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Assertion Supported
Public liquid asset returns often match or beat venture capital
“There's all kinds of academic studies that the returns are that are very comparable to the private equity venture in many cases, even better.”
John Bowen Jun 5, 2016 ▶ 13:18 EP 316: He's The Secret Financial Consultant to Silicon Valleys Wealthiest
Insight
Founders should avoid semi-passive real estate to protect human capital
“If you're doing it as kind of a semi-passive, semi-active investment, I would suggest you shouldn't do that. It's going to take a fair amount of your time. Your time is the most valuable asset, the human capital that you have.”
John Bowen Jun 5, 2016 ▶ 11:04 EP 316: He's The Secret Financial Consultant to Silicon Valleys Wealthiest
Assertion Supported
Business owners constitute 90% of US households with over $25M
“And what we found was that of those households that had over a million of financial assets, one third were business owners. And then if we did the cut at five million of financial assets, they were three out of four were business owners. And if we did it at tw…”
John Bowen Jun 5, 2016 ▶ 6:50 EP 316: He's The Secret Financial Consultant to Silicon Valleys Wealthiest
Disclosure
CEG's Roundtable mastermind charges 225 financial advisors $18,000 annually
“The mastermind is Roundtable. We have about 225 financial advisors there. They're paying 18,000 a year to be part of that.”
John Bowen Jun 5, 2016 ▶ 5:01 EP 316: He's The Secret Financial Consultant to Silicon Valleys Wealthiest
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