The Family Office Advantage

“The most transformative ideas don’t fit in pitch decks.

”They’re too early, too messy — or too important

I’ve spent the last three decades building systems — some funded, some not. I’ve launched companies, advised on policy, and helped shape platforms across telecom, energy, cybersecurity, and now ocean governance. Some of these systems worked. Others were right but early — too complex, too unorthodox, or simply too ambitious for the capital available at the time.

One pattern has become clear:The boldest, most necessary solutions rarely fit into the funding boxes that institutions recognize.Don’t worry about sounding professional. Sound like you. There are over 1.5 billion websites out there, but your story is what’s going to separate this one from the rest. If you read the words back and don’t hear your own voice in your head, that’s a good sign you still have more work to do