Bloom almost doubled its gross revenue for the first four years. “But within three weeks, I had enough clients that I realized I could live off it full time.” The single mother needed to generate some income, so she decided to open her own bookkeeping business, thinking it would just be a side project until she found something more permanent. Propelled into Major SuccessĪt the time, Lara’s three sons were 3, 5, and 6.
Within months of graduating, though, Lara lost her job at Socket. With the fruits of her bookkeeping career prospering, Lara pursued and finished her MBA with an emphasis in accounting at Columbia College in 2016. With nearly a decade of business accounting experience under her belt, Lara went to Socket, first as assistant controller and then as controller. I was in that position for nearly 10 years.” I was doing managerial, day-to-day bookkeeping and it was something I really enjoyed. “I was only there a couple of months when the owner decided to run for Congress, at which time I was moved into the chief operating officer position. “One of my first jobs after college was office manager at The MacXperts Network ,” Lara recalls. She thought she’d be heading for the corporate world upon graduation, but life planted a seed in another field for her. She went to MU, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in marketing with a minor in environmental science. Lara came to Columbia in 2000 as so many do: to attend school.
“But I wasn’t going to let - or anyone else in the future - have that much control over my life.” Sowing a Career “In the blink of an eye, everything I thought was secure was gone,” Lara says. Resourceful, creative, and determined, the 39-year-old Leawood, Kansas, native and single mom of three boys opened Bloom Bookkeeping in 2016 after losing her job as controller for Socket Telecom. Lara Pieper is proof that a professional setback can be turned into a huge opportunity - if you’re not daunted by the fact that the professional journey rarely is a straight line.
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