Danielle Ridgeway On Ways to Help Her Clients Stay Accountable

By Sym Posey | The Birmingham Times As the owner of an accounting and business advisory firm, Danielle Ridgeway wants to make sure her clients keep their assets covered. The chief accountant founded her business, Covering Your Assets, LLC, six years ago. The name, she said, is twofold. “[We’re] providing the pathway for accounting and business advisory. Our mentality is always covering yourself, covering your bases, and that led me to the name because we wanted whoever walks through our door to make sure they are covered.” The agency serves small businesses, nonprofits, and small municipalities in the Birmingham Metro area. The includes a range of services from a startup entrepreneur to a legacy business that needs a revamp of its policies and procedures or to implement some new software. “No matter what stage of business they’re in, they can walk through the door, and we can assess them, if it’s something we don’t do, we partner with other resources,” she said. “Leap Of Faith” Ridgeway didn’t know what the future would hold with the business especially when she decided to pursue her career during the height of a global pandemic in 2020. but for Ridgeway it was the perfect...