David Grau Sr.

And then ask follow-up questions.

And so unlike 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.

So if you have good information, you've got a very large business.

So, you know, I...

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.

It's not what they know and it's not who they are, but they would like to double in size.

maybe twice over in their career.

Not twice as many people, twice the revenue, twice the profits.

And so my job is to help them get to that point in time, you know, from age 45 to 65, and then have great decisions to make.