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Paul Miller

Business By Design
President & Founder
paulmiller@mybbd.com

Businessbydesign
For almost 20 years, Paul Miller has been building his firm with a focus on meeting client needs beyond compliance work, and with a business consultancy mindset.

When he became self-employed in 1993, Paul found resources for tax planning, business structure/entity optimization, and overall business coaching difficult to find. After founding Business by Design in Edina, MN, his goal was to help other entrepreneurs and small businesses be more tax-efficient and make smarter business decisions, in addition to providing traditional accounting firm services.

Today, Paul has developed a firm that provides high-margin business coaching, tax planning, and asset protection services for small businesses, employing many of the same tax planning strategies that larger firms offer. This creates a trusted advisor relationship with his clients, builds multiple income streams for his firm, and establishes the firm’s unique value proposition. Whether it’s tax savings, business transition guidance, or equity-building strategies, clients see the value Business by Design delivers — thereby virtually eliminating the client-fee pressure situations many accounting firms find themselves in today.

The firm employs a unique “team” approach that pairs Paul’s own entrepreneurial expertise with a highly trained and diverse staff that includes accountants, CPAs, enrolled agents, paralegal, and administrative staff to provide high-level, results-oriented services to their clients. Paul’s focus on the progressive use of technology to drive firm efficiency and better serve clients, coupled with his consultative approach to helping business clients, has positioned Business by Design as a firm of the future.

About Us: Business By Design helps entrepreneurs develop and implement the necessary tools for small business with special emphasis given to entity structure, tax planning, and asset protection strategies. We are primarily in the “Relationship” business. All of our clients benefit from having a variety of different experts available to work as a cohesive team to help with their business needs.

Archived Webinars

TAX FIRMS: PLANNING AND GROWTH STRATEGIES FOR 2025
Recorded Date January 6, 2025  Cost Free Presentation Length 1.0 hour  CPE: Not available (archived webinars do not offer CPE credits)  Subject Area Business Management and Organization  Course Level Basic      Who Should Attend CPA - small firm     
2023 YEAR-END TAX STRATEGY PLAN FOR SMALL FIRMS
Recorded Date January 9, 2024  Cost Free Presentation Length 1.0 hour  CPE: Not available (archived webinars do not offer CPE credits)  Subject Area Business Management and Organization  Course Level Basic      Who Should Attend CPA - small firm     
2022 YEAR-END TAX STRATEGIES
Recorded Date November 8, 2022  Cost Free Presentation Length 1.0 hour  CPE: Not available (archived webinars do not offer CPE credits)  Subject Area Business Management and Organization  Course Level Basic      Who Should Attend Bookkeeper, CFO / Controller, CPA - small firm, CPA - medium firm     
YEAR-END TAX PLANNING: HOW ADVISORS DO MORE FOR CLIENTS
Recorded Date October 20, 2021  Cost Free Presentation Length 1.0 hour  CPE: Not available (archived webinars do not offer CPE credits)  Subject Area Taxes  Course Level Basic      Who Should Attend CPA - small firm, CPA - medium firm     
ADVISORY ACCELERATION: DRIVE NEW BUSINESS FOR YOUR FIRM
Recorded Date August 25, 2021  Cost Free Presentation Length 2.0 hours  CPE: Not available (archived webinars do not offer CPE credits)  Subject Area Business Management and Organization  Course Level Basic      Who Should Attend Bookkeeper, CPA - small firm, CPA - medium firm, Other     
ONE YEAR LATER: A RETROSPECTIVE ON COVID-19'S IMPACT ON TAX & ACCOUNTING
Recorded Date July 29, 2021  Cost Free Presentation Length 1.0 hour  CPE: Not available (archived webinars do not offer CPE credits)  Subject Area Personal Development  Course Level Basic      Who Should Attend CPA - small firm, Other     
ADVISORY SERVICES: WHY IS EVERYONE TELLING ME TO DO THIS, WHEN I ALREADY DO IT?
Recorded Date July 28, 2021  Cost Free Presentation Length 1.0 hour  CPE: Not available (archived webinars do not offer CPE credits)  Subject Area Business Management and Organization  Course Level Basic      Who Should Attend CPA - small firm, Other     
MOVE YOUR FIRM FORWARD: SELLING YOUR VALUE IN THE FACE OF FORCED CHANGE
Recorded Date June 18, 2018  Cost Free Presentation Length 1.0 hour  CPE: Not available (archived webinars do not offer CPE credits)  Subject Area Business Management and Organization  Course Level Basic      Who Should Attend Bookkeeper, CPA - small firm, CPA - medium firm, CPA - large firm, Other     
MOVE YOUR FIRM FORWARD: ENSURING AGREED-UPON VALUE IN THE SALES PROCESS
Recorded Date December 5, 2017  Cost Free Presentation Length 1.0 hour  CPE: Not available (archived webinars do not offer CPE credits)  Subject Area Business Management and Organization  Course Level Basic      Who Should Attend Bookkeeper, CPA - small firm, CPA - medium firm, CPA - large firm, Other     
STRENGTHEN CLIENT RELATIONSHIPS AND MONETIZE SERVICES YOU MAY BE GIVING AWAY
Recorded Date September 28, 2017  Cost Free Presentation Length 1.5 hours  CPE: Not available (archived webinars do not offer CPE credits)  Subject Area Business Management and Organization  Course Level Basic      Who Should Attend Bookkeeper, CPA - small firm, CPA - medium firm, CPA - large firm, Other