kelly mann: women in leadership, thriving against all odds | arc

“i’d go through cancer again before i’d go back to not having confidence.”

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accounting arc
with arpan grewal
center for accounting transformation

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when kelly mann left her public accounting job, she had no clients, no roadmap, and no guarantee of success. but what she did have was a vision—and a willingness to take risks. today, she is the ceo of auditminer, a groundbreaking software company that simplifies 401(k) audits for cpa firms across the country. 

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“i was always told to stop being a bull in a china shop,” mann recalls. “but i realized i was okay with being a bull—i just needed to leave the china shop.” that realization set her on the path to entrepreneurship. 

in 2020, mann was preparing to launch auditminer when she was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. facing both a global pandemic and a personal health battle, she nearly gave up.