Jan 20
Ray Dalio on Economic Trends, Investing, and Making Decisions Amid Uncertainty
Over the years, investor Ray Dalio built his hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, into one of the largest in the world. He's done that in part by understanding the history of economic cycles and macroeconomic trends. He's also made shrewd investing and management decisions and sta ... Show More
29m 41s
May 2024
143. Adopt a VC Mindset: Achieve More by Thinking and Communicating Like a Venture Capitalist
<p>In choosing who to date, what job to pursue, or how to invest our money, most people are just looking for a reason to move forward. But according to Professor <a href="https://www.fastersmarter.io/guests/ilya-strebulaev/">Ilya Strebulaev</a>, we should be looking for something ... Show More
24m 30s
Jun 2024
688: How VC Shapes Startups (with Benjamin Shestakofsky)
Welcome to an interview with the author of Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality, Benjamin Shestakofsky. This book draws on nineteen months of participant-observation research inside a successful Silicon Valley startup, and examines how t ... Show More
49m 10s
Feb 2021
"Don't eat the pizza" and other bits of investment wisdom
<p>Capital Group's collegial culture shines through, as three equity portfolio analysts — Mark Casey, Lisa Thompson and Chapman Taylor — share details of a recent "lessons learned" session involving the entire investment team. Hear the compelling, at times quirky, lessons that ha ... Show More
39m 18s
Jun 2024
454: How VC Shapes Startups with Benjamin Shestakofsky
<p dir="ltr">Welcome to Strategy Skills episode 454, featuring an interview with the author of <em>Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality</em>, Benjamin Shestakofsky. This book draws on nineteen months of participant-observation research i ... Show More
50m 48s
Venture capital firms notoriously embrace risk and take big swings, hoping that one startup will become a monster hit that pays for many other failed investments. This VC approach scares established companies, but it shouldn’t. Stanford Graduate School of Business professor Ilya Strebulaev says that VC firms have proven best practices that all leaders should ... Show More
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/wquist">Will Quist</a> is a Partner @ <a href="https://slow-prod.herokuapp.com/">Slow Ventures</a>. Over the last decade, the team at Slow Ventures have invested in the earliest rounds of over 500 companies including Ro ... Show More
