Unveiling the new Tesla cybertruck, design lead Franz Von Holzhausen winds up and throws a baseball into the concept car’s “bullet proof” glass. And … shatters it.

I chatted recently with a friend who had finished in the top 10 in a local poker championship. Congratulating him on his win, I asked him what he attributed his success to.

When we founded Breakaway Bookkeeping & Advising, we knew that embracing diversity was a given. Because it is who we are as founders and as humans. Because it is #whatmatters.

The coronavirus had an imbalanced approach to healthcare facilities. While hospitals and larger health systems were overrun with an influx of patients and emergencies, smaller practices were deemed “non-essential.” Elective surgeries and routine primary care were asked to pause, in efforts to support the overburden treatment of COVID-19 patients.

It was a cold January day more than forty years ago in Koln (Cologne) Germany. The pianist Keith Jarrett was scheduled to play a solo concert to a sold out crowd at the town Opera House. Jarrett had selected a Bosendorfer 290 Imperial concert grand for the performance. However, due to confusion among the opera house staff, instead of Jarrett’s preferred piano, the instrument they had ready for him was a “rehearsal piano” used by the opera - in poor condition, wildly out of tune, and virtually unplayable.

I was excited when I learned that Breakaway’s CEO, Kristen Keats, and board chair, James Jarret, decided to launch Conversations with Breakaway as a way to help independent bookkeepers, controllers, CFOs, and other sole practitioners as they grapple with the economic toll that the Coronavirus has created.

It’s arguably one of the most exciting moments in bicycle racing. Seemingly coming out of nowhere, a pack of riders surges ahead of the peloton and begins a courageous sprint, leaving the main group kilometers behind them.

When I met with one of Breakaway’s (soon to be announced) new board members last week, he toasted our success: “Congratulations on finishing your first quarter in business. You can honestly say it was your best quarter ever!”