Mike Papedis speaks with Joe Femia and Max DiSesa, managing partners of Seven Bridges Wealth Advisors — a New York-based RIA launched in early 2026 with "team as product" as its founding blueprint. The conversation covers why the single-advisor model has a structural flaw most clients never notice until it's too late, and how a coordinated team of specialists catches what a generalist misses — compounding over a thirty-year relationship.
Mike's Take
"The single-advisor model isn't just a capacity problem — it's a structural risk that clients are starting to recognize before advisors do. When affluent families sit across the table and see a team of specialists instead of one person trying to cover every base, the conversation changes. The firms that are winning the next generation of HNW clients aren't the ones with the best individual advisor. They're the ones where the team is the product."
This interview was originally published in Financial Advisor Magazine.
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