A great piece – though perhaps a bit on the defeatist side.
What you’re describing is the result of a myth being created – the myth that the only success that matters is the investor’s – inflated by entrepreneurs who want everything faster, without truly knowing what they’re aiming for.
We’re talking about a system that works from a return-on-capital perspective – but not from the standpoint of real wealth creation or societal progress.
There’s always been another path, a quieter one.
Sharp, self-aware entrepreneurs know why they do what they do – and they surround themselves with people who share their vision.
They move away from closed-end funds in favor of open structures, often backed by legacy families or large companies that act more like mentors than financiers.
In the end, the question remains the same: who’s the customer? Who is the product really built for?
When it comes to investing, let’s not kid ourselves – the customer is always the investor.
I’ll end with a wish for anyone reading these lines – nothing matters more than your personal responsibility to the world.
Hello Arthur,
I hope this communique finds you in a moment of stillness.
Have huge respect for your work.
We’ve just opened the first door of something we’ve been quietly crafting for years—
A work not meant for markets, but for reflection and memory.
Not designed to perform, but to endure.
It’s called The Silent Treasury.
A place where judgment is kept like firewood: dry, sacred, and meant for long winters.
Where trust, patience, and self-stewardship are treated as capital—more rare, perhaps, than liquidity itself.
This first piece speaks to a quiet truth we’ve long sat with:
Why many modern PE, VC, Hedge, Alt funds, SPAC, and rollups fracture before they truly root.
And what it means to build something meant to be left, not merely exited.
It’s not short. Or viral. But it’s built to last.
And if it speaks to something you’ve always known but rarely seen expressed,
then perhaps this work belongs in your world.
The publication link is enclosed, should you wish to open it.
https://helloin.substack.com/p/built-to-be-left?r=5i8pez
Warmly,
The Silent Treasury
A vault where wisdom echoes in stillness, and eternity breathes.
A great piece – though perhaps a bit on the defeatist side.
What you’re describing is the result of a myth being created – the myth that the only success that matters is the investor’s – inflated by entrepreneurs who want everything faster, without truly knowing what they’re aiming for.
We’re talking about a system that works from a return-on-capital perspective – but not from the standpoint of real wealth creation or societal progress.
There’s always been another path, a quieter one.
Sharp, self-aware entrepreneurs know why they do what they do – and they surround themselves with people who share their vision.
They move away from closed-end funds in favor of open structures, often backed by legacy families or large companies that act more like mentors than financiers.
In the end, the question remains the same: who’s the customer? Who is the product really built for?
When it comes to investing, let’s not kid ourselves – the customer is always the investor.
I’ll end with a wish for anyone reading these lines – nothing matters more than your personal responsibility to the world.
Hello Arthur,
Thank you—your reflection carries clarity and care.
What you’ve named here is deeply aligned with the soul of the piece.
It may carry the weight of quiet memory—
but not out of sorrow. Rather, out of longing —
for a kind of stewardship we both seem to hold in regard.
We don’t see the work as defeatist, though we understand how it might first appear that way.
In truth, it stands in quiet agreement with what you’ve expressed.
Not in opposition, but in resonance.
A mirror, not a critique.
The path you describe—of open structures, wiser pacing, and builders who know why they build—remains the quiet hope woven through every line.
And your final wish is one the piece echoes, fully.
Responsibility is not just personal.
It is generational.
If the piece calls you again, we’d be honored for it to be met as a companion, not a critique.
Such a great article!
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