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Martín Escobari

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Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Martín Escobari - Inside General Atlantic - [Invest Like the Best, EP.449]

16 power alleys, check the website.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Martín Escobari - Inside General Atlantic - [Invest Like the Best, EP.449]

In those power alleys, we think we're among the best in the world.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Martín Escobari - Inside General Atlantic - [Invest Like the Best, EP.449]

And we show up with 32 case studies.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Martín Escobari - Inside General Atlantic - [Invest Like the Best, EP.449]

We've done this 32 times.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Martín Escobari - Inside General Atlantic - [Invest Like the Best, EP.449]

And yes, you can copy things that work, but guess what?

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Martín Escobari - Inside General Atlantic - [Invest Like the Best, EP.449]

You don't know the things that didn't work, that we tried, that we're going to prevent you from trying.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Martín Escobari - Inside General Atlantic - [Invest Like the Best, EP.449]

It's made it harder to compete, but I do think scale and experience helps, provided you are deliberate at learning from the experience and focused on how you build capabilities with scale in areas that really matter, not just look good on a website.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Martín Escobari - Inside General Atlantic - [Invest Like the Best, EP.449]

There's a lot more volatility.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Martín Escobari - Inside General Atlantic - [Invest Like the Best, EP.449]

The frequency of surprises is much higher.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Martín Escobari - Inside General Atlantic - [Invest Like the Best, EP.449]

So agility is super important.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Martín Escobari - Inside General Atlantic - [Invest Like the Best, EP.449]

We're also low-trust cultures, even though most of them are religious.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Martín Escobari - Inside General Atlantic - [Invest Like the Best, EP.449]

Doesn't mean you can trust it.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Martín Escobari - Inside General Atlantic - [Invest Like the Best, EP.449]

So a higher percentage of the time, you may find yourself with a crook across the table.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Martín Escobari - Inside General Atlantic - [Invest Like the Best, EP.449]

So the value of referencing is much more important.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Martín Escobari - Inside General Atlantic - [Invest Like the Best, EP.449]

And how to do a good reference is super important because people don't say bad things about other people easily.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Martín Escobari - Inside General Atlantic - [Invest Like the Best, EP.449]

So that's another one.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Martín Escobari - Inside General Atlantic - [Invest Like the Best, EP.449]

The third one, which is a positive one, which is the one great advantage of being outside the U.S.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Martín Escobari - Inside General Atlantic - [Invest Like the Best, EP.449]

is there's so many things that don't work well.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Martín Escobari - Inside General Atlantic - [Invest Like the Best, EP.449]

Lower hanging fruit.

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Martín Escobari - Inside General Atlantic - [Invest Like the Best, EP.449]

And if you provide a great service, you capture a lot of value for a really long time.