Dharmesh Thakker

Former Intel CEO Andy Grove wrote a book more than two decades ago called “Only the Paranoid Survive.” Intel took that mantra to heart for many years, reinventing itself multiple times and pushing to stay ahead of technology trends. I had a front-row seat to Intel’s aggressiveness, working as an intern at the company 30 years ago and, later, as an investor with the company’s Intel Capital venture-capital unit.

Today’s financial advisors are operating in a dramatically shifting market. Consolidation and competition have changed firm dynamics as advisors try to provide more comprehensive wealth-management services to their clients, often leaving small advisors squeezed. At the same time, there’s huge promise and opportunity related to the fact that, over the next two decades, Baby Boomers are expected to pass down roughly $84 trillion to their heirs, who will presumably need help investing all that cash.

Dharmesh Thakker, Marcus Ryu, Bill Binch, Jenny Kang, Evan Witte, Brandon Gleklen, Danel Dayan, Jason Mendel, Lior Mallul, Michael Hoeksema, Payal Modi, Sudheendra Chilappagari  |  January 13, 2025 2025 Predictions from the Condensing the Cloud Team This post originally appeared on our Condensing the Cloud Substack, read it in full here. Back To Blog