Markets are shifting. Institutional trust is eroding. Owners who don’t recognize the new risk environment may be exposed.
Investor and macro strategist Alastair J. Macdonald explores rising systemic risk, why traditional growth and exit assumptions are breaking, and how trust networks and critical thinking will shape the next era and determine who thrives.
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Time Codes:
00:00 Intro and Why Founders Are Feeling Uncertainty
05:02 Cheap Money Created False Confidence
08:11 Private Equity and Founder Risk
12:16 The Retirement & Exit Illusion
15:09 Hidden Systemic Risks Today
21:39 Reading Character in Partnerships
25:36 Confidence vs Competence
30:49 Building Founder Trust Networks
33:17 From Expansion to Protection
37:09 Preparing the Next Generation of Owners
