#186: Helping Small Businesses Grow Profit and Value with Scott Chesson, USNA ‘84

<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">“For me, the greater the challenge, the more fun it will be.”</span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Scott Chesson</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottchesson/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Scott Chesson</a> (USNA ‘84) is a highly experienced finance executive with over 20 years of experience as the CFO of several small to medium-sized businesses. After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy with a mathematics degree, Scott served as a Surface Warfare Officer and got a masters degree in accounting. In 2020, Scott founded CFO 4Vets, where he currently specializes in liberating small business owners’ time from financial entanglement while helping their businesses grow revenue, profits, and value. His services offer entrepreneurs a wealth of on-demand financial wisdom at a fraction of the cost of hiring a full-time CFO. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we discuss:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How and why Scott became a CFO</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The benefits of finding and having a specialty</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Scott’s first few jobs after serving in the military and how he became a business owner</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What triggered Scott to found CFO 4Vets and the rewards of his current role</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tips on how to recognize when your business needs a CFO</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Scott also shares how he discovered he wanted to work for small companies in order to have a bigger impact, tells us what CFO 4Vets does and talks about his exciting new qualification in business valuation. He describes his ideal customer profile, suc