David Grau Sr.

And I'll add another one, not necessarily a book, but something that's very practical is join a study group.

And I always tell the younger owners, don't try to be the smartest or the loudest or the richest person in that study group.

Go in there and learn and listen.

Talk to those folks as to what they do and how they do it and what worked and what didn't work.

And then ask follow-up questions.

I like a video where you just have to sit and listen, or a book where you can read it at your leisure.

Create a two-way conversation with people in your community who have been there.

What did you read to get this done?

How did you figure it out?

Who did you talk to?

Who's your lawyer?

Who's your CPA?

Who did you hire as a bookkeeper?

You don't have to completely reinvent the wheel here.

You have to realize what you don't know and then go figure out how to fill all those gaps.

And however best you learn, that's what's right for you.

And you've got a very large business.

Not everybody gets there and not everybody wants to get there.

My typical 10 person CPA firm or architectural firm or engineering firm doesn't want an IPO.

They don't want to run 100 person firm.