Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Episodes
Jonathan Goldberg - Capturing Carbon - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 25]
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Jonathan Goldberg, the founder, and CEO of Carbon Direct, a company focused on advising and investing in carbon removal at scale. Jo...
Marissa King - The Science of Social Networks - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 217]
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is Marissa King, a professor of organizational behavior at the Yale School of Management. I was fascinated by Marissa's work after ...
Jonathan Neman - Building the Modern Restaurant - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 24]
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is Jonathan Neman, the co-founder and CEO of Sweetgreen. Sweetgreen is a fast-casual restaurant chain that Jonathan co-founded in 2...
Josh Wolfe and Tony Thomas - The Past, Present, and Future of Defense – [Invest Like the Best, EP. 216]
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guests today are Josh Wolfe and Tony Thomas, better known as T2. Josh is the co-founder and General Partner at Lux Capital. T2 is now a venture par...
Matteo Franceschetti – Modernizing Sleep – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 23]
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Matteo Franceschetti, the founder and CEO of Eight Sleep, a smart mattress company. I’m a customer of Eight Sleep and this was one...
Jack Clark - Grateful for Everything, Entitled to Nothing – [Invest Like the Best, EP. 215]
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Jack Clark, head coach of the University of California Varsity Rugby team. Jack has one of the highest winning percentages not only ...
Ryan Petersen - Where There Is Mystery, There Is Margin – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 22]
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Ryan Petersen, founder and CEO of Flexport. Flexport is a technology platform for global trade. In this conversation, Ryan takes u...
Jeremy Grantham - A Historic Market Bubble – [Invest Like the Best, EP.214]
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Jeremy Grantham. Jeremy is the Long-Term Investment Strategist and Co-Founder at GMO. Jeremy has an encyclopedic knowledge of the hi...
Carlos Brito – Creating an Ownership Culture – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 21]
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Carlos Brito, CEO of Anheuser-Busch InBev. AB InBev is the world’s largest brewer of beer and maintains a portfolio of hundreds of...
Scott Belsky - Focus on the First Mile – [Invest Like the Best, EP. 213]
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Scott Belsky. Scott was the co-founder and CEO of Behance, the world's largest creative network, and a prolific angel investor, havi...
Matt Mullenweg – The Past, Present, and Future of the Internet – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.20]
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Matt Mullenweg, co-founder and CEO of Automattic, the company on top of the open-source project WordPress that Matt helped start. To...
Michael Dempsey – Investing in Bleeding Edge Technology – [Invest Like the Best, EP.212]
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Michael Dempsey, General Partner at Compound. Michael invests in a broad range of areas but has a unique talent for combining brand ...
Dustin Moskovitz – Eliminating Work About Work – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP. 19]
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Dustin Moskovitz, co-founder and CEO of Asana, a team-centric product management tool used by over 1.3 million users around the wor...
Chamath Palihapitiya – The Major Problems Facing the World – [Invest Like the Best, EP.211]
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Chamath Palihapitiya, the founder and CEO of Social Capital, whose mission is to advance humanity by solving the world's hardest pro...
Ali Ghodsi – The Past, Present, and Future of Big Data – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.18]
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My Guest today is Ali Ghodsi, founder and CEO of Databricks, a data analytics platform for data scientists and developers. He's also the founder of Ap...
Joost van Dreunen – Unlocking Value in Gaming – [Invest Like the Best, EP.210]
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Joost van Dreunen, an investor in the gaming space, professor at NYU's Stern School of Business, and former CEO and co-founder of Su...
Ilkka Paananen – Superpowering Teams – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.17]
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Ilkka Paananen, Founder and CEO of Supercell, a mobile game developer based in Finland. Supercell has built hugely successful games ...
Claire Cormier Thielke – The Future of Cities and Real Estate – [Invest Like the Best, EP.209]
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Claire Cormier Thielke, Managing Director of Asia Pacific for Hines, the largest private real estate investment, development and man...
Oliver Hughes – The Secret FinTech Giant – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.16]
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Oliver Hughes, the CEO of Tinkoff, the leading online commercial bank based in Russia. I found this conversation fascinating and thi...
Zack Fuss – Breaking Down the Food Ecosystem – [Invest Like the Best, EP.208]
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Zach Fuss, an investor at Continental Grain, a 200-year-old family owned business that is focused on investing and operating busines...
Carlos Cashman – Lessons from the Amazon Ecosystems – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.15]
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Carlos Cashman, co-founder and co-CEO of Thrasio an acquirer of third-party Amazon sellers. In a surprising departure for a high...
Ram Parameswaran - Internet Scale Businesses – [Invest Like the Best, EP.207]
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Ram Parameswaran, founder of Octahedron Capital. Ram started Octahedron this year after more than 5 years as a partner at Altimeter ...
Dylan Field - The Growing Importance of Design – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.14]
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dylan Field is the co-founder and CEO of Figma, a collaborative, online design tool which has taken the world by storm. With a most recent valuation o...
Tracy Graham - Investing in Overlooked Businesses – [Invest Like the Best, EP.206]
29 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Tracy Graham, founder and managing principal of Graham Allen Partners, a private equity firm that specializes in acquiring and build...
Zach Perret – The Future of Financial Services – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.13]
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Zach Perret is the founder and CEO of Plaid. Plaid helps companies build fintech solutions by creating APIs that allow people to connect their finan...
Mario Cibelli - Cornerstone Investing Insights - [Invest Like the Best, EP.205]
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Mario Cibelli. Mario is the managing partner of Marathon Partners Equity Management, a long-biased, concentrated investment firm tha...
Bob Pittman - Lessons from Building Media Empires – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.12]
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today, Bob Pittman, has had one of the most interesting careers I’ve ever come across. Today, he’s the CEO of iHeartMedia, the country’...
Sam Hinkie – Find Your People - [Invest Like the Best, EP.204]
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Sam Hinkie. Sam worked for more than a decade in the NBA with the Houston Rockets and then as the President and GM of the Philadelph...
Michelle Zatlyn – Protecting the Internet – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.11]
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Michelle Zatlyn. Michelle is the co-founder and COO of Cloudflare, a now $25 billion dollar business which she helped take public l...
Danny Meyer – The Power of Hospitality - [Invest Like the Best, EP.203]
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Danny Meyer, the founder and CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, which compromises some of the most acclaimed restaurants in New ...
Zac Bookman – How Government Works – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.10]
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Zac Bookman. Zac is the Founder and CEO of OpenGov a budgeting and financial management software for local governments. Before he f...
Daniel Gross – Finding Undiscovered Talent - [Invest Like the Best, EP.202]
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Daniel Gross. Daniel is the founder of Pioneer, an extremely unique company which he describes as a “fully remote startup generato...
Emmett Shear - The New Language of the Internet – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.9]
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Emmett Shear, founder and CEO of Twitch. Twitch is the world's leading live streaming platform for gamers, which was acquired by A...
RRE Ventures - RRE Ventures - Raju Rishi, Nikita Singareddy, Jason Black - [Invest Like the Best, EP.201]
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guests today are Raju Rishi, Nikita Singareddy, and Jason Black of RRE Ventures. RRE is a New York-based VC firm investing in early-stage start-ups...
Nick Kokonas - Know What You Are Selling – [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.8]
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Nick Kokonas, the co-founder of the 3 of the best restaurants and bars in America - Alinea, Next, and The Aviary as well as the co-f...
Niki Scevak - Wild Hearts and Wild Ideas - [Invest Like the Best, EP.200]
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Niki Scevak, co-founder and partner at Blackbird Ventures. Blackbird is a leading VC firm in Australia and New Zealand and has inves...
Todd McKinnon - Creating and Defining a New Market Category - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.7]
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Todd McKinnon, co-founder and CEO of Okta, the leading provider of identity management for enterprises. Todd started Okta in 2009 af...
Jason Karp and Rohan Oza – The Power of Brand - [Invest Like the Best, EP.199]
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guests today are Jason Karp and Rohan Oza. Jason is the founder and CEO of HumanCo, a holding company focused on building businesses that help peop...
John Chambers - Pattern Matching, Playbooks, and Winning Product Categories - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.6]
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is John Chambers. John was the CEO of Cisco from 1995 to 2015 where he helped grow Cisco from $70 million to $40 billion in annual ...
Anu Hariharan – Lessons in Growth Investing - [Invest Like the Best, EP.198]
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is Anu Hariharan. Anu is a partner at Y-Combinator's Continuity Fund where she focuses on growth investing. Before YC, Anu was an ...
Laura Behrens Wu - When Digital and Physical Worlds Converge - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.5]
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Laura Behrens Wu, co-founder and CEO of Shippo. Shippo started in 2014 after Laura realized with her own e-commerce start-up that sh...
Brad Gerstner and Rich Barton – Thriving in Changing Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP.197]
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guests today are Rich Barton and Brad Gerstner. Brad is the founder of Altimeter Capital and is one of my favorite active investors. Brad and Altim...
Jason Citron - Building the Third Place - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.4]
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Jason Citron, founder and CEO of Discord. Discord is one of the largest and fastest growing social networks in the world. It started...
Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal of Acquired - Lessons on Early Stage Investing and Getting Acquired - [Invest Like the Best, EP.196]
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guests today are Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal. Ben and David are investors but also the duo behind the Acquired podcast, which is one of my favo...
Leore Avidar - Creating and Selling Superpowers - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.3]
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Leore Avidar. Leore is the co-founder and CEO of Lob, a company which makes it easy to send direct mail programmatically. He’s ...
Jacqueline Novogratz – Investing in Dignity and Character - [Invest Like the Best, EP.195]
13 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Jacqueline Novogratz. Jacqueline is the founder and CEO of Acumen, a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial appro...
Justin Singer - How Regulation Unlocks Opportunity - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.2]
08 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Justin Singer, the founder and CEO of Caliper Foods and Stillwater Brands, two leading companies in the cannabis industry. We start ...
Jesse Livermore - Upside Down Markets - Understanding Fiscal and Monetary Policy - [Invest Like the Best, EP.194]
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Jesse Livermore. I’ve worked with Jesse as part of our research partners program at O’Shaughnessy Asset Management for years now...
Rahul Vohra - Using Emotion to Design Great Products - [Founder’s Field Guide, EP.1]
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode represents a new chapter for Invest Like the Best, so requires a longer introduction than normal. Starting today, I’ll be bringing...
Modest Proposal – Better, Cheaper, Faster: Why Companies that Reduce Friction Win - [Invest Like the Best, EP.193]
29 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Before getting to this week’s guest, an announcement: starting Thursday we will be introducing a new series of interviews. Be sure to check this sam...
Lauren Taylor Wolfe – The Modern Activist Toolkit - [Invest Like the Best, EP.192]
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is Lauren Taylor Wolfe. Lauren is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Impactive Capital. Prior to founding Impactive she spent 1...
Rory Sutherland – Moonshots and Marketing - [Invest Like the Best, EP.191]
15 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Rory Sutherland. Rory is the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy & Mather Group, which is one of the largest and most renowned advertising agenc...
Michael Seibel – Lessons from Thousands of Startups - [Invest Like the Best, EP.190]
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is Michael Seibel. Michael is a Partner at Y Combinator, and the CEO of YC's startup accelerator. He was the cofounder and CEO Jus...
Michael Mauboussin – Great Migration Public to Private Equity - [Invest Like the Best, EP.189]
01 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is Michael Mauboussin, the head of consilient research at Counterpoint Global. Michael is an all-time favorite guest here on the sh...
Chetan Puttagunta and Jeremiah Lowin – Open Source Crash Course - [Invest Like the Best, EP.188]
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guests this week are Jeremiah Lowin and Chetan Puttagunta. Jeremiah is the founder of Prefect.io, an open-source software company where my family ...
Katrina Lake – The Next Wave of E-Commerce - [Invest Like the Best, EP.187]
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Katrina Lake, the co-founder and CEO of Stitch Fix. Stitch Fix is a multi-billion-dollar public company which has brought an entirel...
Brian Armstrong – The Future of Crypto - [Invest Like the Best, EP.186]
11 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is Brian Armstrong, the co-founder and CEO of Coinbase. The topic of our conversation is the future of cryptocurrency and decentral...
Matt Ball - The Future of Media: Movies, the Metaverse, and More - [Invest Like the Best, EP.185]
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today, Matthew Ball, is a long time coming. He’s the former head of strategy at Amazon Studios, an investor, and probably my favorite busin...
Kat Cole – How to Operate: Lessons in Brand, Distribution, and Leadership - [Invest Like the Best, EP.184]
28 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Kat Cole, the COO and president of North America for Focus Brands, which owns famous companies like Cinnabon, Carvel, Jamba, and mor...
Eric Vishria – The Past, Present, and Future of SaaS and Software - [Invest Like the Best, EP.183]
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is Eric Vishria, a general partner at Benchmark Capital. Eric joined Benchmark after spending the first part of his career as an op...
Turner Novak – The Past, Present, and Future of Consumer Social Companies - [Invest Like the Best, EP.182]
14 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is Turner Novak, a partner at Gelt VC. Many of the largest companies in the world today are consumer social companies, so Turner an...
Charlie Songhurst – Lessons from Investing in 483 Companies - [Invest Like the Best, EP.181]
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is Charlie Songhurst, the former head of strategy at Microsoft and a prolific investor, having personally invested in nearly 500 co...
Blake Robbins – Investing in Gaming - [Invest Like the Best, EP.180]
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Blake Robbins, a partner at Ludlow Ventures. We talk about all things video games, including the major companies in the industry, ho...
Brad Gerstner – Public and Private Investing - [Invest Like the Best, EP.179]
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Brad Gerstner, the founder and CIO of Altimeter Capital, a multi-billion dollar technology-focused investment firm. Brad and his tea...
John Collison – Growing the Internet Economy - [Invest Like the Best, EP.178]
16 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is John Collison, the Co-Founder of the digital payments company Stripe. Stripe’s mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, a l...
Jeremy Grantham – An Uncertain Crisis - [Invest Like the Best, EP.177]
09 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Jeremy Grantham. Jeremy is the co-founder and chief investment strategist of Grantham, Mayo, & van Otterloo (aka GMO). GMO, which ma...
Ben Thompson – Platforms, Ecosystems, and Aggregators - [Invest Like the Best, EP.176]
02 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Ben Thompson. Ben is the author of my favorite business strategy newsletter called Stratechery. He’s also the host of the exponent...
Shishir Mehrotra – The Art and Science of the Bundle - [Invest Like the Best, EP.175]
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Shishir Mehrotra and the topic of our conversation is the bundle: offering access to multiple products, services, or providers for a...
Hamilton Helmer – Power + Business - [Invest Like the Best, EP.174]
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Hamilton Helmer, the Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Strategy Capital and the author of one of the best business books in...
Tobi Lutke – Building a Modern Business - [Invest Like the Best, EP.173]
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Tobi Lutke, the co-founder, and CEO of Shopify. This is both a timely and evergreen conversation. Timely, as the world as moved ...
Ali Hamed – An Update on Private Credit - [Invest Like the Best, EP.172]
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is popular past guest Ali Hamed, who joins us for an update on private credit. We discuss what has happened so far, what parts of the m...
Chris Bloomstran - An Update on Public Markets - [Invest Like the Best, EP.171]
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today for a flash update is Chris Bloomstran, the founder and CIO of Semper Augustus and a popular past guest on the show. We talk about his ...
Josh Kopelman - The Past, Present, And Future Of Seed Investing - [Invest Like the Best, EP.170]
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Josh Kopelman, the founder of famed venture capital firm First Round Capital. Prior to starting First Round, which has invested at t...
Manny Stotz - Frontier Markets Investing - [Invest Like the Best, EP.169]
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Manny Stotz, the founder of Kingsway Capital. Manny is one of the leading investors in Frontier Markets, investing in equities in co...
Sarah Tavel - Consumer & Marketplace Investing - [Invest Like the Best, EP.168]
07 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is Sarah Tavel, a general partner at Benchmark, working alongside past guests Bill Gurley and Chetan Puttagunta. Sarah has a long h...
[BONUS] Boyd Varty - 40 Days and 40 Nights
05 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the midst of the worldwide quarantine, my friend Boyd Varty decided to begin an adventure he has been considering for a long time: a 40 day and 40 ...
Gavin Baker – Investing Through a Bear Market - [Invest Like the Best, EP.167]
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is with past guest Gavin Baker, the founder and CIO of Atreides Management, LP. We discuss investing during a bear market and the major...
D.A. Wallach – Investing in Healthcare - [Invest Like the Best, EP.166]
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is D.A. Wallach, one of the more interesting investors I’ve come across. He is the former lead singer of the group Chester French and...
Chad Cascarilla – Update on Tail Risk - [Invest Like the Best, EP.165]
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Chad Cascarilla, here to discuss some of the tail risks in the economy and markets as of March 24th in the midst of the Coronavirus ...
Brent Beshore – Update on Small Business and Private Equity - [Invest Like the Best, EP.164]
20 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My conversation today is with my close friend Brent Beshore. Brent is a private equity investor who owns and interacts with many small businesses, whi...
Dan Rasmussen – Investing Through a Crisis - [Invest Like the Best, EP.163]
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this morning is Dan Rasmussen of Verdad Capital. Like me, Dan and his firm focus on quantitative research. Just a month before the COVID cris...
Bill Gurley and Chetan Puttagunta – An Update on Consumer & Enterprise Venture Capital - [Invest Like the Best, EP.162]
13 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guests today are Bill Gurley and Chetan Puttagunta, both partners at benchmark capital. We review the early stage investing world in the face of co...
Bryan Krug – An Update on Corporate Credit - [Invest Like the Best, EP.161]
13 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest in this flash podcast is Bryan Krug of Artisan partners. We discuss what has happened so far in the corporate high yield and investment-grade...
Deep Basin – Oil Price War and Its Implications - [Invest Like the Best, EP.160]
11 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I’ll be recording and immediately releasing a series of conversations on business and market reactions to the spread of coronavirus. The ...
Peter Zeihan - Dis-United Nations - [Invest Like the Best, EP.159]
10 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is Peter Zeihan, the author of a new book, the Disunited Nations. Peter was an extremely popular guest on the show last year and...
Jeff Lawson – How to Build a Platform - [Invest Like the Best, EP.158]
03 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is Jeff Lawson, the Founder, and CEO of Twilio. Twilio is a 15-billion-dollar company offering a cloud communications platform to i...
Niko Canner – Become a Perfect Instrument - [Invest Like the Best, EP.157]
25 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Niko Canner is the founder of Incandescent where he and his team help the leaders of large companies in the areas of strategy and innovation. He was a...
[REPLAY] What You Learn About Business Deals After: 12,000 Deals Reviewed, 1,500 Deep Dives, 125 Site Visits, and 7 Portfolio Companies with Brent Beshore - [Invest Like the Best, EP.100]
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For the 100th episode, I’ve brought back my good friend Brent Beshore. Brent was the 10th guest on the podcast, after we met because of a mutual int...
Chetan Puttagunta – Go Slow to Go Fast: Software Building and Investing - [Invest Like the Best, EP.156]
28 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is a good friend and a business mentor of mine. Chetan Puttagunta is a general partner at Benchmark Capital and has a remarkable tr...
Rebecca Kaden – Thesis Driven Investing - [Invest Like the Best, EP.155]
21 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Rebecca Kaden, a partner at famed venture firm union square ventures. USV is known for thesis-driven investing, which is the topic o...
Matt Clifford – Investing Pre-Company - [Invest Like the Best, EP.154]
14 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Matt Clifford. He’s the co-founder of Entrepreneur First, the world’s leading talent investor. They invest “pre-company” by ...
Peter Buffett – Finding Your Note - [Invest Like the Best, EP.153]
07 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Peter Buffett. Peter is a musician, composer, author, and philanthropist. Peter is an Emmy Award winner, New York Times best-selling...
Ben Savage – All Things Fintech Investing - [Invest Like the Best, EP.152]
17 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Ben Savage, a partner at Clocktower ventures. Ben is focused on financial technology, fintech, investing which is the topic of our c...
Jeff Ma – Making Decisions with Data - [Invest Like the Best, EP.151]
10 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is Jeff Ma. Jeff was on the famous MIT Blackjack team from the book Bringing Down the House but has spent his career in an around f...
Vaughn Tan – Quality and Innovation - [Invest Like the Best, EP.150]
03 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Vaughn Tan, who studies quality, innovation, and organizational behavior. His resume is bonkers. He’s a PhD from Harvard, Was an i...
Gavin Baker – Tech and Consumer Growth Investing - [Invest Like the Best, EP.149]
26 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is Gavin Baker, the founder, and manager of Atreides Management. I met Gavin in the same way I meet many of the most interesting pe...
Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger – How to Build a Great Product
19 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
My guests this week are Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, the co-founders of Instagram. I met Kevin and Mike a few months ago over a shared interest in...
Daniel Ek – The Future of Audio - [Invest Like the Best, EP.147]
12 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is Daniel Ek, the founder and CEO of Spotify. In my conversations with Daniel, I’ve found him to be one of the most interesting ...
George Rzepecki – Investing in Africa - [Invest Like the Best, EP.146
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
My guest this week is George Rzepecki, the found and managing partner Raba, an Africa focused investment firm. George is making investments across Afr...
Chad Cascarilla – The Future of Blockchain and Financial Services - [Invest Like the Best, EP.145]
29 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Chad Cascarilla, the CEO and co-founder of Paxos, which describes itself as a financial technology company “mobilizing assets at t...