THE ENTREPRENEUR'S GUIDE TO FINANCIAL WELL-BEING

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THE ENTREPRENEUR'S GUIDE TO FINANCIAL WELL-BEING

Name: THE ENTREPRENEUR'S GUIDE TO FINANCIAL WELL-BEING
Author: Wayne B. Titus
ISBN: 978-1-5445-1236-5

by Wayne B. Titus ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 7, 2019

A rigorously thorough and sensible guide, written in accessibly nontechnical language.

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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

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GENERAL NONFICTION

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NUTCRACKER

by E.T.A. Hoffmann ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 28, 1996

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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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GENERAL NONFICTION

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TO THE ONE I LOVE THE BEST

EPISODES FROM THE LIFE OF LADY MENDL (ELSIE DE WOLFE)

by Ludwig Bemelmans ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 23, 1955

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An extravaganza in Bemelmans' inimitable vein, but written almost dead pan, with sly, amusing, sometimes biting undertones, breaking through. For Bemelmans was "the man who came to cocktails". And his hostess was Lady Mendl (Elsie de Wolfe), arbiter of American decorating taste over a generation. Lady Mendl was an incredible person,- self-made in proper American tradition on the one hand, for she had been haunted by the poverty of her childhood, and the years of struggle up from its ugliness,- until she became synonymous with the exotic, exquisite, worshipper at beauty's whrine. Bemelmans draws a portrait in extremes, through apt descriptions, through hilarious anecdote, through surprisingly sympathetic and understanding bits of appreciation. The scene shifts from Hollywood to the home she loved the best in Versailles. One meets in passing a vast roster of famous figures of the international and artistic set. And always one feels Bemelmans, slightly offstage, observing, recording, commenting, illustrated.