My guest today is Pat Grady, a longtime growth investor at Sequoia and one of the firms senior leaders. Pat has been a part of a long list of legendary investments, ranging from Snowflake, Zoom, ServiceNow, Qualtrics, Okta, Hubspot, Notion, and OpenAI, among many others. There aren't many investors who reference as well at Pat, both inside and outside of his ... Show More
Jun 27
Charlie Songhurst – Lessons from Investing in 483 Companies - [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS]
Welcome to this classic episode. Classics are my favorite episodes from the past 10 years, published once a month. These are N of 1 conversations with N of 1 people. Charlie Songhurst is a brilliant strategist, accomplished executive, and prolific angel investor. This episode is ... Show More
1h 8m
Feb 2023
TIP529: Joel Tillinghast & Uncovering the Art of Outperformance
On today’s episode, Clay Finck reviews Joel Tillinghast’s book, Big Money Thinks Small, and does analysis on two companies built around acquisitions - Brown and Brown Insurance and Constellation Software.Joel is an incredible long-term investor as he has consistently outperformed ... Show More
57m 18s
Jul 2021
TIP363: The Game of Investing w/ Bing Gordon
In today’s episode, Trey Lockerbie sits down with Bing Gordon. Bing is a legend in the silicon valley world, having first been a co-founder of Electronic Arts (EA), then went on to be a director at Zynga, Audible, Zume, Duolingo, and others. For the last 18 years, he’s also sat o ... Show More
1 h
Apr 2024
TIP620: The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham
On today’s episode, Clay shares his lessons from reading The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham.Benjamin Graham was a renowned value investor, lecturer, financial securities researcher, and mentor to billionaire investor Warren Buffett. Graham is widely regarded as the fathe ... Show More
59m 56s
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, an ... 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