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34. Hire Your Replacement: The Honest Way to Build Client Trust with John Rodriguez
John Rodriguez is the co-founder of Valiant, a firm that embeds Big Four level financial expertise directly into startup teams instead of operating as a black box. Valiant covers everything from fractional CFO work to bookkeeping to payroll, and they specialize in seed to Series B SaaS and tech companies.
In this episode, John walks through his unusual path: a disciplined, "sophisticated" start in Big Four public accounting that flipped into full scrappy mode once he went out on his own. He shares the wild origin story of Valiant, which started with zero employees, no business entity, and a…
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