Steve (Stephen) Ketchum

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528 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 15 Jul

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How I Invest with David Weisburd · E403: Why the Best Investment Firms Stay Small | Sound Point Capital Founder · 15 Jul 2026 podcast

We might say, okay, we're going to go raise our third or fourth vintage fund, and our objective is to have our first close on September 1st.

Well, guess what?

It ends up happening November 30th.

So the most important thing is that putting one foot in front of the other and trusting the process and doing all the right things and measuring yourself not every day on the end result because the end result, as I said, ends up getting pushed off.

but knowing that you're doing all the right things from a process standpoint.

So yeah, it is putting all the mundane work in, doing the stuff that is behind the scenes and doing it well.

And then you look back and say, okay, this was a great success.

And it also ties into the comment about the success is driven by the team, not any individual.

So everybody has to do their tasks.

And some of the tasks are more unsung than others, right?

And so I think one of the things that we really do try to do, we try to share successes.

Everyone, and this goes back to my point about communicating or over-communicating, we have a good accomplishment, whether it's a great deal or a good fundraise,

We want to make sure that we send a blast email out to everybody and celebrate that.

And one of the things that we spend an inordinate amount of time on is making sure that every person who has contributed to that success is included in that email.

That's a little thing, but that's an important thing in terms of building the culture.

Certainly our timing was good.

We started at a time where credit was cheap and really interesting and there were great things to do.

We started at a time where investors were disappointed in their incumbents.

And so we tried to do things different and better, tried to be more flexible.

I think that we are very deliberate now about who we hire and to make sure that they are a cultural fit.

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