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A collection of lessons learned, tips, suggestions,
observations, ideas and thoughts including some guest posts,
to ​fuel your personal and business lives.

Family Offices Invest in Private Companies

5/9/2017

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Family Offices Adding Staff As Direct Private Equity Investments Increase 
Found in FIN alternatives Daily Newsletter www.finalternatives.com
​May 8 2017 | 9:03pm ET

More than half of family offices now have at least two employees dedicated to sourcing and vetting private equity investments, according to a new survey from Family Office Exchange, and four out of five have at least one. 

The data was published in the organization’s 2017 FOX Global Investment Survey, which polled 118 family offices on a number of issues including asset allocation, performance, passive versus active investing in long-only equity, investment trends, current economic outlook, and financial challenges.
Other highlights from the survey:
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  • The overall sample reported a 7.2% portfolio return for 2016, which 64% said was a satisfactory result.  For comparison, the MSCI All Country World Index returned 8.2% and the S&P 500 returned 9.5% in 2016.

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It's Not OK

5/9/2017

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​What do you do when someone lets you down?
Hey, stuff happens and people (associate, employee, supplier, customer, family or friend) can fail to deliver. When they miss a deadline, it's not always their fault. Could be their associate let them down, illness, or just mother nature/the universe messing with you. But did you get a call or email saying there was a problem?

Is it consistent, do they let you down over and over again? Is it something different each time? Maybe they don't care about you or are they driving you away consciously or subconciously? 

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Strike While The Iron Is Hot, Or Heat It Up

5/8/2017

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I'd like to suggest a question to ask yourself. Do your plans for the future of your company include selling while at a peak in value? 

​Some companies we meet with at WarrenBDC, show neither top or bottom line growth. Owners have instead, resorted to stalling growth and squeezing whatever cash they can from the business. Some Owners are tired and lack the energy or incentive to continue growing their business, let alone sell it. They think they'll have enough to live on in retirement but continue to come into work more out of habit than to make a real difference. Often working is the result of not having an alternative way to spend their time. 

Sound familiar to you or is it someone you know?

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A Fine Line

5/8/2017

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"The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success."
                                                                                                    
Bruce Feirstein
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We Are A Strange Species

5/8/2017

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Life Is All About Balance

5/1/2017

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