Foreword by Edith Meeks

 

I met David Maurice Sharp a decade and a half ago when a friend invited me to join the Thriving Artists Investment Club. A small group of artist acquaintances had banded together to learn how to invest. David was a founding member, and as a club officer and the most knowledgeable among us, had taken charge of the education segment of our monthly meetings. A dancer, actor, and choreographer, he had also distinguished himself as an expert in the world of finance. David was not the first dancer I’d encountered with a gift for frugality and an uncanny sense for the numbers—these are survival skills that can make the difference between a brief dance career and a long one.

I had only recently taken my first full-time (non-profit) ...

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