Today, we're going in depth with Tripp Friedler, co-founder and managing partner of Free Gulliver, a multifamily office based in New Orleans. He's also the author of two books. His latest, The Tunnel, is about losing his son Henry to Mental Illness.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• How to find resilience after profound loss
• How optimism can be entrepreneurial trait
• How to incorporate counseling and human psychology in wealth management
• How Tripp views curiosity as a philosophy of life

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction

01:20 - Time Magazine and an Accidental Music Career

02:42 - Growing up in New Orleans and Leaving the Family Path

03:50 - From Peddling Life Insurance to Founding Free Gulliver

06:35 - The Biggest Investment You Can Make is In You

07:50 - If You Have no Fear and Anxiety, It's Not a Big Enough Jump

09:35 - Hiring Builders and Playing to Strengths

13:25 - How AI Can Transform Wealth Management

18:30 - Scaling a Business with Optimism

21:15 - How Studying Counseling Changed the Way He Works with Clients

23:55 - The Importance of Understanding Your “Location” in Life

26:00 - How Losing Two Children Taught Resilience

30:32 - Why Resilience is the Number One Secret to Success

32:55 - Work Ethic Rapid Fire Questions

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How is AI specifically impacting the wealth and investing industry? Today's episode pulls together insights from recent guests on how AI is shaping the future.

In this episode you’ll hear from:

• Adam Katz - Partner and Head of Founder and Entrepreneur Group at Corient
• Kelly Coffey - Co-founder of Verita Strategic Wealth Partners
• Gary Hirschberg - CEO of Aaron Wealth
• Ron Albahary - CIO of LNW
• Tripp Friedler - CEO of Free Gulliver

Timestamps:

00:00 - What 5 Wealth Leaders Really Think About AI

01:11 - AI is Inventing Hours (Adam Katz)

04:06 - Starting an AI-Native Wealth Firm (Kelly Coffey)

08:10 - AI for Institutional Due Diligence (Gary Hirschberg)

10:34 - Cutting the Cord on Old Tech (Ron Albahary)

14:22 - “I Was a Skeptic.” (Tripp Friedler)

17:36 - Will AI Destroy Jobs?

19:26 - The Big Takeaway

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Today, we're going in depth with Michel Del Buono. Michel is the chief investment officer of a16z Perennial. With a career spent leading investment strategy, he brings global knowledge and innovative thinking to help make sense of complex markets.

In this episode you’ll learn:

• Why you don’t need to over-engineer your career
• How wealth is a much more complicated optimization problem
• Why it’s important to broaden your aperture

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction

01:41 - The Investor Who Fixes His Own Air Conditioner

03:20 - How Living Across Continents Shaped His Thinking

05:15 - The Renegade Quant

09:26 - Why You Don’t Need a Master Plan

10:57 - What the E&F World Taught Him About Choosing People

13:05 - The Multidisciplinary Challenge of Wealth Management

16:45 - The Mistake That Changed How He Builds Teams

19:22 - Recruiting Teams: Looking for the Player/Coach

23:45 - Inside a16z Perennial’s Investment Philosophy

28:08 - How AI Will Transform Wealth Management

30:10 - Work Ethic Rapid Fire Questions

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