Today’s guest is Aswath Damodaran, who is joining us for a second time on Invest Like the Best. Aswath is a Professor of Finance at NYU’s Stern School of Business and is often referred to as the Dean of Valuation for his clarity of thought on the subject. This conversation picks up where we left off 18 months ago and covers a wide range of topics from macro ... Show More
Jun 16
Kareem Amin - The Unusual Approach to Company Building - [Invest Like the Best, EP.478]
My guest today is Kareem Amin, co-founder and CEO of Clay. Clay has become one of the fastest-growing software companies of the last few years, valued at over four billion dollars. It helps companies find their best customers and reach them at scale. But this conversation is abou ... Show More
56m 41s
Jun 9
Alex Sacerdote - How to Invest Through Technology Cycles - [Invest Like the Best, EP.477]
My guest today is Alex Sacerdote, founder of Whale Rock Capital Management. Whale Rock is a technology focused investment firm that manages more than $17 billion across hedge fund, long only, and hybrid strategies. Over the past three years it has been one of the best performing ... Show More
1h 10m
Jun 3
Dara Khosrowshahi - Uber's Bet on AVs, AI, and Building a Super-App - [Invest Like the Best, EP.476]
My guest today is Dara Khosrowshahi, the CEO of Uber. Before Uber, Dara ran Expedia for thirteen years. We start with why he took this job in 2017, and a big part of that story is Daniel Ek, who told him that life is not about happiness, it is about impact. We talk about what the ... Show More
1h 7m
Jan 2024
Visma: Mission Critical European Software - [Business Breakdowns, EP.145]
This is Zack Fuss. Today we are breaking down the largest privately-owned software business in Europe, Visma. Visma is a software company with over 15,000 employees offering accounting, payroll, and HR software products for customers across the Nordic, Benelux, and Baltic regions ... Show More
46m 4s
Apr 2024
Chris Hansen - The Long & Short of Investing - [Art of Investing, EP.16]
Our teacher today is Chris Hansen, founder of Long Short Equity investor, Valiant Capital. Chris spun off from his early career at Blue Ridge to start Valiant and pursue his own unique investment thesis.
We cover Chris's foray into investing in India, the training, temperament, a ... Show More
1h 31m
Mar 2024
Arcadea Group - Permanent Capital Investing in Vertical SaaS - [Art of Investing, EP.14]
Our teachers today are Daniel Eisen and Paul Yancich, co-founders of Arcadea Group. Arcadea is a private market, long-duration investor building a permanent home for high-quality, vertical market software companies.
Today, we sit down with an example of next-generation talent in ... Show More
1h 37m
Feb 2024
TIP609: Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Taleb
On today’s episode, Clay reviews Nassim Taleb’s book – Fooled by Randomness. Nassim Taleb is a Lebanon-born American mathematician and statistician whose work concerns problems of randomness, probability, and uncertainty. He’s very well known for his popular books, including The ... Show More
1 h