Tag: Family Business

Nurturing Wealth, Values, and an Entrepreneurial Mindset Across Generations (Ep. 118)

Nurturing Wealth, Values, and an Entrepreneurial Mindset Across Generations (Ep. 118)

As you transfer your hard-earned assets to your children and groom them to assume control of the family business, you likely want to imbue them with your core family values and an entrepreneurial mindset.

But how do you initiate an open dialogue? When is the best time to do it?

John and Michael Parise answer these questions and help you perpetuate your family’s wealth and values for generations to come. They shed light on eye-opening questions and conversations you should engage in with your children to equip them with the knowledge and entrepreneurial capability to advance your family’s legacy (and build their own).

John and Michael discuss:

  • The importance of fostering an entrepreneurial mindset from a young age
  • Inspiring stories of working with small businesses and private family enterprises
  • Opportunities and challenges in the current environment for new business owners
  • Copper Beech Financial Group’s approach to productive family meetings that assist in effective wealth transfer
  • What it takes to nurture confident future leaders
  • And more!

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Case Study: Don’t Let Procrastination Hinder Your Generational Estate Planning (Ep. 94)

Case Study: Don’t Let Procrastination Hinder Your Generational Estate Planning (Ep. 94)

They say, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”

When families procrastinate with advanced estate planning, it can jeopardize the success of the next generation and their assets.

In this episode of The Truth About Wealth, John and Michael Parise share a case study that illustrates how they’ve been helping one particular family with their estate planning. Listen in as John and Michael describe their process of minimizing generational taxes by 80% and preparing the next generation to inherit the family business.

John and Michael discuss: 

  • Ways Copper Beech approaches this case study and clients focused on estate planning 
  • The estate planning options they suggest for asset protection
  • How families can reduce and protect themselves from estate tax exposure
  • How to effectively prepare the next generation to inherit the family business and/or assets
  • The role of trusts and liquidity when it comes to estate planning
  • And more!

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66. How To Pick The Right Trustee

66. How To Pick The Right Trustee

One of the more difficult challenges of estate planning is choosing the right trustee.

In this episode, John and Michael Parise aim to help you gain a better understanding of the implications of choosing a trustee and what to consider when making this decision. They look at what makes choosing a trustee so difficult and what it means to leave someone in charge of managing your family’s assets.

John and Michael discuss:

  • The role of a trustee and why a trustee should act as a mentor
  • Their recommendation for what to look for in a trustee and how you can build a relationship and understanding with the trustee before they take control
  • If trustees can be compensated and whether they should
  • What it truly means to leave your family in the hands of a trustee (whether they’re another family member or not)
  • And more

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