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Canada’s next ownership transition will be decided one business at a time. Dustin Serviss joins Matt Mitchell of Chenmark, fractional CFO Ryan Maarschalk and technology sales executive Andrew Devlin for a Capital Club conversation about succession, owner dependency, permanent capital and practical uses for AI.

Read episode transcripts from The Picture of Wealth with Dustin Serviss. Business, capital and what to do with a successful life.

A business sale can look financial from the outside and feel deeply personal to its owner. Dustin Serviss explores how perception, ambition and identity shape the decisions behind an exit.

A speculative journey into a future where intelligence is abundant and access to the right minds becomes scarce. Dustin Serviss asks how the people around us shape what we believe is possible.

What happens to ambition after you’ve already built and sold successful businesses? Trent Kitsch joins Dustin Serviss to discuss exits, timing, identity and how priorities change after success, drawing on his experience building SAXX, DOJA and Kitsch Wines.

The same acquisition can look compelling on Monday and uncomfortable by Friday. Dustin Serviss explores buyer conviction, diligence and deal fatigue—and how to tell whether the facts changed or your reaction did.

What do you actually own when you buy an investment—and who owes you money? In this solo episode, Dustin Serviss follows government-debt headlines into a closer look at businesses, bonds and private credit, and the questions that make portfolio risk easier to understand.