When families think about advisor trustworthiness, fiduciary duty is usually where the conversation starts and ends. For Michael Gold of Westport, Connecticut, it is only the beginning. Gold, who founded Gold Family Wealth to serve entrepreneurs, business owners, and multigenerational families, argues that trustworthiness in wealth management extends well beyond the legal obligation to act […]

Trustworthiness consistently ranks as the most important quality investors seek in a financial advisor. But surveys also reveal that few families know how to evaluate it beyond first impressions. Michael Gold, who runs Gold Family Wealth in Westport, Connecticut, argues that the selection process itself not the polished pitch deck is where an advisor’s trustworthiness […]

Artificial intelligence has generated significant interest in Washington, with agencies across the federal government exploring potential applications. But interest and implementation are different things. Technology entrepreneur Justin Fulcher, who served as a Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense before that, has developed a specific framework for thinking about what makes AI deployment in government […]

Consistency is the most valuable and most elusive quality in a sales organization. Individual top performers are impressive but insufficient — a business needs a system that produces reliable performance across its entire team, regardless of individual variation in natural ability, experience level, or background. Grit Marketing’s training system is designed with consistency as its […]

Managing investments across healthcare technology, clean energy, and other sectors simultaneously requires different analytical frameworks, different networks, and different timelines for value creation. Vancouver-based investor Yazan Al Homsi has developed an approach to this cross-sector portfolio management that allows him to maintain genuine expertise in each sector while maintaining an integrated view of his overall […]

In the energy sector, trust is built slowly and lost quickly. Gulf Coast Western, the Dallas-based oil and gas company that has operated since 1970, appears to have spent more than five decades earning it. A close look at the company’s reviews tells a consistent story. The Better Business Bureau is often the first stop […]

British Columbia’s venture capital ecosystem has grown significantly over the past decade, evolving from a market primarily defined by natural resources investment into a genuinely diversified technology and innovation funding environment. Vancouver venture capitalist Yazan Al Homsi has been an active participant in this evolution — both as an investor in B.C.-based companies and as […]

Technology strategy in payments is fundamentally about choosing which capabilities to build, which to acquire, and how to sequence their development in ways that create competitive advantages rather than simply keeping pace with the market. Thomas Priore has led Priority’s technology strategy with a consistent orientation toward proprietary capability development in the areas where deep […]

Kelcy Warren has never claimed sole credit for the energy revolution that allowed Energy Transfer to flourish. He is deliberate about pointing to the explorers, the wildcatters, and the risk-takers whose drilling breakthroughs made the shale boom possible. Without their work, Warren has acknowledged, the pipeline infrastructure he built would have had little to carry. […]

Karl Studer: A Consistent Voice for Vocational Education in America In conversations about the future of work, vocational education is often treated as an afterthought — a fallback option for students who did not make the cut for four-year programs. Karl Studer has consistently pushed back against this framing, arguing that it reflects a cultural […]