things that are outside your core competency."

"I try to encourage people to not focus on things you can't control. Focus on the things you can control, which is your system for interviewing, onboarding, training, and managing virtual assistants or hires in general."

"Understanding what different levels you need is the first step of hiring. Then you can get creative on exactly what you want to

"We didn't just wake up one day and hire thirty-five VAs, cross our fingers, and hope it worked out. We had real systems, real processes that we put into place. Everything from bonuses and raises to how we ran meetings, how we reduce turnover, to how we fired someone if it didn't work out."

Guest Links:

Website: outsourceschool.com

Social Media: @realnathanhirsch

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On this episode of Fueled By Death Cast, meet Nathan Hirsch, the co-founder and CEO of FreeUp.com. Nate started his first eCommerce business out of his college dorm room and this gave him valuable insight into how to start a business, and the hardships of hiring once your business grow. This led Nate to create Free Up, a marketplace that connects businesses with pre-vetted virtual assistants. Nate talks about his journey in business and what fuels him to keep remaining motivated.

Check out the transcript and more at www.deathwishcoffee.com/nathanhirsch