Todd made his first and worst investment when he fresh out of college. Holding a fine résumé for a new graduate, he had been the manager for campus businesses. It was the mid-1990s and he had read the book In Search of Excellence by Tom Peters.

Will met the publisher of a local weekly newspaper who was also the public relations representative for his native American tribe in Tacoma because he said he could get all kinds of tickets and Will wanted to take his daughter to see the Seattle Seahawks American football team play in the Super Bowl for the second time in its history.

Shawn never knew his father, but learned a great deal from his medical doctor grandpa, who raised Shawn with the help of his grandmother and mother. From a very early age, his grandpa taught him that hard work is good, but that hard work and education would get you ahead in life.

Ted chose one of his worst investments ever based on its outcome. In 2002, during his early years at Protégé Partners around the launch of that fund, one of the core investments they were making was in a multi-manager hedge fund portfolio.

In the middle of 2014, Michael was head of the portfolio management team at FEG, a group of talented people who advise institutional investors, and non-profit institutions, which are mostly endowments and foundations.