Your calendar is stacked, your weekends are gone, and from the outside it looks like you’ve made it. Then you check your bank account and feel that gut-drop moment. We’re naming the problem wedding planners rarely say out loud: being fully booked is not the same as being profitable, and the “busy but broke” cycle is often fueled by emotion, avoidance, and cash flow that is never planned on purpose.
In this episode, Laurie Hartwell is joined by Matt Mitchell, a financial expert who spent 13+ years in finance with ultra-high net worth families and then ran his own successful wedding planning company. Now he helps event pros get financially organized through The Event Ledger, and he brings a rare mix of empathy and hard numbers. We talk about why clarity and confidence come after you act, how seasonal income can make profit on paper disappear in real life, and why separating business and personal accounts is a non-negotiable for tracking, taxes, and peace of mind.
We also break down pricing on purpose: finding your survival number, choosing a realistic booking sweet spot, and making sure your packages are defensible in your market while still paying you like the CEO you are. Plus, we dig into subscription spending, ROI, and the “plan during the calm so you can flourish during the chaos” approach that keeps slow months from derailing your business.
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