Maura Griffin, CEO of Blue Spark Capital Advisors in New York, a recently launched firm with about $30 million under management, lost power for a week at home and in her office, both in Manhattan. “Luckily we had a disaster contingency plan so I could take my laptop and find a temporary office and keep working,” she says. Working in…
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What to Do Financially When You Are Planning a Big Life Change
The Wall Street Journal interviewed Maura on financial moves to make this year if you have a big life event in “Are You Planning a Big Life Change This Year?” Getting married, buying a house, having a baby, sending a child to college, and retiring all have repercussions on your financial life, as well as your emotional life. Most of…
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Spring 2013 Wine & Finance: Affordable Indulgences
Our quarterly Wine & Finance event’s theme is Affordable Indulgences. As many good savers know, to have a well-lived life, you need a balance of saving for the future and some decadence of enjoying the present. Some friends of Blue Spark Capital Advisors have focused their businesses on those affordable luxuries that make life worth living: wine and perfume. In the spirit…
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Hidden costs of divorce
If you’re going through a divorce, you already know it’s expensive. Some of the costs are obvious, including lawyers, separate residences, and increased child care. But there are also insidious hidden costs of divorce to keep your eye on. They are often too small to notice until they add up. For example, the loss of “family discount” plans on phone,…
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Winter 2013 Wine & Finance – Midlife Career Change
Monica Molina Austin of Westwind Consulting Group spoke about strategies for making a midlife career change. Maura Griffin of Blue Spark talked about how to set the stage financially before you make the leap to a new career. This quarter’s Wine & Finance focuses on a topic that many can relate to: Midlife Career Change. There are some in this room…
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