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The Golden Period of Estate Planning With Doug Paul (Ep. 9)

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The labyrinth of estate planning involves navigating goals, assets, taxes, investments, and the future. Flexibility is key.

In this episode, Kevin Kaylakie is joined by Doug Paul of McGinnis Lochridge law firm. Doug shares several tax planning tools you can apply to your estate plan. He also explains why he believes this is the golden period of estate planning and how potential changes from Congress will impact the future of estate planning.

Doug discusses: 

  • The most common questions he hears about estate planning
  • Simple tax planning tools and techniques such as donor advised funds and qualified charitable distributions (QCD)
  • More complex tax planning tools like Roth IRA conversions
  • What it means when people are getting assets out of their estate
  • Charitable Lead Trusts
  • Family Limited Partnerships or LLCs
  • And more

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About Our Guest:

Doug focuses his practice on estate planning through the use of trusts, family business entities, and life insurance. His experience includes charitable planning, asset protection planning, and planning to mitigate transfer tax and income tax. He is an expert in charitable planning, asset protection planning, and planning for mitigation of transfer tax and income tax.

Doug is a frequent speaker at various estate planning organizations and associations including: Austin Financial Planners Association, Texas Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, Victoria Estate Planning Council, and the National Business Institute-CPA/CLE, Austin Chapter of CPAs.

 

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Angel Networks and Seed Stage Funding With Hall Martin (Ep. 8)

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As a startup business, finding investors can be a difficult process. It’s always nice to have help guide you through the process and connect you with the right people.

In this episode, Kevin Kaylakie speaks with Hall Martin, Founder & CEO of TEN Capital Network. Hall shares how his firm helps connect startup companies with investors, the background of his work and the evolution of TEN Capital Network. Plus, details about their program and who it works best for.

Hall discusses: 

  • The story of his background and TEN Capital Network
  • What the ideal company looks like that should be reaching out to TEN Capital as a service platform
  • The success rate of companies who come through the TEN Capital Network
  • One of his favorite success stories
  • And more

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Hall launched TEN Capital as the Texas Entrepreneur Networks in 2009. Today, the firm has over 12,000 investors in its network, and has helped startups raise over $700M and counting.

Hall serves as the Vice-Chair of the Baylor Angel Network. He previously led the Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN) as its first Executive Director, where he achieved over a 40X return for the investors.

He is the founder and director of the Texas Open Angel Network, which is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to the education of angel investors. As a part of that program, he hosts the Investor Connect podcast series.

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The Power and Importance of Capturing Family Memories with Mike O’Krent (Ep. 6)

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Memories are invaluable. Everyone has their own story, and family stories are what maintain the family culture that can easily be lost over time. 

Will you let those memories fade — or will you capture them through visual storytelling? 

In this episode, Kevin Kaylakie is joined by Mike O’Krent, founder of Life Stories Alive. With a passion for helping families tell their stories, Mike details his background and how he got started with Life Stories Alive. Plus, he showcases just how powerful and important storytelling is by sharing some of the experiences he’s had through his years interviewing families.

Mike and Kevin discusses: 

  • Mike’s background and how he got started in creating Life Stories Alive
  • Mike talks about his experience speaking on a TedX stage
  • How you can convince family members that their stories are worth telling
  • The biggest regret Mike hears from people he interviews
  • And more

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Mike O’Krent is the founder of LifeStories Alive, LLC, a business specializing in the making of personal history “legacy” videos for families, businesses and non-profit organizations.

In a life-changing experience, from 1996 through 2000 Mike interviewed Holocaust survivors for Steven Spielberg’s Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, now the USC Shoah Foundation.  It was through that experience he discovered the significance and technique of recording the life stories of loved ones, which forms the basis for his LifeStories business.

Since founding the business in 2006, Mike has expanded its expertise beyond capturing personal histories for families to now include recording the histories of businesses and non-profit organizations. The professionally produced videos can be used externally to promote the organization or internally as a training tool for new employees/volunteers. 

Mike is also a Co-Founder of Caregiver Plan, a unique online system of care planning and monthly professional activity programming. It helps caregivers themselves and their families achieve a better quality of life.

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How Family Office Services at SineCera Capital is Different (Ep. 5)

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Many wealth management firms use the term “family office services.” But very few truly provide the level and scope of services that families with significant wealth need.

In this episode, Kevin Kaylakie joins Connee Sullivan, SineCera Capital’s Head of Family Office Services, to discuss how SineCera Capital sets itself apart. Connee discusses the role she plays and outlines how they work to meet the needs of high net worth families with in-depth services.

Connee and Kevin discuss: 

  • 7:26 Why families with significant wealth need someone like SineCera Capital to help with their financial administration 
  • 10:37 The immense honor of crafting a family’s mission statement 
  • 13:26 What philanthropy entails
  • And more

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Seeing the Forest for the Trees (Ep. 4)

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Risk parity skeptics, get ready to discover the true value of implementing this strategy into your investment portfolio.

In this episode, Kevin Kaylakie and Adam Packer discuss SineCera Capital’s risk parity approach and reveal how they assemble each piece of this strategy to create an “all-weather” investment approach that serves the unique needs of high net worth investors. 

Plus, they share the most common critiques about risk parity and reveal ways they uncover the true value of this strategy.

Kevin and Adam discuss: 

  • 2:05 The theory behind SineCera Capital’s portfolio construction 
  • 11:00 Why people like to point to leverage as what’s wrong with risk parity 
  • 12:55 Three of the common critiques and how SineCera Capital debunks them 
  • And more

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Behavioral Finance as the Basis. Empirical Finance as the Solution. (Ep. 3)

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SineCera Capital’s unique investment philosophy is rooted in behavioral finance, a study of how your money decisions are impacted by psychological, social, and cultural influences.

In this episode of Uncorrelated Minds, Kevin Kaylakie and Adam Packer reveal some insightful information about SineCera Capital’s investment philosophy and how the team helps build wealth solutions for high-net worth clients.

Kevin and Adam discuss: 

  • 04:24 How SineCera builds client investment profiles with loss aversion questionnaires 
  • 11:18 Why SineCera is balancing risk opposed to balancing asset allocation 
  • 15:28 SineCera’s purpose-driven investing philosophy 
  • And more

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Meet SineCera Capital’s Connee Sullivan and Adam Packer (Ep. 2)

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While Kevin Kaylakie has worked hard to make SineCera Capital synonymous with an extraordinary client experience, he hasn’t accomplished this alone. Standing beside him each step of the way are his partners, Connee Sullivan and Adam Packer.

In this episode of Uncorrelated Minds, meet Connee, the Head of Family Office Services, and Adam, SineCera’s Chief Analyst. They discuss their positions at the firm and the ways they serve clients while also sharing a bit about who they are outside of the office.

We discuss:

  • 01:00 Connee and how she helps clients 
  • 04:54 Who is on Connee’s team and what they do 
  • 06:13 What Connee does for fun when not working 
  • 07:05 One thing most people don’t know about Connee 
  • 07:37 How long Connee has been at SineCera 
  • 07:56 What the job of SineCera’s Chief Analyst entails 
  • 10:23 How Adam started his career in the industry 
  • 14:00 What made Adam want to join the firm 
  • 15:00 The mentoring Adam is involved with outside of working at the firm 
  • And more!

Tune in today to meet Connee and Adam and to learn about the expertise they have to offer!

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Meet Kevin Kaylakie of SineCera Capital (Ep. 1)

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Welcome to the debut episode of the Uncorrelated Minds Podcast with Kevin Kaylakie! In this podcast, join Kevin as he talks with successful individuals who think outside of the box, and in doing so, have created extraordinary results.

In this inaugural episode, get your official introduction to Kevin Kaylakie, CFP®, CPWA®, the founder and CEO of SineCera Capital. Kevin shares his unique vision as a financial professional and discusses SineCera’s core values and services.

We discuss:

  • 00:26 Why Kevin decided to work in financial services
  • 01:37 The meaning behind the name “SineCera Capital” 
  • 03:17 SineCera’s ideal client 
  • 07:08 Who makes up the SineCera team 
  • 10:36 Which services are offered at SineCera Capital 
  • 12:08 SineCera’s business philosophy and values 
  • 15:29 What it means to be a student of the business 
  • 19:00 What Kevin does for fun 
  • 22:04 How Kevin stays active in his community 
  • 23:18 Kevin’s idea of success and his proudest achievement 
  • 26:07 How you can reach Kevin
  • And more!

Join Kevin now to kick off your journey into the exploration of Uncorrelated Minds.

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