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Morgan Housel

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My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

Yeah.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

And this might get back to a little bit what we said earlier of, you know, so I joined the fund in 2016, but I'm not an investor, but I've been able to watch and observe a top tier venture capital fund operate.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

And what's very interesting to me is true to all venture capital companies, a small minority of the companies we've invested in account for the vast majority, virtually all of the returns.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

Lyft, Beyond Meat, Impossible Foods, Upstart.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

Those what I just named are the vast majority of returns.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

That's probably right.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

And what's interesting about it is if you go back to 2016 when I joined,

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

The companies that were going to be our obvious winners weren't, and most of them don't exist anymore.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

And the companies that did just explode, upstart, were companies that were like, oh, that's a cool company.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

They're doing some cool things.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

But never in a million years would we have thought this was going to be it.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

So not only is it a small minority of companies that are your winners, but similar to what Mona said, you don't even know which ones those are going to be.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

It's very difficult to know in real time.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

And nobody saw that coming.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

I didn't see it coming.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

The publishers didn't see it coming.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

I've said this a million times before, but every US publisher turned it down.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

Every single US publisher rejected it.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

And I don't fault them.

My First Million
10 Years of Money Wisdom in 51 Minutes | Morgan Housel

It's impossible to know what's going to work before it comes out.