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title: Advice for Small-Business Owners From the 'West Texas Investors Club'
description: “Butch” Gilliam and  “Rooster” McConaughey offer up their best advice for small-business owners.
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published: '2016-07-19T19:02:33.000Z'
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![NBCUniversal Events - Season 2015](https://img.money.com/2016/07/gettyimages-483876962.jpg)
*LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 12 NBCUNIVERSAL EVENTS-- NBCUniversal Portrait Studio, August 2015 -- Pictured: (l-r) TV personalities Gil Prather, Wayne Gilliam and Mike Rooster McConaughey from "West Texas Investors Club" pose for a portrait at the NBCUniversal Summer Press Day during the 2015 Summer TCA Tour at The Beverly Hilton on August 12, 2015 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by: Christopher Polk/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)*

Wayne “Butch” Gilliam and Mike “Rooster” McConaughey of NBC's hit reality show *[West Texas Investors Club](http://www.cnbcprime.com/west-texas/)* sat down with Money to share some of the most important money lessons that these two self-made millionaires have learned along the way. Last week, they gave advice to Money about [how to be in control of your own money](https://money.com/money-management-tips-west-texas-investors-club/). Today, they have advice for owners of small businesses. One of their sage pieces of advice: Do what you love to do.

*West Texas Investors Club* airs Tuesday nights at 10 p.m. Eastern/Pacific time on CNBC.

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