Kasey Anton
About Kasey Anton
Kasey Anton is the founder of Spark Business Consulting and the author of "Profit First for Restaurants." A former restaurateur with more than two decades in the industry, she worked her way from bartender to restaurant owner in Boston before selling her restaurants and pivoting into bookkeeping and consulting. Today she leads what she describes as one of the top one percent of accounting firms in the United States.
Through Spark Business Consulting, Kasey has served more than 300 clients across industries, with a deep specialty in food service, and has identified the winning and losing strategies that separate thriving businesses from struggling ones. She leads a dynamic team known as the "Sparkles" and is passionate about making numbers approachable and businesses profitable — bringing a dash of humor and a wealth of practical wisdom to her work. When she's not advising clients, speaking at conferences, or appearing on podcasts, she's a mom, home renovator, and guest entrepreneurship teacher.
On The Daily Mastermind, Kasey sat down with George Wright III to break down why restaurants struggle more than almost any other business and how owners can fight back. She walked through reading a balance sheet like a business doctor, running a basic business model analysis on paper, eliminating high-interest debt, and putting intention behind every dollar that comes in. For anyone running tight margins, her conversation on mastering restaurant cash flow with the Profit First method reframes profit as something you assign first, not whatever happens to be left over.
