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Ryan Seeley
CEO, Premier Business Consulting Group | 37 | HOMETOWN: Scarborough, Ontario
Ryan Seeley started Premier Business Consulting in 2019 to make the quality of the " big four " accounting
firms affordable and attainable to smaller enterprises. In the past two years, the firm has more than
doubled its employee count and is anticipating a 300 per cent year-over-year growth by the end of 2023.
Committed to Canadian newcomer support and advancement, Premier offers services to clients in over a
dozen languages.
What do you rank as your top accomplishment in
business? The large-scale lockdowns from Covid began the
second month after the company's founding. Immediately I
had to pivot the business to survive the new realities of what
clients were needing to get done. This was heavily
focused on accounting, taxation and applications
for loans and grants. With the company having
survived and grown during that period, I
would say that having hired a team that is
now managing a large portion of the business
has allowed me to focus on scaling up.
Ultimately, being positioned to pivot from
doing what we had to do in order to survive, to
now doing the things we want to do, has been
the biggest achievement.
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he company having
that period, I
a team that is
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on scaling up.
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order to survive, to
nt to do, has been
What advice would you offer to
your younger self? Don't allow
criticisms from people you have
no desire to be like impact your
way of doing things. Seek guidance
from people who want
the best for you, who have
walked in your shoes, who
have overcome the challenges
you will encounter. The rest
is just noise.
allow
have
our
uides
What's
left on the professional
or personal
horizon? A major goal
professionally has always
been to be an integral part
of a management team that
takes a company public - I
want to be there when the
company is ringing the opening
bell of the stock market on its
ng
first day of trading. On a personal
level, no matter the growth of
the business, to maintain being
present for my wife and son, and
rsonal
of
ing
, and
future children.
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the best for you, who have walked in your
shoes, who have overcome the challenges
you will encounter. The rest is just noise.
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ou will encount
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You're marooned on a desert island - what's
the one thing you're bringing with you? A
Wilson volleyballll comes to mind...but practically
speaking, more likely a toothbrush.
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If you weren't working in your
current field, what would you
be doing? Since my age
you weren't
cu ent f
likely now prohibits me from
joining a boy band, I'd like to
kely
be a writer. I think it would
be fascinating to travel the
e a w
world and learn from the
older generations what
wo
ld
makes for a truly happy
and meaningful life.
Putting those various
topics into a book
a
would be a fun and
interesting experience.
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