David's Articles

David has been writing and blogging for over 10 years

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Death’s Perspective on a Booming Housing Market

Photo by Roselyn Tirado on Unsplash In the last week, the U.S. Census Bureau has released their updated view of the demography of the United States as of the year 2020. One of the key takeaways from the report looked at the most common ages in the United States...

Many Families Will Sell Their Business – That’s a Good Thing

Photo by Paz Arando on Unsplash Years ago, at a wedding reception, I was speaking with a car dealer from the Midwest about the stock market and investing. This dealer was explaining that while he knows he should diversify his investments, every dollar he invested into...

How to Behave in the Face of Complexity

Photo by Jack van der Spoel on Unsplash “In life, the challenge is not so much to figure out how best to play the game; the challenge is to figure out what game you’re playing.”Kwame Appiah (Hat-tip to Alex Danco's excellent post for the quote) We discussed in our...

Poor Behavior (Not Thinking) Limits Success in Family Enterprise

Photo by Alina Grubnyak on Unsplash It has been a few weeks since I have posted due to the first work travel in over a year - finally! I have been doing a lot of reading and thinking, and while I do not have time this week to develop a comprehensive thought piece, I...

14 Great Articles to Make Your Family Office a Success

Photo by Markus Winkler on Unsplash Here at Family Capital Strategy, we have learned in working with families, that for a strategy to be successful, it must be aligned on the key dimensions of individual, family, and the 'business.' While we have spotlighted our...