Services
Everything you’d hire four people for. One firm.
How we work
Protect. Optimize. Grow. Live.
Four steps, in that order, on repeat. Each one makes the next one possible.
Protect
Build a strong foundation
Insurance, estate coordination, and reserves, so nothing can derail the plan.
Optimize
Keep more of what you earn
Taxes, cash flow, benefits, equity comp, and debt, tuned to work together.
Grow
Put your money to work
A diversified, tax-aware portfolio pointed at your actual goals.
Live
More choices for what’s next
Big decisions modeled early, so you can spend, change, and give with confidence.
01 · Protect
First, make the plan unbreakable.
Before anything grows, we make sure nothing can knock it down.
Initial estate documents are prepared through an independent partner platform. We coordinate the process; we don't provide legal advice.

02 · Optimize
Then keep more of what you earn.
Taxes, cash flow, benefits, debt, and equity comp, tuned to work together instead of against each other.
Tax returns are prepared by an independent CPA matched to your situation, included in the fee.

03 · Grow
Put your money to work.
Globally diversified, tax-aware portfolios custodied at Altruist, pointed at your actual goals.

04 · Live
And spend it on the life you want.
The point of the whole plan: big decisions made early, on your terms.

The cadence
We stay in it with you.
Scheduled check-ins plus unlimited email, so decisions never wait for an annual review.

The deliverable
One page. Your whole plan.
Every planning cycle ends the same way: priorities, actions, and a timeline for each step, on a single page. You always know what we’re doing now, what’s next, and why.
The models and the fine print stay with us. You take home the page that tells you what to do.
Protect
Coverage gaps closed, estate documents drafted, reserve funded
Optimize
Tax strategy set, benefits and RSUs on autopilot
Grow
Portfolio aligned, retirement and 529s funding on schedule
Live
Big decisions modeled before you make them
Let’s see if we’re a fit.
Six quick questions tell us, and you, whether Earnest Planning is the right fit.