How a Small-Town Hockey Player Built a $25M Empire
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What shocking statistic about business taxes is revealed?
92% of business owners were paying more tax than they legally had to, which was shocking to me, meaning 8% only had, you know, we're paying the appropriate amount of tax, the rest were not. It was kind of shocking. But the foundation of that is
Robert Gavreau is a visionary, growth-driven entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Gavreau Accounting Tax Law Advisory. Drawing from his expertise in accounting, tax strategy, and business advisory, he helps entrepreneurs build profitable, scalable businesses while redefining how professional services support long-term financial success.
One of the greatest foundations that I would say, Rudy, for business owners, and maybe this is one of the largest mistakes, is that business owners just aren't paying attention to the score of how their business is performing. So what is actually happening in their business? Are they profitable? Are they not profitable? And it really, this comes down to the foundation of, do you know your numbers? What are the key sort of five, six, seven, eight metrics they should be tracking in their company? One of the greatest tools I think business owners can implement to make their business successful is actually doing. My name is Rudy Moore, host of Living the Red Life podcast, and I'm here to change the way you see your life in your earpiece every single week.
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How did Robert Gauvreau transition from hockey to entrepreneurship?
Joining me today is Robert and we're going to talk about your favorite, favorite topic, money, and how to not only understand your money better, track your money better, but also how to keep more money by maybe optimizing your tax strategy. Robert's a tax expert, finance expert, him and his firm, hundreds of staff, top podcast author, Thanks for having me Rudy. So let's dive straight in. You know, I talk about money, right? And I talk about in business, there's three phases of business. Phase one is like trying to earn more money and grow your company, right? And then phase two, when you do a good job of that, is like trying to keep more money. And that's what we're going to focus on. And then there is a third phase eventually when you get really rich, which is protecting your money.
And we'll maybe leave that for another day. But so let's talk about number two. How do you help an entrepreneur, small business owner, you know, manage their money in their business? Yeah. And one thing I want to say, we don't touch people's money, but we help guide them and advise them on how to make sure that they make the most of their money. And one of the greatest foundations that I would say, Rudy, for business owners, and maybe this is one of the largest mistakes, is that business owners just aren't paying attention to the score of how their business is performing. So what is actually happening in their business? Are they profitable? Are they not profitable? And it really, this comes down to the foundation of...
do you know your numbers? And when we talk about knowing your numbers, it's really thinking of what's your financial scoreboard? Are you winning or are you losing the game? Sort of the analogy that I use, basketball, right? If you walk into a basketball game and you don't really... have an idea of what the score, if there's no scoreboard there, what's the strategy? Are you on full offense? Are you on full defense? Was that a three point shot, a two point shot? If you don't have clarity around your numbers in your business, how do you know what strategy you can put in place to really win the game? And I would say that, you know, for business owners, it's, They need to have up-to-date financials. They need to be accurate and they need to be reliable.
And then lastly would be, they need to understand what they mean. And you don't need to be an accountant to understand that. But as a CEO, you need to know your numbers. The most successful CEOs in the world really know their financial numbers in their business.
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