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Entrepreneur Essentials with Jeff Kikel featuring John Becker
Jeff Kikel
Native Austinite and UT alumni John Becker started off his entrepreneurial journey as a corporate controller and eventually evolved into a CFO. For the last 10-15 years John has been working closely with small businesses and entrepreneurs from tax and business standpoints to add value to their bottom line, His best advice for entrepreneurs is to avoid WAITING and ASSUMING. Contacting a CPA before making the jump will help you better understand your options. He notes that, “what you [...]
Native Austinite and UT alumni John Becker started off his entrepreneurial journey as a corporate controller and eventually evolved into a CFO. For the last 10-15 years John has been working closely with small businesses and entrepreneurs from tax and business standpoints to add value to their bottom line, His best advice for entrepreneurs is to avoid WAITING and ASSUMING. Contacting a CPA before making the jump will help you better understand your options. He notes that, “what you don’t know, you don’t know.” A conversation about intentions, pros, and cons with Becker gives you the knowledge to make the best possible decisions for yourself and your business.
At present, John enjoys working with small companies to add to their value. His clients can pick up the phone any time to discuss details with him and work through the process.
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If John woke up one morning and his business was gone, he would immediately start building up his profession again, with a stronger emphasis on networking.
- His book recommendations are "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" and "The Hard Thing About Hard Things."
- https://www.amazon.com/Habits-Highly-Effective-People-Powerful/dp/0743269519
- https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Thing-About-Things-Building/dp/0062273205
- https://www.amazon.com/Habits-Highly-Effective-People-Powerful/dp/0743269519
- Becker uses Mile IQ as a tool for his business.
- MileIQ.com
- Contact: 512.913.4231 | john@johnbeckercpa.com
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