Kurt Wilkin

Founder and Partner at Bee Cave Capital, a Texas-based early-stage venture group that invests in Texas companies who are making a difference in a variety of industries, including consumer packaged goods, financial services and technology (healthcare, big data, and insurance).

I am also founder of BusinessEarth (BE), which invests in companies committed to offering products or services which profitably make an impact on the world and encourages and educates corporations and employees on how to “Profit Responsibly”. BusinessEarth.com.

Mentor and presenter at Texas' leading CPG accelerator

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HireBetter is a national recruiting firm working directly with leaders of high-growth companies to build game-changing teams. HireBetter brings a business-first, professional service approach and identify and recruit game-changing talent our clients can’t access on their own. We help them strategically build teams through professional services such as our Strategic Talent Planning. HireBetter serves as our clients' Strategic Talent Partner. To learn more, visit www.HireBetter.com As CEO of HireBetter my responsibilities are broad: including business strategy, client satisfaction and practice development. My 25 years of public accounting, business development and consulting leadership experience includes working with and advising high-growth, middle-market CEO’s in a variety of industries, including retail, manufacturing and distribution, professional services, biotech real estate. My top priority is providing clients a unique solution for talent identification and talent evaluation, helping build teams capable of growing their company to the next level. My success as an entrepreneur stems from my ability to build long-term relationships with clients, attract a loyal team of dedicated leaders and associates, and consistently deliver on commitments we make regarding service delivery.

Served on the Board of Open Lending through their highly successful IPO. The enterprise value of the company grew from approximately $50 million to over $2 billion during the time I was on the board.

During my career at Tatum, I provided strategic and operational leadership for Tatum’s consulting practice, which represented over $50 million in revenues and a significant portion of Tatum’s EBITDA and had offices across the U.S. My time was focused on business development, marketing and people initiatives -- and I served as a member of Tatum’s Board of Directors.

I founded and led The Controller Group (TCG), a professional services firm focused on Accounting, Technology and Recruiting. TCG was acquired by Tatum, a $250 million CFO consultancy, in 2006 after growing to approximately $20 million in revenues and 80 professionals.

Prior to founding TCG, I served as VP Finance/Controller for eFANshop, an Internet retailer of licensed sports products. I was responsible for the organization and management of the Accounting / Finance and Human Resources departments. I was involved in raising $5 million in seed capital and follow-on financings and later led eFANshop’s Business Development and Strategic Alliance initiatives.

Montgomery Baggett and Drews was a professional services firm performing audit, tax and management consulting projects for clients in Dallas / Fort Worth...and later split up with the key principals forming Montgomery Coscia Greilich, LLP (MCG Group, one of the largest independent CPA firms in the US)