Austin Tenette is a Senior Business Advisor with Transworld Business Advisors of South & West Texas, specializing in strategic growth and exit planning for small to mid-sized businesses. He leads the Prepare2Sell program, helping owners enhance business value and readiness for sale through webinars and personalized coaching.
Previously, Austin was a certified business coach with FocalPoint and served as Entrepreneur-in-Residence at HCC Northeast, where he co-developed the Mattress Mack School of Selling, supporting thousands of entrepreneurs annually. His coaching practice focused on strategic execution, customer experience, and team dynamics.
Earlier in his career, Austin held senior business development roles at two global professional services firms. He earned international recognition for turning around a $42M business unit and later led corporate strategy efforts that contributed to a 26% premium at sale for a $1B services firm.
Austin holds an undergraduate degree in accounting from Cal State Long Beach and an MBA from UCLA. He actively serves on multiple boards across the Houston area, bringing deep expertise in leadership, entrepreneurship, and organizational performance.George is a 30-year corporate transactional attorney whose practice focuses on small to medium- sized, closely held, and emerging businesses, with operations both domestic and international. He is involved with all legal issues, from business formation to exit events, whether by merger, acquisition, divestiture, or takeout financing. Notable clients include auto dealerships and large oil and gas businesses. His transactional experience includes acquisition, disposition and succession events and strategies. It encompasses corporate securities, real estate, finance, work out and bankruptcy matters. Known as a creative problem solver with a “business first” approach, George has successfully defended his clients in hundreds of litigation, administrative and arbitration matters. George serves as a trusted advisor to his clients and valued resource to colleagues, clients and contacts in a wide array of business, legal and family matters. George is also an active leader in the community. He has, and continues to serve on numerous boards of nonprofits, chambers of commerce, civic groups, benevolent societies, community boards, and educational foundations. He is a frequent speaker and presenter on a wide range of business and local issues. He is a graduate of the University of Houston Law Center, the College of William & Mary, and Calvert Hall College High School.