Navigating Wealth Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/navigating-wealth <p>Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep subject matter expertise to share fresh, candid perspectives across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.</p> © 2025 Navigating Wealth fceda23f-9d92-5ea1-b549-71ba0d631096 yes fbc2fc80-fd56-11f0-9b77-7593537ad724 en-us Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:07:52 -0500 Fri, 24 Apr 2026 18:08:17 -0500 https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealt https://img.transistorcdn.com/wL7jmSTL0W2XJEYbTIEuBS6MgPhsfRjFnBHoyW68pOE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80YjY3/NTkzZjNlNjUwMzIx/MDdmOGQ5Y2UxZDFl/NGQ1Yi5wbmc.jpg Navigating Wealth https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealt episodic Long Angle <p>Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep subject matter expertise to share fresh, candid perspectives across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.</p> <p>Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. high net worth, entrepreneur, executive, investor Long Angle ryan.morrison@longangle.com No No Donations Can Get the Meeting. It Doesn't Buy the Vote - Tom Manatos Donations Can Get the Meeting. It Doesn't Buy the Vote - Tom Manatos full 228e590b-42a1-4c79-98a6-e030f7a1b4b8 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c559148c Tom Manatos spent 20 years navigating Washington from both sides - as a Capitol Hill staffer who received the calls from advocates, and as the person making those calls on behalf of Spotify, Block, and the Internet Association. 


In this episode, he walks through how political access actually works: who the real decision-makers are, what it costs to get in the room, why state government is where business owners have the most leverage, and what the crypto industry's $193 million super PAC still hasn't been able to buy.


• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: https://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth
• Apply to Long Angle HNW Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply


Key Topics Covered

  • Why lobbyists rarely talk directly to elected officials - and which relationships actually move policy outcomes
  • How individual campaign donation limits work at the federal and state level, and what bundling changes
  • What a super PAC can and cannot do, with current examples from crypto, Meta, and Anthropic
  • Why state and local government produces legislation at far higher volume than Congress - and why that matters for operators in regulated industries
  • How a coalition of platforms reversed a tax reporting change that would have affected millions of ordinary Americans
  • The bipartisan reality behind closed doors - what actually gets legislation across the finish line
  • Why domain expertise doesn't get you a callback unless it's attached to electoral relevance
  • AI regulation: where Congress is, how far behind the industry it is, and what's likely to happen next

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Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities and ambitions.

]]> Tom Manatos spent 20 years navigating Washington from both sides - as a Capitol Hill staffer who received the calls from advocates, and as the person making those calls on behalf of Spotify, Block, and the Internet Association. 


In this episode, he walks through how political access actually works: who the real decision-makers are, what it costs to get in the room, why state government is where business owners have the most leverage, and what the crypto industry's $193 million super PAC still hasn't been able to buy.


• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: https://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth
• Apply to Long Angle HNW Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply


Key Topics Covered

  • Why lobbyists rarely talk directly to elected officials - and which relationships actually move policy outcomes
  • How individual campaign donation limits work at the federal and state level, and what bundling changes
  • What a super PAC can and cannot do, with current examples from crypto, Meta, and Anthropic
  • Why state and local government produces legislation at far higher volume than Congress - and why that matters for operators in regulated industries
  • How a coalition of platforms reversed a tax reporting change that would have affected millions of ordinary Americans
  • The bipartisan reality behind closed doors - what actually gets legislation across the finish line
  • Why domain expertise doesn't get you a callback unless it's attached to electoral relevance
  • AI regulation: where Congress is, how far behind the industry it is, and what's likely to happen next

Episode Resources

Socials

Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities and ambitions.

]]> Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500 Long Angle Long Angle 3061 Tom Manatos spent 20 years navigating Washington from both sides - as a Capitol Hill staffer who received the calls from advocates, and as the person making those calls on behalf of Spotify, Block, and the Internet Association. 


In this episode, he walks through how political access actually works: who the real decision-makers are, what it costs to get in the room, why state government is where business owners have the most leverage, and what the crypto industry's $193 million super PAC still hasn't been able to buy.


• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: https://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth
• Apply to Long Angle HNW Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply


Key Topics Covered

  • Why lobbyists rarely talk directly to elected officials - and which relationships actually move policy outcomes
  • How individual campaign donation limits work at the federal and state level, and what bundling changes
  • What a super PAC can and cannot do, with current examples from crypto, Meta, and Anthropic
  • Why state and local government produces legislation at far higher volume than Congress - and why that matters for operators in regulated industries
  • How a coalition of platforms reversed a tax reporting change that would have affected millions of ordinary Americans
  • The bipartisan reality behind closed doors - what actually gets legislation across the finish line
  • Why domain expertise doesn't get you a callback unless it's attached to electoral relevance
  • AI regulation: where Congress is, how far behind the industry it is, and what's likely to happen next

Episode Resources

Socials

Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities and ambitions.

]]> high net worth, entrepreneur, executive, investor No Can Wealth Make Your Kids Less Capable? - Joline Godfrey Can Wealth Make Your Kids Less Capable? - Joline Godfrey full 6172ecde-e7de-41e2-9f9c-a76596acd2cb https://share.transistor.fm/s/ba0e9071 Today we're thrilled to welcome Joline Godfrey, a financial parenting expert, clinical social worker, and author with over 30 years working directly with affluent families. Her question: how do you raise a financially capable kid when you can afford to solve every problem for them?

• Learn More About Our Sponsor: https://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth
• Apply to Long Angle HNW Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply

Key Topics Covered
• Why the ability to give your kids everything is also the biggest obstacle to raising capable adults, and what Joline calls the "paradox of wealth"
• The invisible allowance: the unacknowledged sum most HNW families spend subsidizing their kids' lifestyle without ever naming it — and why that gap becomes a serious problem the moment the subsidy stops
• Why structuring an allowance around what you approve of versus what you don't is quietly killing your child's decision-making practice
• The reframe from "allowance" to "practice money" — and what changes when kids understand they are learning to manage capital, not just spending pocket change
• The FISH framework — Financial, Intellectual, Social and Human capital — and which of the four most affluent parents are systematically under-developing in their children
• How a 12-year-old built a real coloring book business on Amazon, learned margin differences between online and door-to-door sales, and what her parents still got wrong
• What Joline tells families who want to subsidize their adult children indefinitely, and the story of the client who asked for financial education at 60

Valuable Links
• Subscribe to Navigating Wealth Newsletter: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast
• Connect with Joline Godfrey: https://www.bounce-ten.com 
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• Twitter/X: https://x.com/LongAngleHNW
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longanglehnw/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/longanglehnw

Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth explores how experienced investors, founders and operators actually approach the real questions wealth creates — from private markets and capital allocation to business exits and life design.

]]> Today we're thrilled to welcome Joline Godfrey, a financial parenting expert, clinical social worker, and author with over 30 years working directly with affluent families. Her question: how do you raise a financially capable kid when you can afford to solve every problem for them?

• Learn More About Our Sponsor: https://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth
• Apply to Long Angle HNW Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply

Key Topics Covered
• Why the ability to give your kids everything is also the biggest obstacle to raising capable adults, and what Joline calls the "paradox of wealth"
• The invisible allowance: the unacknowledged sum most HNW families spend subsidizing their kids' lifestyle without ever naming it — and why that gap becomes a serious problem the moment the subsidy stops
• Why structuring an allowance around what you approve of versus what you don't is quietly killing your child's decision-making practice
• The reframe from "allowance" to "practice money" — and what changes when kids understand they are learning to manage capital, not just spending pocket change
• The FISH framework — Financial, Intellectual, Social and Human capital — and which of the four most affluent parents are systematically under-developing in their children
• How a 12-year-old built a real coloring book business on Amazon, learned margin differences between online and door-to-door sales, and what her parents still got wrong
• What Joline tells families who want to subsidize their adult children indefinitely, and the story of the client who asked for financial education at 60

Valuable Links
• Subscribe to Navigating Wealth Newsletter: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast
• Connect with Joline Godfrey: https://www.bounce-ten.com 
Socials
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/long-angle
• Twitter/X: https://x.com/LongAngleHNW
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longanglehnw/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/longanglehnw

Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth explores how experienced investors, founders and operators actually approach the real questions wealth creates — from private markets and capital allocation to business exits and life design.

]]> Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500 Long Angle Long Angle 3070 Today we're thrilled to welcome Joline Godfrey, a financial parenting expert, clinical social worker, and author with over 30 years working directly with affluent families. Her question: how do you raise a financially capable kid when you can afford to solve every problem for them?

• Learn More About Our Sponsor: https://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth
• Apply to Long Angle HNW Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply

Key Topics Covered
• Why the ability to give your kids everything is also the biggest obstacle to raising capable adults, and what Joline calls the "paradox of wealth"
• The invisible allowance: the unacknowledged sum most HNW families spend subsidizing their kids' lifestyle without ever naming it — and why that gap becomes a serious problem the moment the subsidy stops
• Why structuring an allowance around what you approve of versus what you don't is quietly killing your child's decision-making practice
• The reframe from "allowance" to "practice money" — and what changes when kids understand they are learning to manage capital, not just spending pocket change
• The FISH framework — Financial, Intellectual, Social and Human capital — and which of the four most affluent parents are systematically under-developing in their children
• How a 12-year-old built a real coloring book business on Amazon, learned margin differences between online and door-to-door sales, and what her parents still got wrong
• What Joline tells families who want to subsidize their adult children indefinitely, and the story of the client who asked for financial education at 60

Valuable Links
• Subscribe to Navigating Wealth Newsletter: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast
• Connect with Joline Godfrey: https://www.bounce-ten.com 
Socials
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/long-angle
• Twitter/X: https://x.com/LongAngleHNW
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longanglehnw/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/longanglehnw

Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth explores how experienced investors, founders and operators actually approach the real questions wealth creates — from private markets and capital allocation to business exits and life design.

]]> high net worth, entrepreneur, executive, investor No Are the Private Credit Headlines Getting the Story Wrong? - Katie Fowler Are the Private Credit Headlines Getting the Story Wrong? - Katie Fowler full 1203754e-7e9d-46ab-8f87-0457c594973d https://share.transistor.fm/s/dc618543 Today we're thrilled to welcome Katie Fowler, Principal at Blue Owl Capital, one of the largest non-bank direct lenders in the United States managing over $150 billion in credit assets. 


The past six months have produced a cascade of private credit headlines: cockroaches, GFC 2.0, redemption gates, and Katie joins us from inside the portfolios to separate what the data actually shows from what the media has been reporting. 


In this conversation, we cover what started the panic, why declining returns are a rate math story and not a credit story, how software exposure is being mispriced, and what the current redemption wave means for investors holding these assets.


Apply to the Long Angle HNW Community: [insert link]


Key Topics Covered

• Why the defaults that triggered the private credit panic were primarily financed by banks, not non-bank direct lenders, and why that distinction matters for anyone evaluating their current allocation

• How to benchmark private credit returns correctly: against comparable liquid alternatives like high yield bonds, not against the peak SOFR environment of 2022-2023

• What a 2x interest coverage ratio signals about middle market borrower health — and why lower base rates and tighter spreads mark a more credit-positive environment, not a warning signal

• How the 5% quarterly redemption gate is structurally supported by 6-8% natural quarterly repayments, and why a fund executing within that structure is working exactly as designed

• The three questions every private credit investor should ask before making any redemption or allocation decision

• What Blue Owl's $1.4 billion open-market transaction at 99.7% of par tells investors about the gap between book marks and publicly listed BDC share prices


Valuable Links

• Subscribe to Navigating Wealth Newsletter: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast

• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth


Socials

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/long-angle

• Twitter/X: https://x.com/LongAngleHNW

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longanglehnw/

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/longanglehnw


Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities and ambitions.


Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth explores how experienced investors, founders and operators actually approach the real questions wealth creates — from private markets and capital allocation to business exits and life design.

]]> Today we're thrilled to welcome Katie Fowler, Principal at Blue Owl Capital, one of the largest non-bank direct lenders in the United States managing over $150 billion in credit assets. 


The past six months have produced a cascade of private credit headlines: cockroaches, GFC 2.0, redemption gates, and Katie joins us from inside the portfolios to separate what the data actually shows from what the media has been reporting. 


In this conversation, we cover what started the panic, why declining returns are a rate math story and not a credit story, how software exposure is being mispriced, and what the current redemption wave means for investors holding these assets.


Apply to the Long Angle HNW Community: [insert link]


Key Topics Covered

• Why the defaults that triggered the private credit panic were primarily financed by banks, not non-bank direct lenders, and why that distinction matters for anyone evaluating their current allocation

• How to benchmark private credit returns correctly: against comparable liquid alternatives like high yield bonds, not against the peak SOFR environment of 2022-2023

• What a 2x interest coverage ratio signals about middle market borrower health — and why lower base rates and tighter spreads mark a more credit-positive environment, not a warning signal

• How the 5% quarterly redemption gate is structurally supported by 6-8% natural quarterly repayments, and why a fund executing within that structure is working exactly as designed

• The three questions every private credit investor should ask before making any redemption or allocation decision

• What Blue Owl's $1.4 billion open-market transaction at 99.7% of par tells investors about the gap between book marks and publicly listed BDC share prices


Valuable Links

• Subscribe to Navigating Wealth Newsletter: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast

• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth


Socials

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/long-angle

• Twitter/X: https://x.com/LongAngleHNW

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longanglehnw/

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/longanglehnw


Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities and ambitions.


Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth explores how experienced investors, founders and operators actually approach the real questions wealth creates — from private markets and capital allocation to business exits and life design.

]]> Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:30:00 -0500 Long Angle Long Angle 2621 Today we're thrilled to welcome Katie Fowler, Principal at Blue Owl Capital, one of the largest non-bank direct lenders in the United States managing over $150 billion in credit assets. 


The past six months have produced a cascade of private credit headlines: cockroaches, GFC 2.0, redemption gates, and Katie joins us from inside the portfolios to separate what the data actually shows from what the media has been reporting. 


In this conversation, we cover what started the panic, why declining returns are a rate math story and not a credit story, how software exposure is being mispriced, and what the current redemption wave means for investors holding these assets.


Apply to the Long Angle HNW Community: [insert link]


Key Topics Covered

• Why the defaults that triggered the private credit panic were primarily financed by banks, not non-bank direct lenders, and why that distinction matters for anyone evaluating their current allocation

• How to benchmark private credit returns correctly: against comparable liquid alternatives like high yield bonds, not against the peak SOFR environment of 2022-2023

• What a 2x interest coverage ratio signals about middle market borrower health — and why lower base rates and tighter spreads mark a more credit-positive environment, not a warning signal

• How the 5% quarterly redemption gate is structurally supported by 6-8% natural quarterly repayments, and why a fund executing within that structure is working exactly as designed

• The three questions every private credit investor should ask before making any redemption or allocation decision

• What Blue Owl's $1.4 billion open-market transaction at 99.7% of par tells investors about the gap between book marks and publicly listed BDC share prices


Valuable Links

• Subscribe to Navigating Wealth Newsletter: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast

• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth


Socials

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/long-angle

• Twitter/X: https://x.com/LongAngleHNW

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longanglehnw/

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/longanglehnw


Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities and ambitions.


Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth explores how experienced investors, founders and operators actually approach the real questions wealth creates — from private markets and capital allocation to business exits and life design.

]]> high net worth, entrepreneur, executive, investor No Hedge Funds Aren't Dead: They Know Something You Don't - Megan Nicholson Hedge Funds Aren't Dead: They Know Something You Don't - Megan Nicholson full 40333f17-9314-4f7f-8e8d-e6b1a2952b9b https://share.transistor.fm/s/57d5cbfa Today we're joined by Megan Nicholson, Partner of ImageArb and a two-decade veteran of hedge fund capital raising across Lehman Brothers, Barclays, and Jefferies. 

Megan breaks down how the hedge fund space actually works, what institutional allocators are looking for that most individual investors never think to ask, and why the access and intelligence gap is the real risk for HNW investors trying to evaluate this asset class on their own.

Apply to Long Angle HNW Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply

Key Topics Covered:
• Why hedge fund AUM hit $5 trillion in 2025 — and why most people think the opposite
• How net exposure, leverage, and hedging actually work across different strategy types
• What institutional allocators look for when evaluating an emerging manager
• Why repeatability of process matters more than peak returns
• How fee structures differ across long-short equity funds, multi-strat platforms, and separately managed accounts
• The food chain from friends-and-family capital to sovereign wealth — and what each tier requires
• Why most HNW investors need to think twice about their hedge fund access points

Valuable Links:
• Subscribe to Navigating Wealth Newsletter: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast
• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth
• Connect with Megan Nicholson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-nicholson-7b443b8/

Socials:
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/long-angle
• Twitter/X: https://x.com/LongAngleHNW
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longanglehnw/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/longanglehnw

Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth explores how experienced investors, founders and operators actually approach the real questions wealth creates — from private markets and capital allocation to business exits and life design.

]]> Today we're joined by Megan Nicholson, Partner of ImageArb and a two-decade veteran of hedge fund capital raising across Lehman Brothers, Barclays, and Jefferies. 

Megan breaks down how the hedge fund space actually works, what institutional allocators are looking for that most individual investors never think to ask, and why the access and intelligence gap is the real risk for HNW investors trying to evaluate this asset class on their own.

Apply to Long Angle HNW Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply

Key Topics Covered:
• Why hedge fund AUM hit $5 trillion in 2025 — and why most people think the opposite
• How net exposure, leverage, and hedging actually work across different strategy types
• What institutional allocators look for when evaluating an emerging manager
• Why repeatability of process matters more than peak returns
• How fee structures differ across long-short equity funds, multi-strat platforms, and separately managed accounts
• The food chain from friends-and-family capital to sovereign wealth — and what each tier requires
• Why most HNW investors need to think twice about their hedge fund access points

Valuable Links:
• Subscribe to Navigating Wealth Newsletter: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast
• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth
• Connect with Megan Nicholson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-nicholson-7b443b8/

Socials:
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/long-angle
• Twitter/X: https://x.com/LongAngleHNW
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longanglehnw/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/longanglehnw

Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth explores how experienced investors, founders and operators actually approach the real questions wealth creates — from private markets and capital allocation to business exits and life design.

]]> Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:08:02 -0500 Long Angle Long Angle 2599 Today we're joined by Megan Nicholson, Partner of ImageArb and a two-decade veteran of hedge fund capital raising across Lehman Brothers, Barclays, and Jefferies. 

Megan breaks down how the hedge fund space actually works, what institutional allocators are looking for that most individual investors never think to ask, and why the access and intelligence gap is the real risk for HNW investors trying to evaluate this asset class on their own.

Apply to Long Angle HNW Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply

Key Topics Covered:
• Why hedge fund AUM hit $5 trillion in 2025 — and why most people think the opposite
• How net exposure, leverage, and hedging actually work across different strategy types
• What institutional allocators look for when evaluating an emerging manager
• Why repeatability of process matters more than peak returns
• How fee structures differ across long-short equity funds, multi-strat platforms, and separately managed accounts
• The food chain from friends-and-family capital to sovereign wealth — and what each tier requires
• Why most HNW investors need to think twice about their hedge fund access points

Valuable Links:
• Subscribe to Navigating Wealth Newsletter: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast
• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth
• Connect with Megan Nicholson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-nicholson-7b443b8/

Socials:
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/long-angle
• Twitter/X: https://x.com/LongAngleHNW
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longanglehnw/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/longanglehnw

Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth explores how experienced investors, founders and operators actually approach the real questions wealth creates — from private markets and capital allocation to business exits and life design.

]]> high net worth, entrepreneur, executive, investor No Sleep Doesn't Feel Broken Until You Measure It - Nitun Verma Sleep Doesn't Feel Broken Until You Measure It - Nitun Verma full 3589a3d1-4faf-45ec-9623-e1c3e8c9d923 https://share.transistor.fm/s/3d47812e Today we're thrilled to welcome Dr. Nitun Verma, a Stanford-trained sleep physician who designed and ran clinical sleep programs for Apple employees globally and for Meta. 

Nitun's practice has evolved over the years to focus primarily on founders, tech executives, and high-performing professionals who are convinced they've optimized everything, except their sleep. 

In this conversation, he breaks down why most high-performers are quietly underperforming because of habits they've never questioned, and what to actually do about it.

Apply to Long Angle HNW Community:

Key Topics Covered:
• Why feeling fine on poor sleep is not the same as sleeping well — and how clinical tests expose the gap
• The caffeine half-life most people ignore (and why your morning coffee may be wrecking your night)
• How alcohol affects sleep architecture and why you wake up at 3 AM after a few drinks
• The truth about sleep aids: why there is no long-term solution without trade-offs
• How to calculate your actual sleep need and stop guessing
• Revenge bedtime procrastination: why eliminating it is the wrong goal and what to do instead
• Sleep and kids: what works better than melatonin and why evening structure matters more than supplements

Valuable Links:
• Subscribe to Navigating Wealth Newsletter: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast
• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth
• Learn More About Nitun's Practice: https://sleepdecode.com

Socials:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/long-angle
Twitter/X: https://x.com/LongAngleHNW
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longanglehnw/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/longanglehnw

Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth explores how experienced investors, founders and operators actually approach the real questions wealth creates — from private markets and capital allocation to business exits and life design.

]]> Today we're thrilled to welcome Dr. Nitun Verma, a Stanford-trained sleep physician who designed and ran clinical sleep programs for Apple employees globally and for Meta. 

Nitun's practice has evolved over the years to focus primarily on founders, tech executives, and high-performing professionals who are convinced they've optimized everything, except their sleep. 

In this conversation, he breaks down why most high-performers are quietly underperforming because of habits they've never questioned, and what to actually do about it.

Apply to Long Angle HNW Community:

Key Topics Covered:
• Why feeling fine on poor sleep is not the same as sleeping well — and how clinical tests expose the gap
• The caffeine half-life most people ignore (and why your morning coffee may be wrecking your night)
• How alcohol affects sleep architecture and why you wake up at 3 AM after a few drinks
• The truth about sleep aids: why there is no long-term solution without trade-offs
• How to calculate your actual sleep need and stop guessing
• Revenge bedtime procrastination: why eliminating it is the wrong goal and what to do instead
• Sleep and kids: what works better than melatonin and why evening structure matters more than supplements

Valuable Links:
• Subscribe to Navigating Wealth Newsletter: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast
• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth
• Learn More About Nitun's Practice: https://sleepdecode.com

Socials:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/long-angle
Twitter/X: https://x.com/LongAngleHNW
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longanglehnw/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/longanglehnw

Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth explores how experienced investors, founders and operators actually approach the real questions wealth creates — from private markets and capital allocation to business exits and life design.

]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:00:00 -0500 Long Angle Long Angle 2380 Today we're thrilled to welcome Dr. Nitun Verma, a Stanford-trained sleep physician who designed and ran clinical sleep programs for Apple employees globally and for Meta. 

Nitun's practice has evolved over the years to focus primarily on founders, tech executives, and high-performing professionals who are convinced they've optimized everything, except their sleep. 

In this conversation, he breaks down why most high-performers are quietly underperforming because of habits they've never questioned, and what to actually do about it.

Apply to Long Angle HNW Community:

Key Topics Covered:
• Why feeling fine on poor sleep is not the same as sleeping well — and how clinical tests expose the gap
• The caffeine half-life most people ignore (and why your morning coffee may be wrecking your night)
• How alcohol affects sleep architecture and why you wake up at 3 AM after a few drinks
• The truth about sleep aids: why there is no long-term solution without trade-offs
• How to calculate your actual sleep need and stop guessing
• Revenge bedtime procrastination: why eliminating it is the wrong goal and what to do instead
• Sleep and kids: what works better than melatonin and why evening structure matters more than supplements

Valuable Links:
• Subscribe to Navigating Wealth Newsletter: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast
• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth
• Learn More About Nitun's Practice: https://sleepdecode.com

Socials:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/long-angle
Twitter/X: https://x.com/LongAngleHNW
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/longanglehnw/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/longanglehnw

Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth explores how experienced investors, founders and operators actually approach the real questions wealth creates — from private markets and capital allocation to business exits and life design.

]]> high net worth, entrepreneur, executive, investor No Bleacher Report's $200M Exit - Dave Nemetz Bleacher Report's $200M Exit - Dave Nemetz full 321e5dea-c7b2-4c03-904e-63b54a6c5778 https://share.transistor.fm/s/40e7bc5b Today we're thrilled to welcome Dave Nemetz, co-founder of Bleacher Report, the sports media platform he and his high school friends built from a blog into a $200M exit to Turner — all before he turned 30. 

After a second exit with his media company Inverse, Dave now spends his time coaching early and mid-stage founders through growth, fundraising, exits, and the post-exit identity crisis nobody talks about enough.

Apply to Long Angle HNW Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw


Key Topics Covered:

  • How Bleacher Report grew from a side hobby into one of the most-visited sports platforms on the internet
  • The user-generated content pivot that nearly killed their ad business — and the data-driven move that saved it
  • Why digital media is no longer a venture-scale business, and what actually works today
  • How to think about your exit as a series of decisions over years, not a single moment
  • The "drift" that hits founders after a big exit — and how to design your way out of it
  • Why the post-exit script (start another company, become an investor) often leads founders in the wrong direction
  • How to get off the VC treadmill once you're already on it

Valuable Links:

• Subscribe to Navigating Wealth Newsletter: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast

• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth

• Connect with Dave Nemetz: https://www.davenemetz.com


Socials:

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/long-angle

• Twitter/X - https://x.com/LongAngleHNW

• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/longanglehnw/

• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/longanglehnw


Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth explores how experienced investors, founders and operators actually approach the real questions wealth creates — from private markets and capital allocation to business exits and life design.

]]> Today we're thrilled to welcome Dave Nemetz, co-founder of Bleacher Report, the sports media platform he and his high school friends built from a blog into a $200M exit to Turner — all before he turned 30. 

After a second exit with his media company Inverse, Dave now spends his time coaching early and mid-stage founders through growth, fundraising, exits, and the post-exit identity crisis nobody talks about enough.

Apply to Long Angle HNW Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw


Key Topics Covered:

  • How Bleacher Report grew from a side hobby into one of the most-visited sports platforms on the internet
  • The user-generated content pivot that nearly killed their ad business — and the data-driven move that saved it
  • Why digital media is no longer a venture-scale business, and what actually works today
  • How to think about your exit as a series of decisions over years, not a single moment
  • The "drift" that hits founders after a big exit — and how to design your way out of it
  • Why the post-exit script (start another company, become an investor) often leads founders in the wrong direction
  • How to get off the VC treadmill once you're already on it

Valuable Links:

• Subscribe to Navigating Wealth Newsletter: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast

• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth

• Connect with Dave Nemetz: https://www.davenemetz.com


Socials:

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/long-angle

• Twitter/X - https://x.com/LongAngleHNW

• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/longanglehnw/

• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/longanglehnw


Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth explores how experienced investors, founders and operators actually approach the real questions wealth creates — from private markets and capital allocation to business exits and life design.

]]> Wed, 18 Mar 2026 08:51:18 -0500 Long Angle Long Angle 2547 Today we're thrilled to welcome Dave Nemetz, co-founder of Bleacher Report, the sports media platform he and his high school friends built from a blog into a $200M exit to Turner — all before he turned 30. 

After a second exit with his media company Inverse, Dave now spends his time coaching early and mid-stage founders through growth, fundraising, exits, and the post-exit identity crisis nobody talks about enough.

Apply to Long Angle HNW Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw


Key Topics Covered:

  • How Bleacher Report grew from a side hobby into one of the most-visited sports platforms on the internet
  • The user-generated content pivot that nearly killed their ad business — and the data-driven move that saved it
  • Why digital media is no longer a venture-scale business, and what actually works today
  • How to think about your exit as a series of decisions over years, not a single moment
  • The "drift" that hits founders after a big exit — and how to design your way out of it
  • Why the post-exit script (start another company, become an investor) often leads founders in the wrong direction
  • How to get off the VC treadmill once you're already on it

Valuable Links:

• Subscribe to Navigating Wealth Newsletter: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast

• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth

• Connect with Dave Nemetz: https://www.davenemetz.com


Socials:

• LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/long-angle

• Twitter/X - https://x.com/LongAngleHNW

• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/longanglehnw/

• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/longanglehnw


Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth explores how experienced investors, founders and operators actually approach the real questions wealth creates — from private markets and capital allocation to business exits and life design.

]]> high net worth, entrepreneur, executive, investor No NIL Now Stands for Something Else - Inside College Football's Salary Cap - Joey McGuire NIL Now Stands for Something Else - Inside College Football's Salary Cap - Joey McGuire full 126b3268-b06d-4c8c-abad-bf95836a608c https://share.transistor.fm/s/67f2a572 Today we’re thrilled to welcome Joey McGuire, the Head Football Coach at Texas Tech University. 


After leading the Red Raiders to their first-ever Big 12 Championship and a fourth seed in the college football playoffs, McGuire joins us to pull back the curtain on the "chaos with a structure" defining the modern collegiate landscape.


In this episode, we deep dive into the $21M revenue-sharing cap, the "speed dating" reality of the transfer portal, and how elite programs are functioning as wealth management incubators for young athletes navigating seven-figure liquidity.


Key Topics Covered: 

• How Texas Tech uses analytics to find an 82% success rate in the transfer portal.

• Managing a team where compensation is transparently unequal.

• How Tech preps 19-year-olds for taxes, investment, and life after the NFL

• Why the NFL is concerned about offensive line development in a mercenary era

• Where conference realignment and college football sustainability are heading next


Links: 

• Apply to Join Long Angle (no membership fees): https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw

• Learn More About our Sponsor - Daily Body Coach: https://navigatingwealth.dailybodycoach.com/

• Follow Texas Tech Football YouTube Series: https://www.youtube.com/@TexasTechRedRaiders


Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.


Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast where we apply a high-net-worth lens to economics, investing and lifestyle questions.

]]> Today we’re thrilled to welcome Joey McGuire, the Head Football Coach at Texas Tech University. 


After leading the Red Raiders to their first-ever Big 12 Championship and a fourth seed in the college football playoffs, McGuire joins us to pull back the curtain on the "chaos with a structure" defining the modern collegiate landscape.


In this episode, we deep dive into the $21M revenue-sharing cap, the "speed dating" reality of the transfer portal, and how elite programs are functioning as wealth management incubators for young athletes navigating seven-figure liquidity.


Key Topics Covered: 

• How Texas Tech uses analytics to find an 82% success rate in the transfer portal.

• Managing a team where compensation is transparently unequal.

• How Tech preps 19-year-olds for taxes, investment, and life after the NFL

• Why the NFL is concerned about offensive line development in a mercenary era

• Where conference realignment and college football sustainability are heading next


Links: 

• Apply to Join Long Angle (no membership fees): https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw

• Learn More About our Sponsor - Daily Body Coach: https://navigatingwealth.dailybodycoach.com/

• Follow Texas Tech Football YouTube Series: https://www.youtube.com/@TexasTechRedRaiders


Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.


Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast where we apply a high-net-worth lens to economics, investing and lifestyle questions.

]]> Wed, 11 Mar 2026 09:18:50 -0500 Long Angle Long Angle 2894 Today we’re thrilled to welcome Joey McGuire, the Head Football Coach at Texas Tech University. 


After leading the Red Raiders to their first-ever Big 12 Championship and a fourth seed in the college football playoffs, McGuire joins us to pull back the curtain on the "chaos with a structure" defining the modern collegiate landscape.


In this episode, we deep dive into the $21M revenue-sharing cap, the "speed dating" reality of the transfer portal, and how elite programs are functioning as wealth management incubators for young athletes navigating seven-figure liquidity.


Key Topics Covered: 

• How Texas Tech uses analytics to find an 82% success rate in the transfer portal.

• Managing a team where compensation is transparently unequal.

• How Tech preps 19-year-olds for taxes, investment, and life after the NFL

• Why the NFL is concerned about offensive line development in a mercenary era

• Where conference realignment and college football sustainability are heading next


Links: 

• Apply to Join Long Angle (no membership fees): https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw

• Learn More About our Sponsor - Daily Body Coach: https://navigatingwealth.dailybodycoach.com/

• Follow Texas Tech Football YouTube Series: https://www.youtube.com/@TexasTechRedRaiders


Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.


Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast where we apply a high-net-worth lens to economics, investing and lifestyle questions.

]]> high net worth, entrepreneur, executive, investor No Why Disney is Licensing Characters to OpenAI (And What Happens Next) - Michael Sapherstein Why Disney is Licensing Characters to OpenAI (And What Happens Next) - Michael Sapherstein full 39cf1f17-875d-43ec-9b6f-cd48b022a143 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c2158b42 Today we're thrilled to welcome Michael Sapherstein, the former in-house counsel at Major League Baseball, Marvel Entertainment and The Walt Disney Company. 

Mike takes us behind the scenes of the "billion-dollar business you've never heard of" (MLB Advanced Media) and explains how he navigated the legal frontiers of the digital revolution, from the first iPad comic books to the looming impact of generative AI on creative ownership.

Key Topics Covered:
• The Streaming Blueprint: How MLB Advanced Media centralized rights to become the technical backbone of Disney+.
• The Marvel Licensing Machine: Why Marvel was a "pure profit" powerhouse and how the iPad changed their business model overnight.
• The AI Anathema: A veteran lawyer’s take on the "unfair" ingestion of IP and why Disney is now licensing characters to OpenAI.
• The Legal Wealth Gap: Why Big Law partners often miss out on the "ownership economy" due to ingrained risk aversion.
• Career Resilience: Advising the next generation on majoring in "thinking" rather than just "coding" in the age of Claude and Sora.

Links:
• Apply to Join Long Angle (no membership fees): https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw
• Learn More About our Sponsor - Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth

Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

#NavigatingWealth #LongAngle #MichaelSaperstein #Disney #Marvel #AITrends #IPLaw #GenerativeAI #Sora #Licensing #HighNetWorth #InvestorOperator #OwnershipEconomy

]]> Today we're thrilled to welcome Michael Sapherstein, the former in-house counsel at Major League Baseball, Marvel Entertainment and The Walt Disney Company. 

Mike takes us behind the scenes of the "billion-dollar business you've never heard of" (MLB Advanced Media) and explains how he navigated the legal frontiers of the digital revolution, from the first iPad comic books to the looming impact of generative AI on creative ownership.

Key Topics Covered:
• The Streaming Blueprint: How MLB Advanced Media centralized rights to become the technical backbone of Disney+.
• The Marvel Licensing Machine: Why Marvel was a "pure profit" powerhouse and how the iPad changed their business model overnight.
• The AI Anathema: A veteran lawyer’s take on the "unfair" ingestion of IP and why Disney is now licensing characters to OpenAI.
• The Legal Wealth Gap: Why Big Law partners often miss out on the "ownership economy" due to ingrained risk aversion.
• Career Resilience: Advising the next generation on majoring in "thinking" rather than just "coding" in the age of Claude and Sora.

Links:
• Apply to Join Long Angle (no membership fees): https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw
• Learn More About our Sponsor - Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth

Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

#NavigatingWealth #LongAngle #MichaelSaperstein #Disney #Marvel #AITrends #IPLaw #GenerativeAI #Sora #Licensing #HighNetWorth #InvestorOperator #OwnershipEconomy

]]> Wed, 04 Mar 2026 11:13:47 -0600 Long Angle Long Angle 2407 Today we're thrilled to welcome Michael Sapherstein, the former in-house counsel at Major League Baseball, Marvel Entertainment and The Walt Disney Company. 

Mike takes us behind the scenes of the "billion-dollar business you've never heard of" (MLB Advanced Media) and explains how he navigated the legal frontiers of the digital revolution, from the first iPad comic books to the looming impact of generative AI on creative ownership.

Key Topics Covered:
• The Streaming Blueprint: How MLB Advanced Media centralized rights to become the technical backbone of Disney+.
• The Marvel Licensing Machine: Why Marvel was a "pure profit" powerhouse and how the iPad changed their business model overnight.
• The AI Anathema: A veteran lawyer’s take on the "unfair" ingestion of IP and why Disney is now licensing characters to OpenAI.
• The Legal Wealth Gap: Why Big Law partners often miss out on the "ownership economy" due to ingrained risk aversion.
• Career Resilience: Advising the next generation on majoring in "thinking" rather than just "coding" in the age of Claude and Sora.

Links:
• Apply to Join Long Angle (no membership fees): https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw
• Learn More About our Sponsor - Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth

Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

#NavigatingWealth #LongAngle #MichaelSaperstein #Disney #Marvel #AITrends #IPLaw #GenerativeAI #Sora #Licensing #HighNetWorth #InvestorOperator #OwnershipEconomy

]]> high net worth, entrepreneur, executive, investor No Inside $22B Airline Loyalty & Getting Your First Board Seat - Tom O'Toole Inside $22B Airline Loyalty & Getting Your First Board Seat - Tom O'Toole full 73f19c5e-f602-4959-89fa-8bae0963e191 https://share.transistor.fm/s/72c1425a Today we're thrilled to welcome Tom O’Toole, a seasoned executive and Long Angle member who previously served as the CMO of Hyatt Hotels and United Airlines. In this episode, Tom pulls back the curtain on the multi-billion dollar business of airline loyalty programs and shares his strategic roadmap for building a successful "portfolio life" after retiring from the C-suite.

Key Topics Covered:

  • The Economics of Loyalty: Why United’s Mileage Plus was valued at $22B and how airline miles function as the world’s third most used currency.
  • Dynamic Pricing & Inventory: An inside look at how airlines engineer award availability and the shift toward rational, demand-based pricing.
  • The Boardroom Roadmap: Critical advice for securing public and private board seats, including why you need a two-year lead time.
  • Designing a Portfolio Life: How to balance board service, senior advising for firms like McKinsey, and teaching at top-tier universities like Northwestern.
  • Intentional Career Design: Why a post-corporate career must be an "engineered outcome" rather than an accidental retirement.

Links:

Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.

]]> Today we're thrilled to welcome Tom O’Toole, a seasoned executive and Long Angle member who previously served as the CMO of Hyatt Hotels and United Airlines. In this episode, Tom pulls back the curtain on the multi-billion dollar business of airline loyalty programs and shares his strategic roadmap for building a successful "portfolio life" after retiring from the C-suite.

Key Topics Covered:

  • The Economics of Loyalty: Why United’s Mileage Plus was valued at $22B and how airline miles function as the world’s third most used currency.
  • Dynamic Pricing & Inventory: An inside look at how airlines engineer award availability and the shift toward rational, demand-based pricing.
  • The Boardroom Roadmap: Critical advice for securing public and private board seats, including why you need a two-year lead time.
  • Designing a Portfolio Life: How to balance board service, senior advising for firms like McKinsey, and teaching at top-tier universities like Northwestern.
  • Intentional Career Design: Why a post-corporate career must be an "engineered outcome" rather than an accidental retirement.

Links:

Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.

]]> Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:02:23 -0600 Long Angle Long Angle 3058 Today we're thrilled to welcome Tom O’Toole, a seasoned executive and Long Angle member who previously served as the CMO of Hyatt Hotels and United Airlines. In this episode, Tom pulls back the curtain on the multi-billion dollar business of airline loyalty programs and shares his strategic roadmap for building a successful "portfolio life" after retiring from the C-suite.

Key Topics Covered:

  • The Economics of Loyalty: Why United’s Mileage Plus was valued at $22B and how airline miles function as the world’s third most used currency.
  • Dynamic Pricing & Inventory: An inside look at how airlines engineer award availability and the shift toward rational, demand-based pricing.
  • The Boardroom Roadmap: Critical advice for securing public and private board seats, including why you need a two-year lead time.
  • Designing a Portfolio Life: How to balance board service, senior advising for firms like McKinsey, and teaching at top-tier universities like Northwestern.
  • Intentional Career Design: Why a post-corporate career must be an "engineered outcome" rather than an accidental retirement.

Links:

Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.

]]> high net worth, entrepreneur, executive, investor No How to Invest in a Franchise Business - Andy Louis-Charles How to Invest in a Franchise Business - Andy Louis-Charles full 55055f15-d592-49b9-a638-4b4922017e08 https://share.transistor.fm/s/8b6d725d Today we're thrilled to welcome Andy Louis-Charles, a seasoned operator, "refounder," and self-described franchise maximalist. After serving as the Chief Strategy Officer at Custom Ink and navigating a major liquidity event, Andy shifted his focus from chasing a "satisfying number" to playing an infinite game.


In this episode, Andy breaks down his "Inter-Opus" philosophy—the idea that true fulfillment isn't found before or after a goal, but while you are in the flow of meaningful work. He also demystifies the world of franchising, explaining why it is a superior alternative to traditional employment and a powerful vehicle for white-collar workers to transition into the ownership economy.


Links:

• Apply to Join Long Angle's Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw

• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth


Key Topics Covered:

• Andy introduces the "Inter-Opus" philosophy, explaining that true fulfillment is found during the process of meaningful work rather than before or after reaching a milestone.

• The conversation explores why Andy shifted from angel investing to franchising to focus on underwriting execution risk rather than product-market fit.

• Andy defines the "refounder" role as a specialist who identifies plateaued businesses and applies new systems to help them scale to the next level.

• The discussion details why franchising acts as a superior growth and financing model by flipping the traditional employer-employee relationship on its head.

• Andy predicts a massive displacement of white-collar workers and advocates for a transition into an ownership economy through scalable franchise units

Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.

]]> Today we're thrilled to welcome Andy Louis-Charles, a seasoned operator, "refounder," and self-described franchise maximalist. After serving as the Chief Strategy Officer at Custom Ink and navigating a major liquidity event, Andy shifted his focus from chasing a "satisfying number" to playing an infinite game.


In this episode, Andy breaks down his "Inter-Opus" philosophy—the idea that true fulfillment isn't found before or after a goal, but while you are in the flow of meaningful work. He also demystifies the world of franchising, explaining why it is a superior alternative to traditional employment and a powerful vehicle for white-collar workers to transition into the ownership economy.


Links:

• Apply to Join Long Angle's Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw

• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth


Key Topics Covered:

• Andy introduces the "Inter-Opus" philosophy, explaining that true fulfillment is found during the process of meaningful work rather than before or after reaching a milestone.

• The conversation explores why Andy shifted from angel investing to franchising to focus on underwriting execution risk rather than product-market fit.

• Andy defines the "refounder" role as a specialist who identifies plateaued businesses and applies new systems to help them scale to the next level.

• The discussion details why franchising acts as a superior growth and financing model by flipping the traditional employer-employee relationship on its head.

• Andy predicts a massive displacement of white-collar workers and advocates for a transition into an ownership economy through scalable franchise units

Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.

]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2026 08:00:00 -0600 Long Angle Long Angle 3315 Today we're thrilled to welcome Andy Louis-Charles, a seasoned operator, "refounder," and self-described franchise maximalist. After serving as the Chief Strategy Officer at Custom Ink and navigating a major liquidity event, Andy shifted his focus from chasing a "satisfying number" to playing an infinite game.


In this episode, Andy breaks down his "Inter-Opus" philosophy—the idea that true fulfillment isn't found before or after a goal, but while you are in the flow of meaningful work. He also demystifies the world of franchising, explaining why it is a superior alternative to traditional employment and a powerful vehicle for white-collar workers to transition into the ownership economy.


Links:

• Apply to Join Long Angle's Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw

• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth


Key Topics Covered:

• Andy introduces the "Inter-Opus" philosophy, explaining that true fulfillment is found during the process of meaningful work rather than before or after reaching a milestone.

• The conversation explores why Andy shifted from angel investing to franchising to focus on underwriting execution risk rather than product-market fit.

• Andy defines the "refounder" role as a specialist who identifies plateaued businesses and applies new systems to help them scale to the next level.

• The discussion details why franchising acts as a superior growth and financing model by flipping the traditional employer-employee relationship on its head.

• Andy predicts a massive displacement of white-collar workers and advocates for a transition into an ownership economy through scalable franchise units

Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.

]]> high net worth, entrepreneur, executive, investor No Travel Hacking Credit Cards - Chris Hutchins Travel Hacking Credit Cards - Chris Hutchins full c47993ae-25d1-41f7-90fe-6ad127bdc4c4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/b395cee3
Today we're thrilled to welcome Chris Hutchins, host of the All the Hacks podcast with over 1 million listeners. Chris is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded companies acquired by Google and Wealthfront, served as a Partner at Google Ventures, and has accumulated over 14 million credit card points while helping people optimize their finances, travel, and health without turning it into a second job.


Key Topics Covered:

  • Why two credit cards is the optimal number for most busy professionals
  • How AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude can cut through financial noise
  • When to splurge on business class and when economy makes more sense
  • Teaching kids about money and value when you travel in premium cabins
  • Two quick wins: checking for unclaimed money and emailing hotels before arrival
  • How to know when optimization is worth your time vs. when to take the 80/20 approach

Links:

Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.

#ChrisHutchins #AllTheHacks #CreditCardStrategy #TravelHacks #FinancialOptimization #TravelRewards #ParentingAndWealth #LongAngle #NavigatingWealth


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Today we're thrilled to welcome Chris Hutchins, host of the All the Hacks podcast with over 1 million listeners. Chris is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded companies acquired by Google and Wealthfront, served as a Partner at Google Ventures, and has accumulated over 14 million credit card points while helping people optimize their finances, travel, and health without turning it into a second job.


Key Topics Covered:

  • Why two credit cards is the optimal number for most busy professionals
  • How AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude can cut through financial noise
  • When to splurge on business class and when economy makes more sense
  • Teaching kids about money and value when you travel in premium cabins
  • Two quick wins: checking for unclaimed money and emailing hotels before arrival
  • How to know when optimization is worth your time vs. when to take the 80/20 approach

Links:

Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.

#ChrisHutchins #AllTheHacks #CreditCardStrategy #TravelHacks #FinancialOptimization #TravelRewards #ParentingAndWealth #LongAngle #NavigatingWealth


]]> Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:00:00 -0600 Long Angle Long Angle 3090
Today we're thrilled to welcome Chris Hutchins, host of the All the Hacks podcast with over 1 million listeners. Chris is a serial entrepreneur who co-founded companies acquired by Google and Wealthfront, served as a Partner at Google Ventures, and has accumulated over 14 million credit card points while helping people optimize their finances, travel, and health without turning it into a second job.


Key Topics Covered:

  • Why two credit cards is the optimal number for most busy professionals
  • How AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude can cut through financial noise
  • When to splurge on business class and when economy makes more sense
  • Teaching kids about money and value when you travel in premium cabins
  • Two quick wins: checking for unclaimed money and emailing hotels before arrival
  • How to know when optimization is worth your time vs. when to take the 80/20 approach

Links:

Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.

#ChrisHutchins #AllTheHacks #CreditCardStrategy #TravelHacks #FinancialOptimization #TravelRewards #ParentingAndWealth #LongAngle #NavigatingWealth


]]> high net worth, entrepreneur, executive, investor No Selling Your SaaS Business? Use This Checklist to Get the Highest Valuation - Diamond Innabi Selling Your SaaS Business? Use This Checklist to Get the Highest Valuation - Diamond Innabi full ed95b27f-d560-4c85-bdc4-361e17eebf7f https://share.transistor.fm/s/a98256aa Today we're thrilled to welcome Diamond Innabi, Principal at Software Equity Group. 

Diamond has spent 15 years at the front lines of SaaS M&A, guiding founders through exits from first unsolicited offer to multi-million dollar closes. She shares practical insights on timing your exit, running competitive deal processes, and navigating the complexities of earnouts, rollover equity, and post-acquisition transitions.

Key Topics Covered:
• What investment banking actually means for SaaS founders
• The 4-6 month M&A timeline and when to start preparing
• Why founders hire investment bankers vs. running the process themselves
• Strategic buyers vs. private equity: different motivations and evaluation criteria
• Valuation factors that matter most in today's market
• How to position companies with customer concentration or complex technology
• Earnouts and rollover equity: what makes them acceptable vs. problematic
• Managing employee and leadership transitions post-acquisition
• SEG's 20 Factor Valuation Scorecard framework
• The current M&A market environment and what buyers want right now

Links:
• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth
• Apply to Join Long Angle's Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw
• Software Equity Group: https://softwareequity.com

Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.

]]> Today we're thrilled to welcome Diamond Innabi, Principal at Software Equity Group. 

Diamond has spent 15 years at the front lines of SaaS M&A, guiding founders through exits from first unsolicited offer to multi-million dollar closes. She shares practical insights on timing your exit, running competitive deal processes, and navigating the complexities of earnouts, rollover equity, and post-acquisition transitions.

Key Topics Covered:
• What investment banking actually means for SaaS founders
• The 4-6 month M&A timeline and when to start preparing
• Why founders hire investment bankers vs. running the process themselves
• Strategic buyers vs. private equity: different motivations and evaluation criteria
• Valuation factors that matter most in today's market
• How to position companies with customer concentration or complex technology
• Earnouts and rollover equity: what makes them acceptable vs. problematic
• Managing employee and leadership transitions post-acquisition
• SEG's 20 Factor Valuation Scorecard framework
• The current M&A market environment and what buyers want right now

Links:
• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth
• Apply to Join Long Angle's Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw
• Software Equity Group: https://softwareequity.com

Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.

]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 13:17:45 -0600 Long Angle Long Angle 3550 Today we're thrilled to welcome Diamond Innabi, Principal at Software Equity Group. 

Diamond has spent 15 years at the front lines of SaaS M&A, guiding founders through exits from first unsolicited offer to multi-million dollar closes. She shares practical insights on timing your exit, running competitive deal processes, and navigating the complexities of earnouts, rollover equity, and post-acquisition transitions.

Key Topics Covered:
• What investment banking actually means for SaaS founders
• The 4-6 month M&A timeline and when to start preparing
• Why founders hire investment bankers vs. running the process themselves
• Strategic buyers vs. private equity: different motivations and evaluation criteria
• Valuation factors that matter most in today's market
• How to position companies with customer concentration or complex technology
• Earnouts and rollover equity: what makes them acceptable vs. problematic
• Managing employee and leadership transitions post-acquisition
• SEG's 20 Factor Valuation Scorecard framework
• The current M&A market environment and what buyers want right now

Links:
• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth
• Apply to Join Long Angle's Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw
• Software Equity Group: https://softwareequity.com

Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.

]]> high net worth, entrepreneur, executive, investor No The Billion Dollar Question: When Do You Actually Need a Family Office? - Ilka Gregory The Billion Dollar Question: When Do You Actually Need a Family Office? - Ilka Gregory full b74ef8a9-5cd3-40f6-9284-ba6fcaaf8ec0 https://share.transistor.fm/s/af09b42f Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.


Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.


Today we're thrilled to welcome Ilka Gregory, President and CEO of a seventh-generation single family office that's been managing wealth since 1866. With two decades of experience across Goldman Sachs, Bessemer Trust, Lazard Family Office Partners, and Third Avenue Management, Ilka brings rare insight into what it takes to steward family wealth across multiple generations and navigate the complex decisions that come with substantial assets.


Key Topics Covered:

• What a family office actually is and when you need one

• Managing wealth across seven generations and 80+ family members

• The reality of the "shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves" wealth cycle

• How to prepare the next generation without paralyzing them

• State tax policy impacts on family office location decisions

• Integrating spouses and stepchildren into family governance

• Practical guidance for first-generation wealth creators

• Building trusted advisor relationships and peer networks


Links:

• Connect with Ilka Gregory: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilka-gregory/

• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth

• Subscribe to our free newsletter: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast

• Apply to join Long Angle’s Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw

]]> Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.


Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.


Today we're thrilled to welcome Ilka Gregory, President and CEO of a seventh-generation single family office that's been managing wealth since 1866. With two decades of experience across Goldman Sachs, Bessemer Trust, Lazard Family Office Partners, and Third Avenue Management, Ilka brings rare insight into what it takes to steward family wealth across multiple generations and navigate the complex decisions that come with substantial assets.


Key Topics Covered:

• What a family office actually is and when you need one

• Managing wealth across seven generations and 80+ family members

• The reality of the "shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves" wealth cycle

• How to prepare the next generation without paralyzing them

• State tax policy impacts on family office location decisions

• Integrating spouses and stepchildren into family governance

• Practical guidance for first-generation wealth creators

• Building trusted advisor relationships and peer networks


Links:

• Connect with Ilka Gregory: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilka-gregory/

• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth

• Subscribe to our free newsletter: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast

• Apply to join Long Angle’s Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw

]]> Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:27:49 -0600 Long Angle Long Angle 2827 Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.


Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.


Today we're thrilled to welcome Ilka Gregory, President and CEO of a seventh-generation single family office that's been managing wealth since 1866. With two decades of experience across Goldman Sachs, Bessemer Trust, Lazard Family Office Partners, and Third Avenue Management, Ilka brings rare insight into what it takes to steward family wealth across multiple generations and navigate the complex decisions that come with substantial assets.


Key Topics Covered:

• What a family office actually is and when you need one

• Managing wealth across seven generations and 80+ family members

• The reality of the "shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves" wealth cycle

• How to prepare the next generation without paralyzing them

• State tax policy impacts on family office location decisions

• Integrating spouses and stepchildren into family governance

• Practical guidance for first-generation wealth creators

• Building trusted advisor relationships and peer networks


Links:

• Connect with Ilka Gregory: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ilka-gregory/

• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth

• Subscribe to our free newsletter: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast

• Apply to join Long Angle’s Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw

]]> high net worth, entrepreneur, executive, investor No Private Equity Exit Strategy. What Happens After Selling? - Eric Wiklendt Private Equity Exit Strategy. What Happens After Selling? - Eric Wiklendt full 17091ca9-4523-473c-bb5c-e23ba1dc2bec https://share.transistor.fm/s/78755fa1 Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.

Today we're thrilled to welcome Eric Wiklendt. Eric is a Managing Director and Partner at Speyside Equity, where he leads middle-market manufacturing investments. With experience as a former manufacturing CEO at Kelix Heat Transfer Systems and leadership roles at Eaton and Hilti, Eric brings an operator's perspective to private equity. He holds a BBA from Notre Dame and an MBA from Wharton, focusing on turning complex manufacturing businesses into high-performing assets.

Key Topics Covered:
• The three exit scenarios every founder should understand (full exit, transition, continuation)
• What to actually expect when selling to private equity vs. a strategic buyer
• How operator-led PE firms differ from traditional investment banking-driven firms
• Why the shift from growth-focused to EBITDA-focused can surprise founders
• Current manufacturing trends: tariffs, reshoring, and workforce challenges
• The impact of AI and automation on manufacturing jobs
• The K-shaped economy and what it means for middle-class manufacturing jobs

Links:
• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth
• Speyside Equity: https://www.spacesideequity.com
• Eric Wiklendt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericwiklendt
• Long Angle Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw

]]> Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.

Today we're thrilled to welcome Eric Wiklendt. Eric is a Managing Director and Partner at Speyside Equity, where he leads middle-market manufacturing investments. With experience as a former manufacturing CEO at Kelix Heat Transfer Systems and leadership roles at Eaton and Hilti, Eric brings an operator's perspective to private equity. He holds a BBA from Notre Dame and an MBA from Wharton, focusing on turning complex manufacturing businesses into high-performing assets.

Key Topics Covered:
• The three exit scenarios every founder should understand (full exit, transition, continuation)
• What to actually expect when selling to private equity vs. a strategic buyer
• How operator-led PE firms differ from traditional investment banking-driven firms
• Why the shift from growth-focused to EBITDA-focused can surprise founders
• Current manufacturing trends: tariffs, reshoring, and workforce challenges
• The impact of AI and automation on manufacturing jobs
• The K-shaped economy and what it means for middle-class manufacturing jobs

Links:
• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth
• Speyside Equity: https://www.spacesideequity.com
• Eric Wiklendt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericwiklendt
• Long Angle Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw

]]> Wed, 21 Jan 2026 07:00:00 -0600 Long Angle Long Angle 2729 Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.

Today we're thrilled to welcome Eric Wiklendt. Eric is a Managing Director and Partner at Speyside Equity, where he leads middle-market manufacturing investments. With experience as a former manufacturing CEO at Kelix Heat Transfer Systems and leadership roles at Eaton and Hilti, Eric brings an operator's perspective to private equity. He holds a BBA from Notre Dame and an MBA from Wharton, focusing on turning complex manufacturing businesses into high-performing assets.

Key Topics Covered:
• The three exit scenarios every founder should understand (full exit, transition, continuation)
• What to actually expect when selling to private equity vs. a strategic buyer
• How operator-led PE firms differ from traditional investment banking-driven firms
• Why the shift from growth-focused to EBITDA-focused can surprise founders
• Current manufacturing trends: tariffs, reshoring, and workforce challenges
• The impact of AI and automation on manufacturing jobs
• The K-shaped economy and what it means for middle-class manufacturing jobs

Links:
• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth
• Speyside Equity: https://www.spacesideequity.com
• Eric Wiklendt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericwiklendt
• Long Angle Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw

]]> high net worth, entrepreneur, executive, investor No How Novel Research on Worms Lead to an ALS Treatment Breakthrough - Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. How Novel Research on Worms Lead to an ALS Treatment Breakthrough - Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D. full cdd2871c-d6b4-4eec-b7c4-88fb73760af4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/8501b1ea Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.


Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.


Today we're thrilled to welcome Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., CEO and Co-Founder of Trace Neuroscience. Eric is a physician-scientist and entrepreneur who has spent over a decade building genetics-focused biotech companies, including MyoKardia and Maze Therapeutics. At Trace, he's developing the first targeted genomic medicine for ALS in nearly a century, using human genetic insights to restore a critical protein that enables nerve-muscle communication.


Key Topics Covered:

• How sequencing thousands of human genomes reveals which genes matter for disease

• Why people with ALS lose the same protein that makes worms uncoordinated

• How genetic medicines work at the molecular level to target specific RNA

• The role of contract manufacturers in enabling biotech innovation

• Designing clinical trials for severe diseases where patients only get one chance

• Lessons from COVID-19 on balancing speed and safety in drug development

• The economics of drug pricing and why generics matter for long-term affordability

 

Links:

• Trace Neuroscience: https://traceneuro.com

• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth

• Apply to join Long Angle's Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw

]]> Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.


Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.


Today we're thrilled to welcome Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., CEO and Co-Founder of Trace Neuroscience. Eric is a physician-scientist and entrepreneur who has spent over a decade building genetics-focused biotech companies, including MyoKardia and Maze Therapeutics. At Trace, he's developing the first targeted genomic medicine for ALS in nearly a century, using human genetic insights to restore a critical protein that enables nerve-muscle communication.


Key Topics Covered:

• How sequencing thousands of human genomes reveals which genes matter for disease

• Why people with ALS lose the same protein that makes worms uncoordinated

• How genetic medicines work at the molecular level to target specific RNA

• The role of contract manufacturers in enabling biotech innovation

• Designing clinical trials for severe diseases where patients only get one chance

• Lessons from COVID-19 on balancing speed and safety in drug development

• The economics of drug pricing and why generics matter for long-term affordability

 

Links:

• Trace Neuroscience: https://traceneuro.com

• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth

• Apply to join Long Angle's Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw

]]> Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:00:00 -0600 Long Angle Long Angle 2853 Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.


Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.


Today we're thrilled to welcome Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., CEO and Co-Founder of Trace Neuroscience. Eric is a physician-scientist and entrepreneur who has spent over a decade building genetics-focused biotech companies, including MyoKardia and Maze Therapeutics. At Trace, he's developing the first targeted genomic medicine for ALS in nearly a century, using human genetic insights to restore a critical protein that enables nerve-muscle communication.


Key Topics Covered:

• How sequencing thousands of human genomes reveals which genes matter for disease

• Why people with ALS lose the same protein that makes worms uncoordinated

• How genetic medicines work at the molecular level to target specific RNA

• The role of contract manufacturers in enabling biotech innovation

• Designing clinical trials for severe diseases where patients only get one chance

• Lessons from COVID-19 on balancing speed and safety in drug development

• The economics of drug pricing and why generics matter for long-term affordability

 

Links:

• Trace Neuroscience: https://traceneuro.com

• Learn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealth

• Apply to join Long Angle's Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw

]]> high net worth, entrepreneur, executive, investor No Why Most Cybercrime Is Opportunistic, Not Targeted - Jason Passwaters Why Most Cybercrime Is Opportunistic, Not Targeted - Jason Passwaters full 4b5c16eb-33ba-467b-a90c-e49cfa9d925a https://share.transistor.fm/s/74228b7a Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.


Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.


Today we're thrilled to welcome Jason Passwaters, co-founder and CEO of Intel 471, a leading cyber threat intelligence company. Jason is a 12-year U.S. Marine Corps veteran who specialized in counterintelligence and interrogation before transitioning to the private sector. He worked as an FBI contractor tracking cyber criminals through network forensics, then co-founded Intel 471 in 2014, growing it to $20 million in ARR without outside funding before partnering with private equity firm Thoma Bravo. Today, Intel 471 employs 250+ people globally and provides threat intelligence to Fortune-level enterprises and governments.


Key Topics Covered:

• Practical cybersecurity steps for individuals with $10-20M+ in assets

• Why most financially motivated cybercrime is opportunistic, not targeted

• How modern ransomware operations function like professional SaaS companies

• The professionalization of cybercrime with affiliate programs and customer support

• Real stories of tracking cyber criminal crews in Russia and Eastern Europe

• How corruption undermines international law enforcement efforts

• What Intel 471 does: exposure monitoring, threat intelligence, and threat hunting

• Why AI is Jason's biggest concern—lowering barriers for attacks at scale

• The journey from Marine Corps interrogator to bootstrapped cyber CEO


Links:

• Jason Passwaters on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jspasswaters/

• Intel 471: https://intel471.com

• Long Angle Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw


]]> Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.


Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.


Today we're thrilled to welcome Jason Passwaters, co-founder and CEO of Intel 471, a leading cyber threat intelligence company. Jason is a 12-year U.S. Marine Corps veteran who specialized in counterintelligence and interrogation before transitioning to the private sector. He worked as an FBI contractor tracking cyber criminals through network forensics, then co-founded Intel 471 in 2014, growing it to $20 million in ARR without outside funding before partnering with private equity firm Thoma Bravo. Today, Intel 471 employs 250+ people globally and provides threat intelligence to Fortune-level enterprises and governments.


Key Topics Covered:

• Practical cybersecurity steps for individuals with $10-20M+ in assets

• Why most financially motivated cybercrime is opportunistic, not targeted

• How modern ransomware operations function like professional SaaS companies

• The professionalization of cybercrime with affiliate programs and customer support

• Real stories of tracking cyber criminal crews in Russia and Eastern Europe

• How corruption undermines international law enforcement efforts

• What Intel 471 does: exposure monitoring, threat intelligence, and threat hunting

• Why AI is Jason's biggest concern—lowering barriers for attacks at scale

• The journey from Marine Corps interrogator to bootstrapped cyber CEO


Links:

• Jason Passwaters on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jspasswaters/

• Intel 471: https://intel471.com

• Long Angle Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw


]]> Wed, 07 Jan 2026 08:00:00 -0600 Long Angle Long Angle 2850 Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.


Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.


Today we're thrilled to welcome Jason Passwaters, co-founder and CEO of Intel 471, a leading cyber threat intelligence company. Jason is a 12-year U.S. Marine Corps veteran who specialized in counterintelligence and interrogation before transitioning to the private sector. He worked as an FBI contractor tracking cyber criminals through network forensics, then co-founded Intel 471 in 2014, growing it to $20 million in ARR without outside funding before partnering with private equity firm Thoma Bravo. Today, Intel 471 employs 250+ people globally and provides threat intelligence to Fortune-level enterprises and governments.


Key Topics Covered:

• Practical cybersecurity steps for individuals with $10-20M+ in assets

• Why most financially motivated cybercrime is opportunistic, not targeted

• How modern ransomware operations function like professional SaaS companies

• The professionalization of cybercrime with affiliate programs and customer support

• Real stories of tracking cyber criminal crews in Russia and Eastern Europe

• How corruption undermines international law enforcement efforts

• What Intel 471 does: exposure monitoring, threat intelligence, and threat hunting

• Why AI is Jason's biggest concern—lowering barriers for attacks at scale

• The journey from Marine Corps interrogator to bootstrapped cyber CEO


Links:

• Jason Passwaters on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jspasswaters/

• Intel 471: https://intel471.com

• Long Angle Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw


]]> high net worth, entrepreneur, executive, investor No How to Invest in Music Royalties - Jason Peterson How to Invest in Music Royalties - Jason Peterson full e8e3a4c1-e8b7-4bea-8325-4588512bf71e https://share.transistor.fm/s/9bae5cc2 Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.

We're thrilled to welcome Jason Peterson, Founder, Chairman & CEO of GoDigital Media Group. Jason started his career producing a Sundance film at 19, went to law school, and founded his company while still a student. 

Today, GoDigital manages several hundred thousand music copyrights globally, working with artists like Janet Jackson, Jason Derulo, and Daddy Yankee. Jason shares how he navigates wealth and relationships, why music is a compelling non-correlated asset class, and his perspective on AI's impact on the entertainment industry.

Key Topics Covered:
• How wealth changes friendships and family relationships—and strategies for maintaining authentic connections
• Building GoDigital from coffee meetings during law school to managing hundreds of thousands of copyrights
• Why music is a non-correlated asset class with 7-15% yields and appreciation potential
• The economics of streaming royalties and catalog acquisitions
• Why Latin American and African music represent major growth opportunities
• AI-generated content and the "post-truth era" in media
• Overcoming imposter syndrome at the highest levels of business

Links:
• GoDigital Media Group: https://godigitalmg.com
• Long Angle Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw

#wealth #entrepreneurship #musicindustry #investing #podcast

]]> Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.

We're thrilled to welcome Jason Peterson, Founder, Chairman & CEO of GoDigital Media Group. Jason started his career producing a Sundance film at 19, went to law school, and founded his company while still a student. 

Today, GoDigital manages several hundred thousand music copyrights globally, working with artists like Janet Jackson, Jason Derulo, and Daddy Yankee. Jason shares how he navigates wealth and relationships, why music is a compelling non-correlated asset class, and his perspective on AI's impact on the entertainment industry.

Key Topics Covered:
• How wealth changes friendships and family relationships—and strategies for maintaining authentic connections
• Building GoDigital from coffee meetings during law school to managing hundreds of thousands of copyrights
• Why music is a non-correlated asset class with 7-15% yields and appreciation potential
• The economics of streaming royalties and catalog acquisitions
• Why Latin American and African music represent major growth opportunities
• AI-generated content and the "post-truth era" in media
• Overcoming imposter syndrome at the highest levels of business

Links:
• GoDigital Media Group: https://godigitalmg.com
• Long Angle Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw

#wealth #entrepreneurship #musicindustry #investing #podcast

]]> Wed, 31 Dec 2025 08:00:00 -0600 Long Angle Long Angle 2884 Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.

We're thrilled to welcome Jason Peterson, Founder, Chairman & CEO of GoDigital Media Group. Jason started his career producing a Sundance film at 19, went to law school, and founded his company while still a student. 

Today, GoDigital manages several hundred thousand music copyrights globally, working with artists like Janet Jackson, Jason Derulo, and Daddy Yankee. Jason shares how he navigates wealth and relationships, why music is a compelling non-correlated asset class, and his perspective on AI's impact on the entertainment industry.

Key Topics Covered:
• How wealth changes friendships and family relationships—and strategies for maintaining authentic connections
• Building GoDigital from coffee meetings during law school to managing hundreds of thousands of copyrights
• Why music is a non-correlated asset class with 7-15% yields and appreciation potential
• The economics of streaming royalties and catalog acquisitions
• Why Latin American and African music represent major growth opportunities
• AI-generated content and the "post-truth era" in media
• Overcoming imposter syndrome at the highest levels of business

Links:
• GoDigital Media Group: https://godigitalmg.com
• Long Angle Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw

#wealth #entrepreneurship #musicindustry #investing #podcast

]]> high net worth, entrepreneur, executive, investor No Fortune 500 VP to PE CEO. Better Work-Life Balance? - Marc Boreham Fortune 500 VP to PE CEO. Better Work-Life Balance? - Marc Boreham full 92dd1e61-2f42-46a0-b359-d1e963b2c0ea https://share.transistor.fm/s/dd671c6b Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.


Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.


Today we're thrilled to welcome Marc Boreham. He is the President and CEO of Technical Safety Services, a leading private equity-backed laboratory services company. Prior to joining TSS, Marc spent two decades at Agilent Technologies, including leading its billion-dollar field services organization before his 40th birthday. Marc shares his surprising insights on why PE firms can actually offer better work-life balance than Fortune 500 companies, how he thinks about investment risk after achieving financial independence, and the stark differences between decision-making in large corporations versus smaller PE-backed firms.


Key Topics Covered:

• How to allocate investments after reaching financial independence—balancing safe "don't break glass" portfolios with high-risk alternative investments

• Why PE-backed companies can offer better work-life balance than public Fortune 500 firms

• The meeting paradox: why big companies can't get out of their own way and how diffused responsibility creates decision paralysis

• Marc's transition from running a $1B+ division at Agilent to becoming a PE-backed CEO

• The tradeoff between decision-making speed and execution power at different company scales

• How to maintain agility while scaling: doing what made big companies big without the bureaucracy

• Risk tolerance in business: moving from zero-risk mentality to calculated decision-making

• The reality of PE value creation vs. financial engineering

• Why competitive edge and curiosity drive continued risk-taking even after financial success


Links:

• Marc Boreham on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boreham

• Technical Safety Services: https://www.techsafety.com

• Join Long Angle: https://longangle.com


Chapters: 

00:00 - Intro 

01:00 - Welcome to Navigating Wealth: Marc Boreham 

01:30 - Investment Risk After Financial Independence

04:45 - Bond Allocation Debate

10:17 - Why Marc Left Agilent for Private Equity

17:58 - Private Equity vs. Fortune 500 Work Culture

25:05 - The Economics of PE-Backed Companies

29:39 - Decision-Making Speed vs. Execution Power

42:01 - ​​Why Big Companies Can't Kill Their Meetings

46:46 - Risk Tolerance and Organizational Paralysis

47:59 - Connecting with Marc and Closing thoughts


]]> Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.


Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.


Today we're thrilled to welcome Marc Boreham. He is the President and CEO of Technical Safety Services, a leading private equity-backed laboratory services company. Prior to joining TSS, Marc spent two decades at Agilent Technologies, including leading its billion-dollar field services organization before his 40th birthday. Marc shares his surprising insights on why PE firms can actually offer better work-life balance than Fortune 500 companies, how he thinks about investment risk after achieving financial independence, and the stark differences between decision-making in large corporations versus smaller PE-backed firms.


Key Topics Covered:

• How to allocate investments after reaching financial independence—balancing safe "don't break glass" portfolios with high-risk alternative investments

• Why PE-backed companies can offer better work-life balance than public Fortune 500 firms

• The meeting paradox: why big companies can't get out of their own way and how diffused responsibility creates decision paralysis

• Marc's transition from running a $1B+ division at Agilent to becoming a PE-backed CEO

• The tradeoff between decision-making speed and execution power at different company scales

• How to maintain agility while scaling: doing what made big companies big without the bureaucracy

• Risk tolerance in business: moving from zero-risk mentality to calculated decision-making

• The reality of PE value creation vs. financial engineering

• Why competitive edge and curiosity drive continued risk-taking even after financial success


Links:

• Marc Boreham on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boreham

• Technical Safety Services: https://www.techsafety.com

• Join Long Angle: https://longangle.com


Chapters: 

00:00 - Intro 

01:00 - Welcome to Navigating Wealth: Marc Boreham 

01:30 - Investment Risk After Financial Independence

04:45 - Bond Allocation Debate

10:17 - Why Marc Left Agilent for Private Equity

17:58 - Private Equity vs. Fortune 500 Work Culture

25:05 - The Economics of PE-Backed Companies

29:39 - Decision-Making Speed vs. Execution Power

42:01 - ​​Why Big Companies Can't Kill Their Meetings

46:46 - Risk Tolerance and Organizational Paralysis

47:59 - Connecting with Marc and Closing thoughts


]]> Wed, 24 Dec 2025 08:00:00 -0600 Long Angle Long Angle 2945 Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.


Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.


Today we're thrilled to welcome Marc Boreham. He is the President and CEO of Technical Safety Services, a leading private equity-backed laboratory services company. Prior to joining TSS, Marc spent two decades at Agilent Technologies, including leading its billion-dollar field services organization before his 40th birthday. Marc shares his surprising insights on why PE firms can actually offer better work-life balance than Fortune 500 companies, how he thinks about investment risk after achieving financial independence, and the stark differences between decision-making in large corporations versus smaller PE-backed firms.


Key Topics Covered:

• How to allocate investments after reaching financial independence—balancing safe "don't break glass" portfolios with high-risk alternative investments

• Why PE-backed companies can offer better work-life balance than public Fortune 500 firms

• The meeting paradox: why big companies can't get out of their own way and how diffused responsibility creates decision paralysis

• Marc's transition from running a $1B+ division at Agilent to becoming a PE-backed CEO

• The tradeoff between decision-making speed and execution power at different company scales

• How to maintain agility while scaling: doing what made big companies big without the bureaucracy

• Risk tolerance in business: moving from zero-risk mentality to calculated decision-making

• The reality of PE value creation vs. financial engineering

• Why competitive edge and curiosity drive continued risk-taking even after financial success


Links:

• Marc Boreham on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boreham

• Technical Safety Services: https://www.techsafety.com

• Join Long Angle: https://longangle.com


Chapters: 

00:00 - Intro 

01:00 - Welcome to Navigating Wealth: Marc Boreham 

01:30 - Investment Risk After Financial Independence

04:45 - Bond Allocation Debate

10:17 - Why Marc Left Agilent for Private Equity

17:58 - Private Equity vs. Fortune 500 Work Culture

25:05 - The Economics of PE-Backed Companies

29:39 - Decision-Making Speed vs. Execution Power

42:01 - ​​Why Big Companies Can't Kill Their Meetings

46:46 - Risk Tolerance and Organizational Paralysis

47:59 - Connecting with Marc and Closing thoughts


]]> high net worth, entrepreneur, executive, investor No How Streaming is Changing Hollywood's Business Model - Jonathan Eirich How Streaming is Changing Hollywood's Business Model - Jonathan Eirich full e294b546-30c9-4e11-9798-7f1149a3f782 https://share.transistor.fm/s/4ab02c06 Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.

Today we're thrilled to welcome Jonathan Eirich, co-CEO of Rideback and co-founder of Spurry, an AI-powered animation company. Jonathan has produced billion-dollar blockbusters including Disney's live-action Aladdin, the Lego franchise, and Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender. 

He provides rare insider perspective on Hollywood's business model, why studios keep making sequels, the real economics of producing blockbusters, and whether AI will genuinely transform filmmaking.

Key Topics Covered:

• The Warner Brothers bidding war and what consolidation really means for Hollywood
• Why studio executives are risk-averse and keep greenlighting sequels over original stories
• The business model behind billion-dollar movies like Aladdin and Lilo & Stitch
• How streaming changed Hollywood's economics (but not in the way most people think)
• AI's actual impact on filmmaking vs. the hype—insights from building an AI animation company
• The career path into Hollywood and whether the traditional ladder still works
• Future of the film industry and where the next opportunities are emerging

Links:
• Rideback: https://rideback.com
• Long Angle Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw

#Hollywood #FilmIndustry #MovieBusiness #AIinFilm #Streaming #Netflix #Disney #WarnerBrothers #ContentCreation #FilmProduction #EntertainmentBusiness #BlockbusterMovies #Entrepreneurship #BusinessPodcast #InvestorPodcast #WealthManagement #NavigatingWealth #LongAngle

]]> Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.

Today we're thrilled to welcome Jonathan Eirich, co-CEO of Rideback and co-founder of Spurry, an AI-powered animation company. Jonathan has produced billion-dollar blockbusters including Disney's live-action Aladdin, the Lego franchise, and Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender. 

He provides rare insider perspective on Hollywood's business model, why studios keep making sequels, the real economics of producing blockbusters, and whether AI will genuinely transform filmmaking.

Key Topics Covered:

• The Warner Brothers bidding war and what consolidation really means for Hollywood
• Why studio executives are risk-averse and keep greenlighting sequels over original stories
• The business model behind billion-dollar movies like Aladdin and Lilo & Stitch
• How streaming changed Hollywood's economics (but not in the way most people think)
• AI's actual impact on filmmaking vs. the hype—insights from building an AI animation company
• The career path into Hollywood and whether the traditional ladder still works
• Future of the film industry and where the next opportunities are emerging

Links:
• Rideback: https://rideback.com
• Long Angle Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw

#Hollywood #FilmIndustry #MovieBusiness #AIinFilm #Streaming #Netflix #Disney #WarnerBrothers #ContentCreation #FilmProduction #EntertainmentBusiness #BlockbusterMovies #Entrepreneurship #BusinessPodcast #InvestorPodcast #WealthManagement #NavigatingWealth #LongAngle

]]> Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:29:31 -0600 Long Angle Long Angle 3211 Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.

Today we're thrilled to welcome Jonathan Eirich, co-CEO of Rideback and co-founder of Spurry, an AI-powered animation company. Jonathan has produced billion-dollar blockbusters including Disney's live-action Aladdin, the Lego franchise, and Netflix's Avatar: The Last Airbender. 

He provides rare insider perspective on Hollywood's business model, why studios keep making sequels, the real economics of producing blockbusters, and whether AI will genuinely transform filmmaking.

Key Topics Covered:

• The Warner Brothers bidding war and what consolidation really means for Hollywood
• Why studio executives are risk-averse and keep greenlighting sequels over original stories
• The business model behind billion-dollar movies like Aladdin and Lilo & Stitch
• How streaming changed Hollywood's economics (but not in the way most people think)
• AI's actual impact on filmmaking vs. the hype—insights from building an AI animation company
• The career path into Hollywood and whether the traditional ladder still works
• Future of the film industry and where the next opportunities are emerging

Links:
• Rideback: https://rideback.com
• Long Angle Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw

#Hollywood #FilmIndustry #MovieBusiness #AIinFilm #Streaming #Netflix #Disney #WarnerBrothers #ContentCreation #FilmProduction #EntertainmentBusiness #BlockbusterMovies #Entrepreneurship #BusinessPodcast #InvestorPodcast #WealthManagement #NavigatingWealth #LongAngle

]]> high net worth, entrepreneur, executive, investor No How Much Successful Individuals Spend on Professional Services - Long Angle Benchmark How Much Successful Individuals Spend on Professional Services - Long Angle Benchmark full Buzzsprout-18326789 https://share.transistor.fm/s/3df254bc Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.


Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.


In this episode, Tad Fallows, Sriram Gollapalli, and Matt Shechtman discuss the inaugural 2025 Long Angle Professional Services Benchmarking Survey. The hosts analyze spending patterns and satisfaction levels across financial services, personal services, and family-related services for individuals with $5M to $200M in net worth.


Key Topics Covered:

• Why 20% of high net worth individuals don't use CPAs and 42% are considering switching

• The surprising dissatisfaction gap between personal trainers (9.3/10) and personal assistants (6.7/10)

• AUM vs. fee-based wealth management models and why satisfaction varies dramatically

• Estate planning costs ranging from $9K to $35K for similar services

• The challenge of finding quality personal trainers and virtual vs. in-person service delivery

• Whether the future lies in à la carte services or bundled family office solutions

• Public vs. private school decisions among wealthy families (nearly a 50/50 split)

Links:

• 2025 Long Angle Professional Services Survey: https://www.longangle.com/research/high-net-worth-professional-services

• Long Angle Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw

• Subscribe to Navigating Wealth's Weekly Newsletter: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast


Chapters: 

00:00 - Welcome to Navigating Wealth: Professional Services Survey

02:27 - CPAs & Tax Preparation

15:07 - Wealth Management: The AUM Pricing Dilemma 

24:28 - The Family Office Satisfaction Model

25:24 - Personal Trainers: Highest Satisfaction at 9.3/10

25:48 - Personal Assistants: The Low Satisfaction Problem

29:08 - What Makes Executive Assistants Valuable 

31:01 - Finding Quality Personal Services 

37:44 - Estate Planning 

38:41 - The Estate Attorney Search & Price Variance 

41:14 - Why Estate Planning is So Hard To Evaluate 

42:01 - Key Takeaways & Next Steps 


#WealthManagement #HighNetWorth #FinancialPlanning #EstatePlanning #TaxStrategy #WealthAdvisor #UHNW #FamilyOffice #FinancialAdvisor #CPATax #WealthBuilder #InvestmentStrategy #PrivateWealth #FinancialIndependence #EntrepreneurLife #FounderLife #WealthCreation #FinancialServices #TaxPlanning #PersonalFinance

]]> Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.


Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.


In this episode, Tad Fallows, Sriram Gollapalli, and Matt Shechtman discuss the inaugural 2025 Long Angle Professional Services Benchmarking Survey. The hosts analyze spending patterns and satisfaction levels across financial services, personal services, and family-related services for individuals with $5M to $200M in net worth.


Key Topics Covered:

• Why 20% of high net worth individuals don't use CPAs and 42% are considering switching

• The surprising dissatisfaction gap between personal trainers (9.3/10) and personal assistants (6.7/10)

• AUM vs. fee-based wealth management models and why satisfaction varies dramatically

• Estate planning costs ranging from $9K to $35K for similar services

• The challenge of finding quality personal trainers and virtual vs. in-person service delivery

• Whether the future lies in à la carte services or bundled family office solutions

• Public vs. private school decisions among wealthy families (nearly a 50/50 split)

Links:

• 2025 Long Angle Professional Services Survey: https://www.longangle.com/research/high-net-worth-professional-services

• Long Angle Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw

• Subscribe to Navigating Wealth's Weekly Newsletter: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast


Chapters: 

00:00 - Welcome to Navigating Wealth: Professional Services Survey

02:27 - CPAs & Tax Preparation

15:07 - Wealth Management: The AUM Pricing Dilemma 

24:28 - The Family Office Satisfaction Model

25:24 - Personal Trainers: Highest Satisfaction at 9.3/10

25:48 - Personal Assistants: The Low Satisfaction Problem

29:08 - What Makes Executive Assistants Valuable 

31:01 - Finding Quality Personal Services 

37:44 - Estate Planning 

38:41 - The Estate Attorney Search & Price Variance 

41:14 - Why Estate Planning is So Hard To Evaluate 

42:01 - Key Takeaways & Next Steps 


#WealthManagement #HighNetWorth #FinancialPlanning #EstatePlanning #TaxStrategy #WealthAdvisor #UHNW #FamilyOffice #FinancialAdvisor #CPATax #WealthBuilder #InvestmentStrategy #PrivateWealth #FinancialIndependence #EntrepreneurLife #FounderLife #WealthCreation #FinancialServices #TaxPlanning #PersonalFinance

]]> Wed, 10 Dec 2025 07:00:00 -0600 Long Angle Long Angle 2868 Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions. Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual car... Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsib high net worth, entrepreneur, executive, investor No How to Evaluate Stocks to Achieve Market-Beating Returns - David Gardner How to Evaluate Stocks to Achieve Market-Beating Returns - David Gardner full Buzzsprout-18290288 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c3de245f Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.

Today we’re thrilled to welcome David Gardner. He is the Co-Founder of The Motley Fool, host of the Rule Breaker Investing podcast, Chairman of The Motley Fool Foundation, and author of the just-released book Rule Breaker Investing.

Key Topics Covered:
• The 4 hidden valuation factors that drive long-term returns but don't appear in financial statements: CEO quality, brand strength, innovation capability, and corporate culture.
• Why "overvalued" is often a buy signal—and how the best companies always look expensive because traditional PE ratios miss part of the equation.
• The "losing to win" philosophy: Why David picks more bad stocks than most people he knows, but his winners (like Tesla up 100x) more than compensate for his 50%+ losers.
• Market timing vs. buy discipline: Why David stayed fully invested through the dot-com crash, the 2008 financial crisis, and COVID
• The sleep number concept: What percentage of your portfolio you'd allow a single stock to become and still sleep at night—and why David's is 50%+.
• Growth vs. Value investing: Why David rejects these categories entirely and focuses on "excellence" instead, looking for top dogs and first movers in important emerging industries.
• What David is buying today and why he's comfortable with stocks the market considers "the most overvalued of all time."
• Private markets and IPO timing: Why David rarely buys at IPOs and prefers lesser-known public companies
• The role of macro analysis: Why David agrees with Warren Buffett that "forming macro opinions or listening to market predictions is a waste of time" and focuses on bottoms-up company analysis instead.

Links:
• Apply to become a Long Angle member - https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw
• Subscribe to get notified when we release new episodes: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast
• Rule Breaker Investing – David Gardner's book RuleBreaker Investing.com – • David's framework and resources Fool.com – The Motley Fool's investment services 
• @DavidGFool – David on Twitter/X
• Download Long Angle 2025 Professional Services Report - https://www.longangle.com/research/high-net-worth-professional-services

Chapters:
0:00 - 09:33 - Which Investment Game Are You Playing?
09:33 - 13:02- By Low / Sell High Philosophy & Compounding Returns, 
13:02 - 15:55 - Gardner Hype Cycle, Nvidia & Rule Breakers
15:55 - 17:21 - The Snap & Cola Tests
17:21 - 33:35 - How to Value Companies: CEOs, Brands, Innovation & Culture
33:35 - 38:20 - Accessing Private Markets & Staying Private Vs. Going Public
38:30 - 44:03 - Investing Signals Vs. Noise & The Lifecycle of Companies
44:03 - 49:28 - The Bottoms Up Investing Approach
49:28 - The Motley Fool Methodology (Indices, Mutual Funds, Sleep Number)

]]> Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.

Today we’re thrilled to welcome David Gardner. He is the Co-Founder of The Motley Fool, host of the Rule Breaker Investing podcast, Chairman of The Motley Fool Foundation, and author of the just-released book Rule Breaker Investing.

Key Topics Covered:
• The 4 hidden valuation factors that drive long-term returns but don't appear in financial statements: CEO quality, brand strength, innovation capability, and corporate culture.
• Why "overvalued" is often a buy signal—and how the best companies always look expensive because traditional PE ratios miss part of the equation.
• The "losing to win" philosophy: Why David picks more bad stocks than most people he knows, but his winners (like Tesla up 100x) more than compensate for his 50%+ losers.
• Market timing vs. buy discipline: Why David stayed fully invested through the dot-com crash, the 2008 financial crisis, and COVID
• The sleep number concept: What percentage of your portfolio you'd allow a single stock to become and still sleep at night—and why David's is 50%+.
• Growth vs. Value investing: Why David rejects these categories entirely and focuses on "excellence" instead, looking for top dogs and first movers in important emerging industries.
• What David is buying today and why he's comfortable with stocks the market considers "the most overvalued of all time."
• Private markets and IPO timing: Why David rarely buys at IPOs and prefers lesser-known public companies
• The role of macro analysis: Why David agrees with Warren Buffett that "forming macro opinions or listening to market predictions is a waste of time" and focuses on bottoms-up company analysis instead.

Links:
• Apply to become a Long Angle member - https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw
• Subscribe to get notified when we release new episodes: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast
• Rule Breaker Investing – David Gardner's book RuleBreaker Investing.com – • David's framework and resources Fool.com – The Motley Fool's investment services 
• @DavidGFool – David on Twitter/X
• Download Long Angle 2025 Professional Services Report - https://www.longangle.com/research/high-net-worth-professional-services

Chapters:
0:00 - 09:33 - Which Investment Game Are You Playing?
09:33 - 13:02- By Low / Sell High Philosophy & Compounding Returns, 
13:02 - 15:55 - Gardner Hype Cycle, Nvidia & Rule Breakers
15:55 - 17:21 - The Snap & Cola Tests
17:21 - 33:35 - How to Value Companies: CEOs, Brands, Innovation & Culture
33:35 - 38:20 - Accessing Private Markets & Staying Private Vs. Going Public
38:30 - 44:03 - Investing Signals Vs. Noise & The Lifecycle of Companies
44:03 - 49:28 - The Bottoms Up Investing Approach
49:28 - The Motley Fool Methodology (Indices, Mutual Funds, Sleep Number)

]]> Wed, 03 Dec 2025 07:00:00 -0600 Long Angle Long Angle 3816 Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions. Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual care... Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsib high net worth, entrepreneur, executive, investor No Is College Worth the Price Tag? - Michael Horn Is College Worth the Price Tag? - Michael Horn full Buzzsprout-18249421 https://share.transistor.fm/s/27fd7656 Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.

Today's guest is Michael Horn, a leading education strategist, author, and researcher whose work focuses on how innovation can reshape learning outcomes. He has written extensively on technology in education, is the co-author of several books on the future of learning and workforce development, including "Job Moves: 9 Steps for Making Progress in Your Career", and publishes "The Future of Education" on Substack. Michael regularly advises schools, districts, and organizations navigating the intersection of pedagogy, technology, and workforce preparation.

Key Topics Covered:
• Why “wait until eighth” matters—and how Michael’s family balances screen access, iPads, and zero-phone policies while still allowing free play, neighborhood exploration, and responsible independence for their 11-year-old twins.
• A staged model for introducing screens to kids, from interactive family-mediated use for young children to structured autonomy with clear household limits as they age.
• How boredom can be a developmental advantage, fostering creativity and resilience, and why Michael sees it as a “privilege” rather than a problem to eliminate.
• The tension between social belonging and device restrictions, including how group texts, after-school coordination, and school norms influence when kids need communication tools.
• Why school-wide phone bans (bell-to-bell vs. full restrictions) are rising nationwide, and the nuanced trade-offs schools face enforcing them.
• Michael’s critique of how ed-tech was deployed during COVID, and why simply layering technology on top of the traditional class model rarely produces meaningful learning gains.
• A deeper look at experiential learning models like Alpha School, Acton Academy, and Summit Public Schools, and why mastery-based, project-driven structures can outperform conventional pacing.
• How schools should rethink AI—not as “banned technology” but as a tool for targeted skill development, and why academic integrity rules will need to evolve alongside LLM use.
• What the future of early-career work looks like in an AI-driven economy, including why entry-level roles are most vulnerable and why teens and college students must get real work experience far earlier.

Links:
• Apply to become a Long Angle member - https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw
• Subscribe to get notified when we release new episodes: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast
• Download Long Angle 2025 Professional Services Report - https://www.longangle.com/research/high-net-worth-professional-services

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
02:10 - Debate on Screens, Gaming & Kids
08:06 - Why “Wait Until 8th Grade” Works
08:51 - Boredom Is a Superpower
12:57 - Inside the New School Phone Bans
20:39 - Alpha Schools, AI & The Future of Education
26:40 - Why Teens Need Real Work Sooner
46:59 - The Care Economy & Pursuing Passions
48:31- Disposeable Income & Quality of Life
50:15 - Social Dynamics in the School System
53:21 - The Purpose of College Today
01:00 - Where to Find More from Michael Horn

]]> Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep expertise across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle.

Today's guest is Michael Horn, a leading education strategist, author, and researcher whose work focuses on how innovation can reshape learning outcomes. He has written extensively on technology in education, is the co-author of several books on the future of learning and workforce development, including "Job Moves: 9 Steps for Making Progress in Your Career", and publishes "The Future of Education" on Substack. Michael regularly advises schools, districts, and organizations navigating the intersection of pedagogy, technology, and workforce preparation.

Key Topics Covered:
• Why “wait until eighth” matters—and how Michael’s family balances screen access, iPads, and zero-phone policies while still allowing free play, neighborhood exploration, and responsible independence for their 11-year-old twins.
• A staged model for introducing screens to kids, from interactive family-mediated use for young children to structured autonomy with clear household limits as they age.
• How boredom can be a developmental advantage, fostering creativity and resilience, and why Michael sees it as a “privilege” rather than a problem to eliminate.
• The tension between social belonging and device restrictions, including how group texts, after-school coordination, and school norms influence when kids need communication tools.
• Why school-wide phone bans (bell-to-bell vs. full restrictions) are rising nationwide, and the nuanced trade-offs schools face enforcing them.
• Michael’s critique of how ed-tech was deployed during COVID, and why simply layering technology on top of the traditional class model rarely produces meaningful learning gains.
• A deeper look at experiential learning models like Alpha School, Acton Academy, and Summit Public Schools, and why mastery-based, project-driven structures can outperform conventional pacing.
• How schools should rethink AI—not as “banned technology” but as a tool for targeted skill development, and why academic integrity rules will need to evolve alongside LLM use.
• What the future of early-career work looks like in an AI-driven economy, including why entry-level roles are most vulnerable and why teens and college students must get real work experience far earlier.

Links:
• Apply to become a Long Angle member - https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw
• Subscribe to get notified when we release new episodes: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast
• Download Long Angle 2025 Professional Services Report - https://www.longangle.com/research/high-net-worth-professional-services

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
02:10 - Debate on Screens, Gaming & Kids
08:06 - Why “Wait Until 8th Grade” Works
08:51 - Boredom Is a Superpower
12:57 - Inside the New School Phone Bans
20:39 - Alpha Schools, AI & The Future of Education
26:40 - Why Teens Need Real Work Sooner
46:59 - The Care Economy & Pursuing Passions
48:31- Disposeable Income & Quality of Life
50:15 - Social Dynamics in the School System
53:21 - The Purpose of College Today
01:00 - Where to Find More from Michael Horn

]]> Wed, 26 Nov 2025 07:00:00 -0600 Long Angle Long Angle 3648 Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions. Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual care... Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsib high net worth, entrepreneur, executive, investor No Why International Investing Is Being Overlooked by Americans - Daniel Altman Why International Investing Is Being Overlooked by Americans - Daniel Altman full Buzzsprout-18058312 https://share.transistor.fm/s/cf04ec48 Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Apply to become a Long Angle member - https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep subject matter expertise to share fresh, candid perspectives across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle. 

Today’s guest is Daniel Altman, an economist, founder and bestselling author. He's a Harvard-trained PhD who writes the High Yield Economics newsletter and has contributed to The New York Times, Forbes and The Economist. Dan is a founding investor in Calgary Wild FC.

Key Topics Covered:

• How commission structures create principal–agent problems in real estate and the strategies Dan uses to negotiate rebates and align incentives
• The economics behind women’s sports, why live content is “the emperor,” and how relatability drives the growth of leagues like Canadian women’s soccer
• Inside the business model of sports investing, including promotion dynamics in European soccer and where MLS valuations are today
• Lessons from Dan’s years running analytics inside professional soccer clubs and identifying undervalued opportunities across global soccer markets
• What generative AI will—and won’t—disrupt in the labor market, and why Dan believes many service jobs remain insulated
• How a shrinking labor force, new tariffs, and weak training systems could create another politically destabilizing wave of worker displacement
• The parallels between today’s U.S. economy and Argentina’s recent Peronist era, and why high debt-to-GDP ratios are fueling inflation fears
• Why foreign direct investment is gaining relevance, the countries currently offering the strongest growth-adjusted risk profiles, and how currency depreciation reshapes returns
• Dan’s outlook on the U.S. dollar, why even German bonds outperformed this year, and what a depreciating currency means for high-net-worth Americans


Links:
• Subscribe to get notified when we release new episodes: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast
• Download Long Angle 2025 Professional Services Report - https://www.longangle.com/research/high-net-worth-professional-services

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
02:15 - Real Estate Commissions 
12:30 - Career Journey
18:45 - Sports Investing 
28:20 - Lessons from Instawork and Labor Market Disruption
35:10 - Generative AI's Impact on White-Collar vs Blue-Collar Jobs
42:30 - The Baseline Profitability Index
48:50 - Currency Devaluation, Gold, and Portfolio Diversification
55:40 - Follow Daniel Altman


]]> Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions.

Apply to become a Long Angle member - https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw

Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who have built significant wealth. Each episode features a guest with an unusual career journey and deep subject matter expertise to share fresh, candid perspectives across some aspect of the economy, investing, family, health, or lifestyle. 

Today’s guest is Daniel Altman, an economist, founder and bestselling author. He's a Harvard-trained PhD who writes the High Yield Economics newsletter and has contributed to The New York Times, Forbes and The Economist. Dan is a founding investor in Calgary Wild FC.

Key Topics Covered:

• How commission structures create principal–agent problems in real estate and the strategies Dan uses to negotiate rebates and align incentives
• The economics behind women’s sports, why live content is “the emperor,” and how relatability drives the growth of leagues like Canadian women’s soccer
• Inside the business model of sports investing, including promotion dynamics in European soccer and where MLS valuations are today
• Lessons from Dan’s years running analytics inside professional soccer clubs and identifying undervalued opportunities across global soccer markets
• What generative AI will—and won’t—disrupt in the labor market, and why Dan believes many service jobs remain insulated
• How a shrinking labor force, new tariffs, and weak training systems could create another politically destabilizing wave of worker displacement
• The parallels between today’s U.S. economy and Argentina’s recent Peronist era, and why high debt-to-GDP ratios are fueling inflation fears
• Why foreign direct investment is gaining relevance, the countries currently offering the strongest growth-adjusted risk profiles, and how currency depreciation reshapes returns
• Dan’s outlook on the U.S. dollar, why even German bonds outperformed this year, and what a depreciating currency means for high-net-worth Americans


Links:
• Subscribe to get notified when we release new episodes: https://www.longangle.com/navigating-wealth-podcast
• Download Long Angle 2025 Professional Services Report - https://www.longangle.com/research/high-net-worth-professional-services

Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
02:15 - Real Estate Commissions 
12:30 - Career Journey
18:45 - Sports Investing 
28:20 - Lessons from Instawork and Labor Market Disruption
35:10 - Generative AI's Impact on White-Collar vs Blue-Collar Jobs
42:30 - The Baseline Profitability Index
48:50 - Currency Devaluation, Gold, and Portfolio Diversification
55:40 - Follow Daniel Altman


]]> Wed, 19 Nov 2025 07:00:00 -0600 Tad Fallows Tad Fallows 3004 Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsibilities, and ambitions. Apply to become a Long Angle member - https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nw Hosted by the founders of the Long Angle community, Navigating Wealth is a podcast for founders, executives, and investor operators who hav... Long Angle is a private, vetted global community of accomplished entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals who have reached meaningful financial milestones and want to navigate wealth with peers who understand their challenges, opportunities, responsib high net worth, entrepreneur, executive, investor No