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From $7.10/Hour to Inc. 5000: Natalia Zacharin’s Playbook for Predictable Profit 💰📈

Rick McPartlin Season 2 Episode 19

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What do you do when life forces a reset—and you’re starting over at $7.10/hour as a single mom? 💔➡️💪 In this episode of Living a Revenue Culture, Rick sits down with Natalia Zacharin, an Inc. 5000 entrepreneur whose story is equal parts heartwarming and brutally practical. 

Natalia breaks down how she went from “side-gig bookkeeping” (with no formal training) into building real decision support for founders—moving into fractional CFO services so clients don’t just “have numbers”… they know what to do with them. 🧾➡️📈 

In this conversation, you’ll hear:
 ✅ Why “bookkeeping isn’t data entry” (it’s clarity)

✅ How to separate business vs. personal money and start bookkeeping immediately 🏦

✅ The hidden “cost of chaos” (20–40% of top line) and how to recover it 💸🧯

✅ Why forecasting becomes your “crystal ball” 🔮

✅ Her hiring method (3 interviews + scorecards + personality tests) to get the right people in the right seats 👥

✅ The non-negotiable truth: no sales = no business 📣


 🆘 Need help finding the levers that move revenue + profit? Natalia can help—reach out here 👉 https://zacharinconsulting.com/revenue/