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Designing What Lasts
A family office reflects how a family thinks, decides, and evolves across generations. This space explores the principles, behaviors, and dynamics that shape long-term stewardship — from preserving wealth and values, to navigating complexity and making decisions that endure. Whether you're building from scratch or rethinking what exists, these insights are meant to help families grow stronger, wiser, and more aligned.
Blog Series #1: Structuring U.S. Real Estate Investments for Foreign Investors
Common Mistakes and Smarter Strategies I’ve worked with many successful entrepreneurs, family offices, and investors from Asia and around...
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How to Find and Reach Out to Family Offices (Without Feeling Awkward)
By now, you know why family offices are a valuable source of capital—and how they think. But most founders still get stuck on the next...
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The Psychology of a Family Office Investor
One of the biggest fundraising mistakes I’ve seen founders make is assuming that family offices behave like venture capital firms. They...
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Staying Compliant Without Losing Your Soul
A Practical Reflection on Rules, Integrity, and Quiet Discipline Several years ago, I received a late-night email from a foundation...
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Investing for Impact: Making Your Foundation’s Capital Count
Why It’s Not Just About What You Give — But How You Grow It Years ago, I met a founder in Asia who was incredibly thoughtful about his...
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Giving With Purpose: Writing Grant Guidelines That Work
Why Clarity is a Gift — to Grantees, and to Yourself A few years ago, I worked with a foundation that felt… stuck. They had generous...
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Succession Is Not a Plan. It’s a Process.
On Legacy, Letting Go, and Watching the Next Generation Rise I remember meeting a retired businessman in Los Angeles—first-generation...
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Who Sits at the Table: Picking the Right Decision Makers
The Quiet Power of Choosing the Right People From the Start I once sat in a board meeting where no one spoke for the first few minutes....
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Trust or Corporation? Choosing the Right Foundation Structure
And Why It’s Not Just a Legal Question A few years ago, I helped a family in California set up a private foundation. They had just sold...
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How to Find Your “Why” Before Giving Away a Dime
Lessons from Families Who Chose Purpose Over Pressure A few years ago, I met with a client who had recently received a major inheritance....
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Why Some Families Start Foundations — And Others Don’t
Reflections from a Banker Who’s Sat With Hundreds of Families at Their Crossroads I still remember one afternoon in Hong Kong, sitting...
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Why Family Offices Might Be Your Most Overlooked Investor — And What You Need to Know
I’ve spent the better part of my career advising ultra-high-net-worth families—many of whom run their own family offices—on investments,...
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What Is an Investment Policy Statement—and Why Every Family Office Needs One
The Story of a Daughter, a Fortune, and the Map She Didn’t Know She Needed Her name was Emily. She was 36. A tech executive in New York,...
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How to Build Your First IPS for a Small Foundation
The Story of a Party, a Conversation, and a Quiet Revolution in Giving Earlier this year, I found myself at one of those unforgettable...
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