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How to avoid a messy breakup with your business partners

From Financial Post
Added on November 2013 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Some of the world’s most successful businesses were built by partnerships. (Think of Hewlett and Packard, Jobs and Wozniak, Lazaridis and Balsillie). But not every partnership works out (see Jobs and Sculley, Zuckerberg and Saverin, Lucy and Desi). Here are some expert tips tips for entrepreneur partnerships.

Women Advisors Forum Chicago: 6 Smart Takeaways

From Financial Planning
Added on November 2013 in Thought Leadership
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Summary: Wealth, widowhood, retirement strategies and practice management tips were all in focus in at the Women Advisors Forum in Chicago in October. The event drew about 150 female advisors from around the country for a day of education and schmoozing. ,
Here are a few of the smartest things we heard in Chicago.

Why young advisers need mentoring

From InvestmentNews
Added on November 2013 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: If financial advisers want to build a strong and sustainable business, they need to develop a mentoring program for young employees. “I've seen a lot of great people wash out of the business in their first two or three years,” Christine Gaze, TD Ameritrade Institutional's director of practice management, said during InvestmentNews' NextGen Virtual Career Fair on Friday.

Going From Practitioner to Business Owner

From Financial Advisor IQ
Added on November 2013 in Form an RIA
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Summary: Advisors who run their own firms need to stop thinking of themselves as practitioners who happen to be business owners and start seeing themselves as business owners who happen to be practitioners, says a new white paper from the SEI Advisor Network. The paper touts “independence, integration and intelligence” as steps to greatness.

Recruiting Advisors? First Define Your Strategy

From Financial Planning
Added on November 2013 in Manage Your Practice
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Summary: Wealth management firms seeking to grow by recruiting new advisors need to first develop a clear business strategy. That was the message industry consultant John Furey, principal of Advisor Growth Strategies, pounded home to advisors at Schwab Advisor Services' annual Impact conference on Monday.

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