Fellow podcaster and chairman of Apple Growth Partners, Mr. Chuck Mullen, joins Alex to talk about how entrepreneurs can benefit from working with a CPA, with great information on succession planning, mergers & acquisitions, valuation, and more.  Connect with Chuck on LinkedIn or at Applegrowth.com, where you can also explore Chuck’s podcast, Sliced. SHOW NOTES CPAs doing more than accounting – Health Growth Checkup Process, Client Experience Business Success stories - Experience pays off and hard work pays off Discovering a knack for accounting What a CPA can do for an entrepreneur Succession Planning – Having tough conversations about the future of a company Mergers and Acquisitions – Making them happen; The status of the M&A market Bracing for recession Valuation debates; When a deal needs to be stopped Sales, Marketing, and Strategic Partners The joy of Transcendental Meditation ALSO REFERENCED IN THE SHOW TJ Gliha was our guest on Ep 116 – Risky Trades and Safe Bets Alex was on episode 35 of Chuck’s Sliced Podcast: applegrowth.com/ep35-how-to-lawyer-proof-your-business/ Listen to Marvin Montgomery on BPE in Ep 82 – Elevating Your Sales Alex recommends the book Shoe Dog, by Phil Knight Chuck recommends the book The Power of Now, by Eckhart Tolle