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I admire Warren Buffett for many reasons. Many people do. He’s a legendary stockpicker that outperforms the market (read: real alpha). Ironically, he also believes that most people should NOT follow his footsteps – but instead, invest in passively managed...
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Yes, you may have seen him on Shark Tank. He is an UBER-successful angel investor and venture capitalist. Famous for his wearing vintage cowboy shirts and being on the ground floor of Twitter, Uber, Instagram, Facebook. Listened to a 90 min interview of him by Tim...
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If you are in private equity, this is a name you already know. Rubenstein is the co-founder, and co-chairman, of the Carlyle Group which invests $200+ billion on behalf of their limited partners. He sits on dozens of boards, and is the chairman of the Kennedy Center...
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Peter Thiel spoke at the Economic Club of New York 2018. Super insightful, contrarian, clearly an original. If this is a name that is new to you, here is a refresher blog post from 2017. Co-founder of Paypal. Enjoyed this interview and put a few of his quotes in blue...
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Big fan of Satya Nadella Current CEO of Microsoft. Take a look at this 2 min video. I showed this to 200+ business school students recently. Completely worth your time. Energy and Clarity. Boom. Nadella argues that empathy is core to innovation How can you meet...
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In 1983, Amy Trask USC (So Cal) law student makes a cold-call to the LA Raiders looking for an internship. Dialogue goes like this: LA Raiders switchboard operator: “What’s an internship?” Trask quickly replies “I work for you, and you don’t pay me.” The response:...
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3 Types of CEO Listened to a podcast interview here of Reid Hoffman sometime ago, but most distinctly remember his comment about the 3 types of CEOs. As the founder of Linkedin, he enjoyed the CEO role at first, but as the company grew, he enjoyed it less and less....
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Ray Dalio is a billionaire, a genius, a hedge-fund manager, and a “piece of work.” He is not your average guy in any sense. He is a super smart, opinionated “macro” investor who started Bridgewater Associates, one of the largest hedge funds at...
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Written 03/15/2018 Humble pie part 2. Elizabeth Holmes charged by the SEC for fraud. So apparently, the deception was deliberate – saying they had $100M in revenue, when they had $100K. Claiming that their blood testers were working, when in reality they were...
