Aspen Axelman, CPA, CMA

Commander
DISC Type : D

Owner at Aspen Accounting & Advisory

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Overview

Aspen Axelman is the owner of Aspen Accounting & Advisory, where she specializes in providing high-quality financial support for tech startups and nonprofits. She is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and a graduate of The University of New Mexico, focused on turning financial chaos into clarity for founders.

Outside of work, Aspen has a strong commitment to community service, earning a Bronze Presidential Volunteer Award for dedicating over 150 hours to volunteering. She is also a determined adventurer and mountaineer who has undertaken significant personal challenges.

Unique fact: Aspen successfully summited Mount Kilimanjaro, reaching Stella Point at an altitude of 5, 756 meters after six days of hiking.

Personality Overview

Very Quick

Risk-Taker

Strong-Willed

They are not focused on building rapport and relationships.  They are very proud of what they do. They like to be in a position where they can control the conversation and terms.

Topics They Care About

Startup Accounting
Her firm, Aspen Accounting & Advisory, specializes in helping tech startups. She frequently shares advice on common financial challenges startups face, like revenue recognition.
Nonprofit Financials
She has extensive experience with nonprofit clients, advising on best practices for financial reporting to boards and helping them sustain their missions.
Clean Bookkeeping
Her professional headline is "I like clean books and I cannot lie, " highlighting her core value of transforming messy books into clear, understandable financials.

Media Appearances

Aspen has no verified media appearances

Work History

11-2025
Owner at Aspen Accounting & Advisory
11-2024
Financial Controller at Govineer Solutions
6-2024 - 11-2024
Consulting Controller at CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen)
7-2022 - 6-2024
Consulting Assistant Controller at CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen)
7-2019 - 7-2022
Senior Accountant at CLA (CliftonLarsonAllen)

Education

2016 - 6-2019
Bachelor of Business Administration from The University of New Mexico

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Insights For Selling To Aspen

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Make sure that you circle back fast on any action items, it wins their trust
  • Be respectful but crisp
  • Refer to testimonials from well-known industry leaders

DONT's

  • Do not hesitate from asking counter questions, just avoid challenging their authority
  • Avoid being too verbose
  • Don't try too hard to forge relationships with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Aspen is

  • Confidence in impact is paramount to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Aspen

  • If they are not convinced, they will have no hesitation in telling you the same.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Aspen move?

  • They can take decisions very fast if you manage to convince them.
  • Can Aspen take some risk or not?

  • The risks don’t matter much to them.

You And Aspen

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