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At Pelican Family Office, we believe in the power of personalized advice and custom solutions.

We know that every family and business owner, has unique needs/goals. Our mission is to provide services that are tailored/aligned with your values/objectives.

10/30/2026

Are You Building Income—or Transferable Value?

A business can produce strong income and still be difficult to transfer to someone else.

One of the biggest reasons is owner dependency.

If sales depend on the owner's relationships, operations depend on the owner's decisions, and clients expect the owner personally to stay involved, a buyer may see more risk than the current owner does.

That does not mean the business is poorly run.

It means generating income and building transferable value are two different objectives.

Recurring revenue, documented processes and a capable management team can all change how dependent the business is on one person.

The question is worth asking long before a buyer arrives.

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10/29/2026

Start the Valuation Conversation Before the Exit

A profitable business and a valuable, transferable business are not always the same thing.

Many owners know their revenue.

They know their margins.

They know what they take home.

But they may never have connected those numbers to what a buyer could actually value.

CPAs already see many of the factors that influence that conversation: margins, customer concentration, owner compensation and other financial information.

Starting the conversation does not require an M&A background.

Sometimes it begins with one question:

Do you know what your business may actually be worth?

The earlier that question is raised, the more time the owner has to understand the difference between current income and transferable value.

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10/27/2026

When Yesterday’s Coverage No Longer Fits Today’s Business

Most business owners know what they are paying for insurance.

Fewer know whether the coverage still reflects the business they have today.

A policy may have been purchased when the company had lower revenue, fewer employees, fewer assets or a very different operating structure.

The policy itself may still be perfectly valid.

The issue is whether the business quietly grew beyond the assumptions behind it.

That is why risk reviews should not only happen when a policy is first purchased.

As the business changes, the protection strategy may need another look too.

Ask your CPA about ClientOS or start the conversation:
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10/26/2026

No Essay. No GPA Minimum. Just an Opportunity to Apply.

Some students skip scholarships because the application itself feels like another major assignment.

The Pelican Family Office Scholarship was designed differently.

Eligible undergraduate and graduate students at accredited U.S. colleges or universities can apply for a $2,500 scholarship with a short application.

No essay is required. There is no minimum GPA or field-of-study requirement, and no fee to apply. The application asks for basic details and school information.

Deadline: January 15, 2027

See the scholarship details:

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A few minutes could be worth taking.

10/23/2026

The Insurance Question CPAs Are Well Positioned to Ask

A business may grow significantly while its insurance coverage stays largely unchanged.

Revenue increases.

Headcount grows.

New locations open.

Ownership evolves.

Yet the policy review may still happen only at renewal.

CPAs often see these changes in the financial information before many other professionals do.

That does not mean the CPA needs to evaluate or sell insurance.

It can be as simple as recognizing that the business has changed and asking:

When was the coverage last reviewed?

A well-timed question can help get the right professional involved.

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10/23/2026

What a CPA Can Spot in an Overconcentrated Portfolio

CPAs often see something other professionals may not see in one place:

The client's full balance sheet.

That perspective can reveal when a client's financial picture is heavily dependent on one business, one market or one type of asset.

Recognizing that concentration does not require the CPA to become an investment advisor.

It may simply mean asking a useful question and knowing when another professional should become part of the conversation.

The value is not in making the investment recommendation.

It is in recognizing when the broader financial picture deserves another look.

Start the first conversation:
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10/20/2026

For Students Building a Path Their Family Has Not Walked Before

Being the first in a family to pursue a four-year college degree can mean figuring out many parts of the experience without someone at home who has already done it.

The Pelican First-Generation Scholarship offers $2,500 to an eligible first-generation undergraduate or graduate student attending an accredited U.S. college or university.

For this scholarship, first-generation means neither parent nor guardian completed a four-year bachelor’s degree.

No essay.
No minimum GPA.
No financial documents.
No application fee.

Applications close January 15, 2027.

Learn more and apply:

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Please share this opportunity with a first-generation student who may qualify.

10/19/2026

Beyond Stocks and Bonds: A Broader Investment Conversation

A portfolio can contain many publicly traded investments and still depend heavily on the same public-market environment.

For business owners, that can matter because the business itself may already represent a significant concentration of wealth and risk.

Private equity, private credit, real assets and other alternatives have become part of a broader investment conversation for some investors.

That does not mean every alternative strategy is appropriate.

It does mean business owners may want to understand whether the range of options they have been shown reflects the full picture.

Sometimes the gap is not wealth.

It is access to a broader conversation.

Schedule a review:
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10/17/2026

A Buy-Sell Agreement Is Only as Current as the Business

A buy-sell agreement can be professionally drafted and still stop reflecting the business it was created for.

Ownership changes.

Business value changes.

Funding arrangements change.

The relationship between partners can change.

A document that made sense five years ago may deserve another look today.

The issue becomes especially important when valuation or funding is not clear. Partners are much more likely to agree on those questions before a difficult event than after one.

The existence of a document does not automatically mean the current situation is covered.

See where your seven nodes stand today:
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10/16/2026

When Buy-Sell Agreements Fall Out of Sync

A CPA does not need to draft legal documents to notice when something may no longer match the business.

You already see entity structures, ownership percentages and K-1s.

That can put you in a valuable position to recognize when a buy-sell agreement, trust or other legal structure deserves another look.

The issue is often not poor legal work.

It is timing.

An attorney may prepare a document at one point in the life of a business, while the CPA continues seeing the business year after year as ownership, value and circumstances change.

Recognizing that mismatch and knowing when to involve the right attorney can be an important part of a broader advisory relationship.

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Address

681 River Highland Boulevard
Covington, LA
70433

Telephone

+15045208048

Website

http://www.pelicanfo.com/

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