Scott Aboukir
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493 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 17 Jul
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I kind of go back to what we were just saying.
When you're first starting out in this business, I think there's part of this is probably just the way it has to go to develop your own taste and all that is a great place to work.
Is it out?
I mean, one reason why it was such a great place for me in the moment in career.
I mean, obviously, it's just like a fantastic institution and everyone raising money wants to talk to you.
And I do think there's a part of that, like take advantage of that, go out and see as much and learn as much.
And I did.
But I think at some point you have to transition to now developing and honing the mental models that allow you to filter things.
I think that took me a while to like get good at and really comfortable with, and maybe just even like the politeness or lack thereof of how to manage just an inbox that's constantly flowing with like good people wanting you to like help them.
Like that kind of is like both the enjoyable part of the business is like genuinely working with people
what I think mostly are like very high quality people, smart people with like, you can't do it all.
So how do you develop the sort of conviction to like lean in where you should and like literally just say no quickly to the things you don't.
It took me a while to like develop that skill.
Um, it's, I don't know if it would be something that I could have done in 2009 or 10.
Cause I think you just have to like practice and like learn what good is.
But I think,
I wish I'd known earlier.
Well said.
And I think one other thing, I mean, we're not the biggest allocator out there.
So we're not...
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