A payroll bureau for eleven clients.
A migration nobody else would quote for. It went well.
Opened because a client moved, not because of a plan.
Built after three clients asked the same question in one quarter.
The founders sold to a trust rather than to a consolidator.
Two hundred and forty people. Still independent.
Founded the firm. Still runs two client accounts herself.
Owns every cutover weekend. Sleeps badly, deliberately.
Built the practice from three clients asking the same question.