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Coachella Valley, Indio (Palm Springs), CA By Luka Erceg, Managing Director, Board member This weekend, I was roped into “chaperoning” seven graduating high school seniors to the all-American Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival—in an RV! Good grief, what was I thinking?! “Coachella” is a modernized, rolled-up rendition of Woodstock, The Grateful Dead, and Burning Man. The inaugural Coachella festival was in 1999, coincidentally the same year when three great folks and a stellar team got their “hippie on” and founded MVP Financial Services. But back to the RV… My son sought to attend Coachella as a graduating “class trip” with friends— a well-earned graduation gift. In an effort to economize, the plan evolved into an RV trip—another iconic American experience. I now know what it’s like to drive a one-bedroom apartment while sitting on a sofa, it’s actually pretty amazing. Like Coachella, MVP Finan...