I invest in founders and family businesses to triple their growth.
I’m the Founder and Managing Partner of Astria Elevate, a company that invests in founder and family-owned businesses with an emphasis on operational excellence.
I’m also the Founder and Managing Partner of AGI Partners, a private investment firm based in New York City, with the core objective of growing outstanding mid-sized companies.
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Meow Wolf: A Name (and experience) You Won’t Forget
7 artists pulled “Meow Wolf” out of a hat and built a $150M empire that attracts more people than the MoMa. Underwhelmed … Read more
The Price of Being There. How Much Will People Pay for an Experience?
The experience economy runs on FOMO. What if you don’t have the cash on hand to pay for climbing ticket prices? Gen … Read more
The Experience Economy is taking over your wallet.
Here’s a trend I’m watching closely, and it’s consuming more of your wallet. The experience economy is growing rapidly, $8.5 trillion (2024) … Read more
How Cake Explains the $8.5 Trillion Experience Economy
The secret to this $8.5 trillion economy? Let’s talk about cake. In 1998, two Harvard Business Review consultants used … Read more
Why I moved based on a spreadsheet…and how it’s going.
Are You in the Right Place? Four years ago I moved to Dallas based on a spreadsheet. People move … Read more
From Wash Tubs to an Empire: Lessons from America’s First Female Self-Made Millionaire
“There is no royal flower strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it, for … Read more
What Nobody Tells You About Cash Flow
Through the rivers A six-foot tall man takes a few steps into the woods on a long hike. Before … Read more
The juggler, the mouse, and Claude: An AI origin story from the 1930s
Anthropic just raised a monster $13 Billion Series F funding round at an estimated valuation of $183 Billion (as … Read more
Judi Sheppard Missett Jazzercised So Jane Fonda Could Feel the Burn
In 1969, when most women’s exercise consisted of basic calisthenics and leisurely strolls, Judi Sheppard Missett quietly laid the foundation for a … Read more
Discover The Forgotten Pioneer of AI and His Warning from 1947
Imagine This as a Teenager… Norbert Wiener’s father (Leo) originally went to medical school in Warsaw, Poland before emigrating to the United … Read more