Laura McKenzie (Formerly Taylor)

Laura McKenzie (formerly Taylor) is the founder of Bright Flamingo, where she supports accounting firm owners on a 1-1 basis through mentoring and consulting. She built a firm before she started advising anyone else on how to do it. As one of the few female founders to successfully scale to 7 figures whilst the sole owner, Laura isn't your average accountant. She started her firm in 2018 with £200 and then grew it into a virtual finance department serving construction businesses across the UK. She then sold it in 2024 and successfully exited. The firm was profitable every year and had no external investment. Over £3m of the work that helped her grow the firm came through LinkedIn and Laura is a huge advocate of this approach for growing a professional services business. She has over 65k followers on Linkedin making her one of the most followed professionals in the accounting industry Her clients are established owners firm owners who are busy but stuck. They are often firefighting inst