The Napkin Wall: 31 Money Ideas, One Napkin Each | StandUP Advisors

It all started on a napkin.

Before the firm, the book, and the calculators, there were napkins: the way I'd explain money to you across a table. Thirty-one of them. Most are about money. Some are about the mind that manages it. A few are about life, which is the point of both.

31 napkins · no jargon · no suits

Want the math behind the napkins?

Every napkin has a number underneath it. The tools do the arithmetic; the Da Vinci Index tells you where to start.

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