Kyle Bryant is the Managing Partner of Market Street Partners in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Kyle oversees the firm’s operations and has provided assurance, tax, and business consulting services for over a decade. In this episode, Kyle and Stuart discuss the rapid growth of Chattanooga, what attracts businesses to invest in the region, and what the projections are for the future. As a manager of the largest transaction in Chattanooga’s history, Kyle is a top-tier professional in his city and gives an insight into how accounting is developing the Tennessee market.

Together they discuss:

The story behind Market Street Partners (01:00)Kyle’s journey as a private CPA (2:30)Kyles work at the Lamp Post Group (3:30)Serving a new group of clients in Chattanooga (4:30)The size and profile of Market Street Partners (5:30)Local and remote employees at Market Street Partners (07:30)The competitive landscape in Chattanooga (08:30)Market Street Partners’ mission (9:50)What retirement looks like for Kyle (11:00)Market Street Partners’ media strategy (12:45)Why accountants are reluctant to delve into business development and sales (14:20)Chattanooga’s local economy and development (16:15)What types of businesses come to the South East (18:30)The shortage of young accounting professionals (19:30)What Kyle does outside of work (21:10)Market Street Partners’ tech stack (21:40)The game plan for the near future (23:30)