Private investors and family offices have advantages that most fund managers do not: patient capital, no outside investors to report to, and the freedom to say no to anything outside their focus. This page points to the parts of the site that show how families use those advantages.
Where the advantage comes from
Most of the edge comes from four habits. The family defines what it will and will not invest in. It builds its own deal flow instead of waiting for brokers. It learns from peers who have made the same decisions. And it writes its processes down so they survive staff changes and new generations.
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