David Weisburd

Now, that doesn't mean you can't invest into the next open AI and do really well.

But one is, you know, that's going to be your last bet.

So you're not really creating franchise value.

But two is you have a pretty it's a very risky strategy versus the person that invests maybe under undersells themselves and gains a reputation.

over time things could go against them you know if they have a 10 hit rate that still means you know you do 20 shots on goal there's a 50 50 shot that you might not hit anything but over time the odds start to to probabilistically favor you luck plays a big role in this business

Through your article in 2020-12, you became good friends with Adam Grant, who I've heard so many great things about.

You wrote this book, Give and Take.

Tell me about the main lessons from the book and which part of it do you agree with and which part of it do you not agree with?

Let's say I'm learning to be an elite giver and let's say I want to on the margin be helpful.

Let's say some people pleasing tendencies, but I also want to be successful.

What are some best practices?

Does that work for you because you're in this pool of Stanford Business School students?

And how could others apply this strategy?

When I think about

value add or helping, I think very much in compounding within a certain form factor.

So I've learned this from many mentors.

With you, obviously, you have this conference.

Every year, you have these 250 people that are happy.

They're introducing other people.

You have a reputation.