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  • Riding the Rocketship: Engineering Billion-Dollar Business Growth #S7E47

    Welcome back to Making Bank. On today's episode, we have a compilation of our best parts from our previous episodes of Making Bank where we talk about riding the Rocketship: Engineering Billion-Dollar Business Growth.

    In case you missed any of the previous episodes, this episode is for you!

     

    (1:52) Brandon Dawson

    Most people confuse innovation with something like what Elon Musk is doing. Doing something no one has ever done before which is called radical innovation. It’s a pure form of innovation.The innovation people in business should ascribe to is Jim Collins's innovation, which is granular, incremental improvement on the things that you can prove works. In business, this is a safer form of innovation.

     

    (13:10) Cameron Herold

    At every stage of the company, you need to invest in your people. The more you grow their skills, the more you grow their confidence, the more they'll grow the company for you. So invest in the right people because they will help you bring your business to fruition. 

     

    (16:27) Dan Martell

    Adding another person to your team won’t solve your problems.  That one person adds a lot of complexity. Instead of having two people on your team, have only one because now you have a person that's more streamlined and work is being done better. So if you want a full-time person, give them a few other things to do.

     

    (22:36) John Livesay

    You have to be your own lifeguard. When disaster happens you cannot expect someone to come help you. You have to pick yourself up. You have to know what to do and where to go and what the next step should be. Because if you wait for someone to come rescue you, you will definitely fail.

     

    (25:01) Kyle McDowell

    A boss is someone that checks boxes, they are always ready to call you out or point out your errors. Whereas a leader may have the same obligations as a boss but the major difference is the leader actually cares. A leader cares enough to empower, inspire, and to provide a purpose or reignite passion.

     

    (28:18) Ryan Blair

    Having a mindset that was built on strength as opposed to one built on weakness, which a lot of people have, when they grew up really comfortable. As a result it's very easy to cultivate a mindset and cultivate a character base that isn't very strong.

     

    (32:04) Larry Brinker Jr

    It is super important for entrepreneurs to not only build your team the right way, but to also trust your team. Give your team accountability. Give them the autonomy to feel invested in what they're doing. This way the team feels connected to the business and they too will do anything in their power to bring the business up.

     

    Links:

    @brandonmdawson 

    @cameron_herold_cooalliance 

    @danmartell 

    @thepitchwhisperer 

    @kylemcdowellinc

    @realryanblair 

    @Larry Brinker, Jr

    38 min
  • Billion-Dollar Strategies: Tax Planning of the Ultra-Rich #MakingBank #S7E46

    Welcome back to Making Bank. On today's episode, we have KC Chohan, who is the founder of Together CFO, a tax advisory accounting and tax preparation firm based in Los Angeles, California.His financial strategies have been the best kept secrets of the elite. He's an expert on tax strategy and helps with high net worth families, protect their wealth and reduce taxes. He builds out the same structures as the elite billionaires to be able to legally do things that the average certified public accountant can't do.He has a deep passion for serving others and educating those who are overpaying taxes, and this is what drives his customer loyalty. 

     

    Don’t miss this episode of Casey Chohan at Making Bank today.

     

    (2:40) Together CFO

    Together CFO is a subset of a huge pie. If you think of a family office, it's all about encompassing everything from tax, to insurance, to wealth management and everything in between. Together CFO is one slice of that pie, which is the tax slice plus estate planning slice.

     

    (4:06) Tax Strategies

    The one common thing that all billionaires have is the thing that goes before the private foundation. That's the part they don't tell anyone. They get all of the tax deductions for charitable giving and then it's into a private foundation where they are the trustees. The key element of it all is something called a complex trust. That's the structure of choice for billionaires. 

     

    (8:02) Background

    “More people want tax savings than they do CFO services. And it's so much easier to explain tax savings than it is CFO services.”, KC Chohan explained how it all started when they pivoted the company to help higher net worth business owners, usually first generation.

     

    (14:05) Billionaire Taxes

    Most of the elites don't own the assets in their own name. It's the trust that owns the jets, the yachts and everything else. And changing trustees is not a taxable event. You can graduate your kids from being beneficiaries into being trustees and now they control all those assets and there's no taxable event. 

    (16:08) Tax Loopholes

    Go to  skool.com/tax and you can get the top 50 tax loopholes that you should be using. If you are paying over $200,000 in taxes, then check out the website. There’s a free tax savings calculator. It is togethercfo.com. It's free to use. Go check out how much you're overpaying and then feel free to set up a call with the team and you’ll be shown how to stop overpaying.

     

    (17:47) Selling A Business

     You can save a lot of money in taxes by just changing the ownership structure of everything. The company isn't owned by you. It would be owned by the trust ahead of the sale. So when the sale happens, the trust will receive those funds. So all of those restrictions go away with the trust and you can reinvest that money however you wish, in whatever asset type in whatever time frame you like.

     

    (24:04) Asset Protection

    It's important as you grow and scale to protect your assets and using a complex trust is arguably the best way to do that because it's a bifurcated ownership. That means the trustee is the fiduciary, but if someone tries to sue the trustee, they can't come after the trust. If someone tries to sue the beneficiary, they can't get the trust assets either. So it ultra protects the assets that are owned by the trust because of this bifurcation.

     

    Link

    Youtube: TogetherCFO

    Twitter: @KCchohan_ 

    Facebook: @KC Khurram Chohan 

    Instagram: @kc.chohan 

    LinkIn: @Kc Chohan 

     

    28 min
  • Billion-Dollar Strategies : Tax Planning of the Ultra-Rich #MakingBank #S7E46

    Welcome back to Making Bank. On today's episode, we have KC Chohan, who is the founder of Together CFO, a tax advisory accounting and tax preparation firm based in Los Angeles, California.His financial strategies have been the best kept secrets of the elite. He's an expert on tax strategy and helps with high net worth families, protect their wealth and reduce taxes. He builds out the same structures as the elite billionaires to be able to legally do things that the average certified public accountant can't do. He has a deep passion for serving others and educating those who are overpaying taxes, and this is what drives his customer loyalty. 

     

    Don’t miss this episode of Casey Chohan at Making Bank today.

     

    (4:18) Together CFO

    Together CFO is a subset of a huge pie. If you think of a family office, it's all about encompassing everything from tax, to insurance, to wealth management and everything in between. Together CFO is one slice of that pie, which is the tax slice plus estate planning slice.

     

    (5:44) Tax Strategies

    The one common thing that all billionaires have is the thing that goes before the private foundation. That's the part they don't tell anyone. They get all of the tax deductions for charitable giving and then it's into a private foundation where they are the trustees. The key element of it all is something called a complex trust. That's the structure of choice for billionaires. 

     

    (9:40) Background

    “More people want tax savings than they do CFO services. And it's so much easier to explain tax savings than it is CFO services.”, KC Chohan explained how it all started when they pivoted the company to help higher net worth business owners, usually first generation.

     

    (15:43) Billionaire Taxes

    Most of the elites don't own the assets in their own name. It's the trust that owns the jets, the yachts and everything else. And changing trustees is not a taxable event. You can graduate your kids from being beneficiaries into being trustees and now they control all those assets and there's no taxable event. 

    (17:48) Tax Loopholes

    Go to  skool.com/tax and you can get the top 50 tax loopholes that you should be using. If you are paying over $200,000 in taxes, then check out the website. There’s a free tax savings calculator. It is togethercfo.com. It's free to use. Go check out how much you're overpaying and then feel free to set up a call with the team and you’ll be shown how to stop overpaying.

     

    (19:25) Selling A Business

     You can save a lot of money in taxes by just changing the ownership structure of everything. The company isn't owned by you. It would be owned by the trust ahead of the sale. So when the sale happens, the trust will receive those funds. So all of those restrictions go away with the trust and you can reinvest that money however you wish, in whatever asset type in whatever time frame you like.

     

    (25:43) Asset Protection

    It's important as you grow and scale to protect your assets and using a complex trust is arguably the best way to do that because it's a bifurcated ownership. That means the trustee is the fiduciary, but if someone tries to sue the trustee, they can't come after the trust. If someone tries to sue the beneficiary, they can't get the trust assets either. So it ultra protects the assets that are owned by the trust because of this bifurcation.

     

    Link

    Youtube: TogetherCFO

    Twitter: @KCchohan_ 

    Facebook: @KC Khurram Chohan 

    Instagram: @kc.chohan 

    LinkIn: @Kc Chohan 

    30 min
  • The Success Code to Achieving Work-Life Balance & Boosting Your Marketing Prowess #S7E45

    Welcome back to Making Bank. On today's episode, we have Matt Smith. He's a man who lives for his family.

     

    He's an entrepreneur and a business owner. He's also a serial entrepreneur with a C, not an S, a guy who enjoys the thrill of entrepreneurship. He's opened 11 businesses in Pueblo, Colorado. He's the owner of the biggest Snap Fitness in the world in Pueblo, Colorado.

     

    Founder of Snooze Mattress Company, the first national franchise started in Pueblo with locations across Colorado and the rest of the nation, and he's the author of Serial Dad Preneur and his children's book.

     

    Do not miss this episode of Matt Smith in Making Bank.

     

    (4:18) Background

    Matt Smith was raised by a single mother of two little boys. Grew up with electricity getting shut off and never really understanding money. Then later he went into telemarketing and then proceeded to Real Estate. That is when he started making a decent amount of money. He went on to owning lots of businesses and even owning a national franchise which is Snooze Mattress.

     

    (9:32) Mentorship

    Mentorship is absolutely a cheat code and anybody that's too stubborn to think that they can't learn from somebody else doesn't deserve to be an entrepreneur. Matt Smith talks about how he too has had coaches that he meets weekly from franchising, to his health and even to his own personal life.

     

    (11:38) Health And Routines

    The most important thing you can do is have a healthy sleeping routine.

    Sleep is so underrated and many people don't realize it. You could work out all you want and you could train to be the Olympic athlete all you want, but if you're not getting the right sleep to retain that, it's not going to work. 

     

    (14:31) Overcoming Challenges

    Positivity is definitely like it's a muscle that we talk about all the time. In business you have to be able to get the positive aspect, but you have to be realistic too.

     

    Data's a big part of growth and many don’t realize until recently how important that is. 

     

    (16:15) Culture And Teams

    People don't quit their jobs, they quit their bosses. If your employees don't love what they do, especially in this day and age, there's a million more jobs where that came from, where they can work from home on the internet or something else like that. So creating a positive culture in your team is very important.

     

    (20:31) Undercover Billionaire

    The biggest takeaway is that the sky's the limit and we tend to think too small when we're in that crowd, that's too small. That is why we need to get a bigger crowd. If anybody ever says that your idea is dumb, you need to get out of that crowd.

     

    (26:33) Cereal Entrepreneur

    If you want to be a cereal entrepreneur you need to know what is important in life. You cannot neglect your family. If you ever have to choose between your family and your business, always choose your family. 

     

    (31:25) Marketing

    Marketing is changing dramatically every year. You need to change or you will be left behind. The market will always evolve. People’s jobs are being replaced every year with AI and many other technologies. That is why in order to be successful you need to always stay updated and know what is happening in today’s world.

     

    Link:

    @mattsmithpueblo

    38 min
  • The Success Code to Achieving Work-Life Balance & Boosting Your Marketing Prowess #S7E45

    Welcome back to Making Bank. On today's episode, we have Matt Smith. He's a man who lives for his family.

     

    He's an entrepreneur and a business owner. He's also a serial entrepreneur with a C, not an S, a guy who enjoys the thrill of entrepreneurship. He's opened 11 businesses in Pueblo, Colorado. He's the owner of the biggest Snap Fitness in the world in Pueblo, Colorado.

     

    Founder of Snooze Mattress Company, the first national franchise started in Pueblo with locations across Colorado and the rest of the nation, and he's the author of Serial Dad Preneur and his children's book.

     

    Do not miss this episode of Matt Smith in Making Bank.

     

    (5:28) Background

    Matt Smith was raised by a single mother of two little boys. Grew up with electricity getting shut off and never really understanding money. Then later he went into telemarketing and then proceeded to Real Estate. That is when he started making a decent amount of money. He went on to owning lots of businesses and even owning a national franchise which is Snooze Mattress.

     

    (10:42) Mentorship

    Mentorship is absolutely a cheat code and anybody that's too stubborn to think that they can't learn from somebody else doesn't deserve to be an entrepreneur. Matt Smith talks about how he too has had coaches that he meets weekly from franchising, to his health and even to his own personal life.

     

    (12:47) Health And Routines

    The most important thing you can do is have a healthy sleeping routine.

    Sleep is so underrated and many people don't realize it. You could work out all you want and you could train to be the Olympic athlete all you want, but if you're not getting the right sleep to retain that, it's not going to work. 

     

    (15:41) Overcoming Challenges

    Positivity is definitely like it's a muscle that we talk about all the time. In business you have to be able to get the positive aspect, but you have to be realistic too.

     

    Data's a big part of growth and many don’t realize until recently how important that is. 

     

    (17:29) Culture And Teams

    People don't quit their jobs, they quit their bosses. If your employees don't love what they do, especially in this day and age, there's a million more jobs where that came from, where they can work from home on the internet or something else like that. So creating a positive culture in your team is very important.

     

    (21:41) Undercover Billionaire

    The biggest takeaway is that the sky's the limit and we tend to think too small when we're in that crowd, that's too small. That is why we need to get a bigger crowd. If anybody ever says that your idea is dumb, you need to get out of that crowd.

     

    (27:33) Cereal Entrepreneur

    If you want to be a cereal entrepreneur you need to know what is important in life. You cannot neglect your family. If you ever have to choose between your family and your business, always choose your family. 

     

    (32:35) Marketing

    Marketing is changing dramatically every year. You need to change or you will be left behind. The market will always evolve. People’s jobs are being replaced every year with AI and many other technologies. That is why in order to be successful you need to always stay updated and know what is happening in today’s world.

     

    Link:

    @mattsmithpueblo

    38 min
  • Branding Mastery: Insights & Inspiration For Creating A Successful Brand  #MakingBank #S7E44

    Welcome back to Making Bank. On today's episode, we have Brett Berish who is the president and CEO of Sovereign Brands, a family owned international wine and spirits company headquartered in New York.

     

    They sell a portfolio of products in more than hundred countries globally together with a proven ability to create powerful resonant brands. The international partnership, Mr. Berish, has created some of the world's finest wine and spirit and has given sovereign brands an extraordinary and unique portfolio of wines and spirits.

     

    Don’t miss this episode of Making Bank with Brett Berish!

     

    (2:05) Background

    Brett’s dad was in the liquor industry for 45 years at the same company as kids. That's all he talked about. His brothers and him would sit around the dinner table listening to their dad talk about. That’s what inspired him to go into the liquor industry. He loved it and has a tremendous passion for the industry.

     

    (3:23) People Build Brands

    People build brands. At the end of the day, you have to find people who believe in what you're doing and you build your army. Getting people to embrace brands is the key. You got to get in their soul and it's by getting out there and talking to them. 

     

    (4:57) Brand Connections

    Try to get people to be aware of the brand, and if it's a good brand, they'll talk about it. It’s called organic brand building because it's not in a transaction. It’s a relationship. Make it real. Make it authentic. To everybody you will ever work with, they should be your friends because of the brands. It's not because you saw some data.

     

    (9:48) Brand Story

    “In the 14th century, merchants would travel to the West Indies and they didn't like the taste of traditional rum. They'd call it grog and they'd blend their own out of it. And what that was referred to was bumbu. We brought that brand back to life and now this brand has eight different sugar canes from eight different countries and we bond it and distill it in Barbados, which is the original rum island. And we don't have to filter the water because it's all natural and it's got authenticity and it's real.”

     

    (11:49) Secrets To Success

    “I don't have a black box. I think it's, I think our success is blood, sweat, and tears and we're all in and it's night and day. It's constantly educating and constantly talking to people. The package has got to stand out. The name's has to be different. The look and feel has to be different. It needs to have a story. You need to have a beautiful package.”

     

    (13:41) Taste Profile

    “We created this blend. It took three years to create, but it's wild. It’s specifically different from everybody else. And if I can achieve what the profile I'm looking for, I think I'm the average consumer. I think I'm now giving myself to somebody who wants to try something different and something unique in a different profile, something completely different.”

     

    (16:37) Biggest Challenges

    You can't put pressure on a brand. You have to let it grow at its own pace. The biggest challenge will be having to have patience for it to mature. If you rush it, it will not work and you will end up falling short.

     

    (18:40) Key Tips

    You have to trust your instincts. Don’t assume everyone is smarter than you or that everyone knows better than you. At the end of the day, if you're going to jump into a business, it has to be your decision. You can take people's input, but trust your gut.

     

    Links:

    @BrettBerishceo1 

    @officialbelaire

     @brettberishceo 

    @Brett Berish

    www.sovereignbrands.com

     

    24 min
  • Branding Mastery: Insights & Inspiration For Creating A Successful Brand  #MakingBank #S7E44

    Welcome back to Making Bank. On today's episode, we have Brett Berish who is the president and CEO of Sovereign Brands, a family owned international wine and spirits company headquartered in New York.

     

    They sell a portfolio of products in more than hundred countries globally together with a proven ability to create powerful resonant brands. The international partnership, Mr. Berish, has created some of the world's finest wine and spirit and has given sovereign brands an extraordinary and unique portfolio of wines and spirits.

     

    Don’t miss this episode of Making Bank with Brett Berish!

     

    (4:00) Background

    Brett’s dad was in the liquor industry for 45 years at the same company as kids. That's all he talked about. His brothers and him would sit around the dinner table listening to their dad talk about. That’s what inspired him to go into the liquor industry. He loved it and has a tremendous passion for the industry.

     

    (5:20) People Build Brands

    People build brands. At the end of the day, you have to find people who believe in what you're doing and you build your army. Getting people to embrace brands is the key. You got to get in their soul and it's by getting out there and talking to them. 

     

    (6:54) Brand Connections

    Try to get people to be aware of the brand, and if it's a good brand, they'll talk about it. It’s called organic brand building because it's not in a transaction. It’s a relationship. Make it real. Make it authentic. To everybody you will ever work with, they should be your friends because of the brands. It's not because you saw some data.

     

    (11:44) Brand Story

    “In the 14th century, merchants would travel to the West Indies and they didn't like the taste of traditional rum. They'd call it grog and they'd blend their own out of it. And what that was referred to was bumbu. We brought that brand back to life and now this brand has eight different sugar canes from eight different countries and we bond it and distill it in Barbados, which is the original rum island. And we don't have to filter the water because it's all natural and it's got authenticity and it's real.”

     

    (13:46) Secrets To Success

    “I don't have a black box. I think it's, I think our success is blood, sweat, and tears and we're all in and it's night and day. It's constantly educating and constantly talking to people. The package has got to stand out. The name's has to be different. The look and feel has to be different. It needs to have a story. You need to have a beautiful package.”

     

    (15:38) Taste Profile

    “We created this blend. It took three years to create, but it's wild. It’s specifically different from everybody else. And if I can achieve what the profile I'm looking for, I think I'm the average consumer. I think I'm now giving myself to somebody who wants to try something different and something unique in a different profile, something completely different.”

     

    (18:33) Biggest Challenges

    You can't put pressure on a brand. You have to let it grow at its own pace. The biggest challenge will be having to have patience for it to mature. If you rush it, it will not work and you will end up falling short.

     

    (20:37) Key Tips

    You have to trust your instincts. Don’t assume everyone is smarter than you or that everyone knows better than you. At the end of the day, if you're going to jump into a business, it has to be your decision. You can take people's input, but trust your gut.

     

    Links:

    @BrettBerishceo1 

    @officialbelaire

     @brettberishceo 

    @Brett Berish

    www.sovereignbrands.com

    26 min
  • Skills And Information Required To Thrive In A Market Crash  #MakingBank #S7E43

    Welcome back to Making Bank. On today's episode, we have Pace Morby,  an entrepreneur who has spent over a hundred thousand dollars on bad advice. But it all started with a $1 million bankruptcy letter that essentially derailed his construction business. But what looked like an omen was actually a turning point. This path led him to creative finance, the most effective and affordable way to get started in real estate. Now it's Pace's job to spread this message, teach others to build generational wealth and show people how you can reach the finish line from any starting point.

     

    He's inspiring entrepreneurs and investors to make a massive impact. Don’t miss out on this episode of Pace Morby in Making Bank!

     

    (3:18) Background

    Pace Morby grew up in an entrepreneurial household that consisted of a family of 12 children. So right from a young age, Pace Morby was already in the habit of working hard and living a life of hustle. So he began life as a contractor and then later in his life went all in in Real Estate Business. 

     

    (6:32) Key Business Tips

    Don't partner with anybody remotely close to your own personality style. Don't exchange time for money, rather exchange your money for time. 

     

    (9:46) Real Estate Secret

    There's a company called ALE Solutions that actually will place people who have been displaced from their rooms and they need a place to live. The insurance company can pay you to house them. If the insurance company pays you 70 grand for a three month booking, so over $20,000 a month on a property that you took over a $2,500 monthly payment on then your net profit on that deal every month is like 15 Grand. And none of it was from your own money.

     

    (12:45) Changing Your Mindset

    It's never how you did anything. It's always who showed you it was possible.  Find mentors. Find ways to learn from their ways and to be better than them. Adapt their strategies, hang around them. Think like them and what you can do to be better than what they did. 

     

    (20:03) Creative Financing

    Don’t go to someone who does not even make money for financial advice. There's free Facebook groups. Every single city that you live in, whoever's listening to this type in Facebook group, your city name, wholesale real estate, and you'll get 15 opportunities to go and network with people that are out there finding off market deals. Use these platforms to find the best methods of creative financing.

     

    (33:21) Owner Financing

    Pace explains in detail how you can buy a property, fix it up and then get it to earn for you without having to spend your own money using creative financing. You just need to really have the mindset to want to do this and just change everything you already do and keep working hard.

     

    (42:31) Building A Team

    Go and learn skills and you'll dominate, and you'll look forward to and pray that the market trends downward, because it's only more opportunity for you. It's all about what skills you have in your pocket. That makes you feel confident or fearful in an upcoming market crash. 

     

    Links:

    Twitter: @PaceJordanMorby 

    Instagram: @pacemorby 

    Facebook: @pacejmorby 

    45 min
  • Skills And Information Required To Thrive In A Market Crash  #MakingBank #S7E43

    Welcome back to Making Bank. On today's episode, we have Pace Morby,  an entrepreneur who has spent over a hundred thousand dollars on bad advice. But it all started with a $1 million bankruptcy letter that essentially derailed his construction business.But what looked like an omen was actually a turning point. This path led him to creative finance, the most effective and affordable way to get started in real estate. Now it's Pace's job to spread this message, teach others to build generational wealth and show people how you can reach the finish line from any starting point.

     

    He's inspiring entrepreneurs and investors to make a massive impact. Don’t miss out on this episode of Pace Morby in Making Bank!



    (4:07) Background

    Pace Morby grew up in an entrepreneurial household that consisted of a family of 12 children. So right from a young age, Pace Morby was already in the habit of working hard and living a life of hustle. So he began life as a contractor and then later in his life went all in in Real Estate Business. 

     

    (7:21) Key Business Tips

    Don't partner with anybody remotely close to your own personality style. Don't exchange time for money, rather exchange your money for time. 

     

    (10:35) Real Estate Secret

    There's a company called ALE Solutions that actually will place people who have been displaced from their rooms and they need a place to live.The insurance company can pay you to house them. If the insurance company pays you 70 grand for a three month booking, so over $20,000 a month on a property that you took over a $2,500 monthly payment on then your net profit on that deal every month is like 15 Grand. And none of it was from your own money.

     

    (13:35) Changing Your Mindset

    It's never how you did anything. It's always who showed you it was possible.  Find mentors. Find ways to learn from their ways and to be better than them. Adapt their strategies, hang around them. Think like them and what you can do to be better than what they did. 

     

    (20:52) Creative Financing

    Don’t go to someone who does not even make money for financial advice. There's free Facebook groups. Every single city that you live in, whoever's listening to this type in Facebook group, your city name, wholesale real estate, and you'll get 15 opportunities to go and network with people that are out there finding off market deals. Use these platforms to find the best methods of creative financing.

     

    (34:20) Owner Financing

    Pace explains in detail how you can buy a property, fix it up and then get it to earn for you without having to spend your own money using creative financing. You just need to really have the mindset to want to do this and just change everything you already do and keep working hard.

     

    (43:21) Building A Team

    Go and learn skills and you'll dominate, and you'll look forward to and pray that the market trends downward, because it's only more opportunity for you. It's all about what skills you have in your pocket. That makes you feel confident or fearful in an upcoming market crash. 

     

    Links:

    Twitter: @PaceJordanMorby 

    Instagram: @pacemorby 

    Facebook: @pacejmorby 

    45 min
  • The Financial Fix: Tax and Financial Planning for Success  #MakingBank #S7E42

    Welcome back to Making Bank. On today's episode, we have Alex Sonkin who is the founder of the Due Diligence Project and the virtual family office hub. It's a revolutionary platform of vetted resources that supports hundreds of leading tax focused CPA firms and the family offices around the country.

     

    This episode talks about exactly what that is and how that's going to benefit you being an entrepreneur and owning your own company. 

    Make sure to listen to this Episode of Making Bank with Alex Sonkin.

     

    (2:58) Background

    Alex Sonkin came from the Soviet Union at the age of seven with his parents and graduated from University of Michigan. He started as an options trader in Chicago. He then took what he learned from that and went on to work with CPA firms and building family offices. From there on he worked with many other clients, started what was called the Due Diligence’s Project and has been helping different clients ever since.

     

    (7:48) Family Offices

    Real benefit of a family office is it's truly one point of contact for the affluent business owner and traditionally, family offices were for very wealthy families. What you're doing is you're building an office. You have your CPA firm, your law firm, you have advisory all in one spot and when you have a problem you just need to contact one source and you are done.

     

    (12:04) Income Taxes

    The one specialty that seems most complicated of everything in the world of finance seems to be income tax. Because we're dealing with a document, no one knows how many pages there are. It takes special licenses to understand it and it takes a certain number of hours. It takes at least 10,000 hours of experience in audit and tax court to really understand the risk and to really understand income taxes. 

     

    (14:47) Tax Strategies

    The key to this is not the strategies themselves. The key to this is having your CPA, your most trusted tax advisor, plug into the network, the Due Diligence Project where they get exposed to the community and certain strategies are going to work well for certain people and certain types of fact patterns.

     

    (17:44) Who’s It For?

     The target is the tax advisor. It's the CPA. After the business owners are introduced, meeting their CPA is advised and encouraged so they can get plugged into the network and really work accordingly to help the business and be really diligent at their work. 

     

    (19:52) Zero Taxes

    It is done by taking reviews every year. Focus on what can be improved based on feedback or questions from many of the CPA firms that are within the program. If there is a problem with the strategy it will be fixed and cleaned up, or the strategy might get revisited altogether. 

     

    (23:03) Common Mistakes

    Very common mistake is that most business owners have a difficult time differentiating. Many business owners aren't aware of that fact and so they're asking the wrong people the wrong questions, failing to remember that the financial world is very complex and there are specialists for every aspect. 

     

    Link:

    Alex Sonkin

    @grouplombardi 

    www.linkedin.com/in/alexsonkin 

    www.duediligenceproduct.com 

    www.vfohub.com 

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