Buskirk has founded, built, and successfully sold multiple finance businesses including in insurance, reinsurance, specialty lending, and tax-credit financing. For more than 15 years he has been an investor in growth stages companies across the financial services space as well as in real estate, digital marketing, consumer brands, and media. He is the author of "American & The Art of the Possible: Restoring National Vitality In An Age of Decay" (Encounter Books: 2023) and has contributed opinion pieces to the New York Times.