Entrepreneur, Operator, Investor. 20+ years building businesses across the UK, Europe, China, and Emerging Markets. Playing RPG Life, sharing what I learn.
Private equity has surpassed public equities as the dominant asset class in family office portfolios. This guide covers the three paths in, what separates great GPs from the rest, and how to actually build the access that makes it all work.
The wire hits. Now what? The first 90 days after a liquidity event are when founders make their best and worst decisions. Here's how to seize the opportunity wisely.
The mistakes that destroy founder wealth are surprisingly predictable. They happen repeatedly, to smart people, in patterns you can see coming — if you know what to look for.
Investment strategies are building blocks. Your portfolio is the structure you build from them. This guide breaks down the major approaches to investing.
The biggest implementation mistake is rushing. Cash sitting in a savings account while you figure things out costs almost nothing. A bad $2M decision because you felt pressure to deploy costs, potentially everything.
What separates founders who build serious capital from those who drift with markets? It comes down to agency — the belief that outcomes bend to effort, not luck. This is the operating system upgrade most people never install.
Most wealth problems aren't technical—they're decision problems. Poor governance creates chaos, emotional decisions, and misaligned family members. Good governance is the system that keeps everything working.
The threats to your wealth have evolved faster than most founders' defences. Twenty years ago, protection meant insurance and maybe a trust. Today, the biggest risk might be in your pocket.
You need advisors. But having advisors isn't the same as having a team. Most founders either have too few, too many, or the wrong ones entirely.
After the exit, you still need to pay for life. Most founders default to selling investments when they need cash. There's a better way to think about it.
Standard portfolio advice wasn't designed for you. You got rich through concentration, not diversification. Here's how to build a portfolio that reflects the reality of being a founder.
The 60/40 portfolio delivered its worst inflation-adjusted returns since the Great Depression in 2022. Family offices have rebuilt their portfolios around a completely different model, one where bonds barely register and alternatives dominate.
