A rigorously thorough and sensible guide, written in accessibly nontechnical language.
A brief but thorough account of why entrepreneurs need financial advisers, and how they can find the right ones.
Debut author and certified public accountant Titus considers entrepreneurs a special breed—fiercely independent, uncommonly comfortable with risk, and inclined to take on huge responsibilities. But for all their virtues, they tend to have blind spots, as well, he says—particularly when it comes to the complex, ever-changing world of finance and taxation. The stakes of such ignorance are high, opines the author, and so it behooves a business owner to find the right financial adviser—a qualified expert who’s incentivized to prioritize the client’s interests: “I hope you’ve realized that without a trustworthy financial adviser and robust, well-thought-out process, the likelihood of reaching your desired destination is slim.” Titus discusses, in impressively lucid detail, the various types of advisers, and how they may be bound by fiduciary obligations and vulnerable to conflicts of interest. He also describes how to reliably spot intangible qualities in advisers, such as leadership ability and trustworthiness. Titus emphasizes that one should insist on transparency when it comes to an adviser’s business practices, noting that his own firm is one of a relatively small number accredited by the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania–based Centre for Fiduciary Excellence. Titus’ study can read like an advertisement for his own firm at times, but it remains a persuasive one. It’s short but remarkably comprehensive, covering a broad spectrum of issues including tax strategy, wealth management, the establishment of trusts, and wealth transfers. He convincingly makes the case that the financial world has grown too complex for any one “master builder” to manage all of it, and that even the very best entrepreneurs require some assistance, as they “often don’t know what they don’t know.”
A rigorously thorough and sensible guide, written in accessibly nontechnical language.Pub Date: March 7, 2019
ISBN: 978-1-5445-1236-5
Page Count: 178
Publisher: Lioncrest Publishing
Review Posted Online: April 11, 2019
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis...
Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in 1918 and revised by his student E. B. White in 1959, that "little book" is back again with more White updatings.
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis (whoops — "A bankrupt expression") a unique guide (which means "without like or equal").Pub Date: May 15, 1972
ISBN: 0205632645
Page Count: 105
Publisher: Macmillan
Review Posted Online: Oct. 28, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1972
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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