This is my annual attempt to plead for your help, without which we can't produce the 13th Annual Direct-to-Consumer Report.  If there was ever a time when actionable information and insights were needed, this is the time. But we are close to a crisis point being unable to get s sufficient survey responses.  The SVB Annual Direct-to-Consumer Survey has been open for two weeks and is scheduled to close this Friday, March 22nd. As of this writing, we have 165 responses with just a few days remaining. That's far from the 500 we need to produce good results. The survey has just 29 questions. It should take 10 to 15 minutes to complete, even less if you are prepared. Many complete the survey in under five minutes. If you want to see the questions in advance, you can download and print them here. In May, all survey participants will receive high-level analysis, benchmarks, and complete sanitized respondent data, anonymized of all personal and business-identifying informatio