Today’s teachers are Drue Tranquill and Joe Schmidt, two of our very best former students. You'll hear about Drue’s improbable run to becoming Super Bowl champion with the Kansas City Chiefs and get to know Joe, a former walk-on at Notre Dame turned team MVP who went on to become a venture capitalist at Excel and now Andreessen Horowitz.
Stepping back, we'r ... Show More
Oct 7
Luca Ferrari, Bending Spoons: Compounding Through Operational Excellence and Acquisitions - [Joys of Compounding, EP. 40]
Our teacher today is Luca Ferrari, co-founder and CEO of Bending Spoons. Luca spent more than a decade quietly building Bending Spoons in Italy into one of the best operators and acquirers of software businesses in the world, and we talk about why going slow early helped, how the ... Show More
1 h
Sep 17
America at 250: The Ideas of 1776 - [Joys of Compounding, EP. 39]
Our teachers today are Frank Cogliano, Brendan McConville, and Patrick Griffin, three of the world's leading historians of the American Revolution and contributors to The American Revolution at 250, a new collection of essays Frank edited for UVA Press. Frank, Brendan, and Patric ... Show More
1h 11m
Aug 3
A.J. Rohde: Living in the (Software) Limelight [Joys of Compounding, Ep. 38]
Our teacher today is A.J. Rohde, senior partner at Thoma Bravo, one of the largest software-focused private equity funds in the world. A.J. shares stories and lessons learned from his time investing in private equity - including why Thoma Bravo hires tennis players like him, and ... Show More
1h 27m
May 2025
Royce Yudkoff & Rick Ruback - Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition - [Invest Like the Best, EP.423]
My guests today are Rick Ruback and Royce Yudkoff. Rick and Royce are Harvard Business School professors who teach their students how to search for, acquire, and run small business directly after graduation. It has been almost a decade since our first conversation, and unlike man ... Show More
1h 28m
Mar 2021
TIP340: Hedge Funds, SPACs, and Chocolate w/ Jason Karp
In today's show, Trey Lockerbie is joined by Jason Karp. Jason has had an incredible career, starting as a quant at major hedge funds like SAC Capital, under billionaire Steve Cohen, as well as Carlson Capital, where he became the Co-Chief Investment Officer. He then moved on to ... Show More
54m 49s
Aug 2021
SDH 461: BTS of Going From $0 to $1,000,000 (and Giving Yourself Permission to Step Into Bigger Dreams) with The Product Boss
Hello friends! Welcome back to another episode of the She Did It Her Way podcast! I am so excited to be back with biz besties, Jacqueline and Minna from The Product Boss. This fabulous duo first appeared on the podcast in episode 332 on May 13, 2019. We’re going to dive into some ... Show More
43m 44s
Jul 2022
The Road to Joy with Scott Drew
<p>Podcast family, we have a special bonus episode for you today! Not only is Mark Cole joined live by John Maxwell for this discussion, but our good friend Don Yaeger has invited Scott Drew, coach of the Baylor Bears Men's Basketball team, who won the NCAA Division I Championshi ... Show More
33m 14s