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/navigatingwealthKey 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 unitsLong 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 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 professionalsHow AI tools like ChatGPT and Claude can cut through financial noiseWhen to splurge on business class and when economy makes more senseTeaching kids about money and value when you travel in premium cabinsTwo quick wins: checking for unclaimed money and emailing hotels before arrivalHow to know when optimization is worth your time vs. when to take the 80/20 approachLinks:All the Hacks Podcast: https://www.allthehacks.comLong Angle Community: https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nwLearn More About Daily Body Coach: http://www.dailybodycoach.com/navigatingwealthLong 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

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 nowLinks:• 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.comLong 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.

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 networksLinks:• 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 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 jobsLinks:• 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 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 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 CEOLinks:• 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.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 businessLinks:• 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.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 successLinks:• Marc Boreham on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boreham• Technical Safety Services: https://www.techsafety.com• Join Long Angle: https://longangle.comChapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:00 - Welcome to Navigating Wealth: Marc Boreham 01:30 - Investment Risk After Financial Independence04:45 - Bond Allocation Debate10:17 - Why Marc Left Agilent for Private Equity17:58 - Private Equity vs. Fortune 500 Work Culture25:05 - The Economics of PE-Backed Companies29:39 - Decision-Making Speed vs. Execution Power42:01 - ​​Why Big Companies Can't Kill Their Meetings46:46 - Risk Tolerance and Organizational Paralysis47:59 - 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 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 emergingLinks:• 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.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-podcastChapters: 00:00 - Welcome to Navigating Wealth: Professional Services Survey02:27 - CPAs & Tax Preparation15:07 - Wealth Management: The AUM Pricing Dilemma 24:28 - The Family Office Satisfaction Model25:24 - Personal Trainers: Highest Satisfaction at 9.3/1025:48 - Personal Assistants: The Low Satisfaction Problem29:08 - 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.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-servicesChapters: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 Breakers15:55 - 17:21 - The Snap & Cola Tests17:21 - 33:35 - How to Value Companies: CEOs, Brands, Innovation & Culture33:35 - 38:20 - Accessing Private Markets & Staying Private Vs. Going Public38:30 - 44:03 - Investing Signals Vs. Noise & The Lifecycle of Companies44:03 - 49:28 - The Bottoms Up Investing Approach49:28 - 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'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-servicesChapters:00:00 - Introduction02:10 - Debate on Screens, Gaming & Kids08:06 - Why “Wait Until 8th Grade” Works08:51 - Boredom Is a Superpower12:57 - Inside the New School Phone Bans20:39 - Alpha Schools, AI & The Future of Education26:40 - Why Teens Need Real Work Sooner46:59 - The Care Economy & Pursuing Passions48:31- Disposeable Income & Quality of Life50:15 - Social Dynamics in the School System53:21 - The Purpose of College Today01:00 - 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.Apply to become a Long Angle member - https://www.longangle.com/apply-now-nwHosted 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 AmericansLinks:• 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-servicesChapters:00:00 - Introduction02:15 - Real Estate Commissions 12:30 - Career Journey18:45 - Sports Investing 28:20 - Lessons from Instawork and Labor Market Disruption35:10 - Generative AI's Impact on White-Collar vs Blue-Collar Jobs42:30 - The Baseline Profitability Index48:50 - Currency Devaluation, Gold, and Portfolio Diversification55:40 - Follow Daniel Altman