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 track record of investing in early-stage software businesses, including several like Mulesoft, MongoDB, and Elastic that went on to be public companies.
Chetan has been my key guide for understanding the world o ... Show More
Jan 13
Tom Digan & Greg Stewart - Building the World’s Best Fitness App - [Invest Like the Best, EP.454]
My guests today are Tom Digan and Greg Stewart. Tom is the co-founder of Ladder, and Greg is its CEO. Ladder was my first angel investment. What followed over the next seven years is one of the most unlikely and dramatic business stories I’ve been a part of. Today, Ladder is the ... Show More
1h 14m
Jan 6
Reed Hastings - Building Netflix - [Invest Like the Best, EP.453]
My guest today is Reed Hastings, the co-founder and former longtime CEO of Netflix. Netflix is an example of two ideas that everyone talks about, but are extremely hard to do in practice. The first is finding a simple idea and taking it extraordinarily seriously. Reed talks about ... Show More
1h 2m
Dec 30
Nick Kokonas - Know What You Are Selling - [Invest Like The Best, REPLAY]
Today, I am replaying my conversation with Nick Kokonas, one of my favorites from the show. Nick is the co-founder of 3 of the best restaurants and bars in America - Alinea, Next, and The Aviary as well as the co-founder and CEO of Tock, a comprehensive booking system for restaur ... Show More
1h 17m
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
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
Jan 2023
TIP517: Mohnish Pabrai's Dhandho Investment Framework
On today’s episode, Clay reviews Mohnish Pabrai’s book, The Dhandho Investor. Mohnish is one of our very favorite investors to study here at TIP as we’ve interviewed him for the podcast multiple times in the past. Since its inception in 2000, Mohnish’s flagship fund has achieved ... Show More
54m 24s
Apr 2024
GTM 89: Bundling the GTM Stack, Secrets of Winning Investors & Landing Key Hires with Daniel Ruiz
<p><a href='https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-ruiz-a73818aa/'>Daniel Ruiz</a> has spent his career driving growth at high-velocity startups, serving as an early employee at multiple YC companies before co-founding Synch. As CEO, he has successfully raised funding from top invest ... Show More
47 m
Jul 2023
TIP566: The Passionate Pursuit of Lifelong Learning w/ Gautam Baid
Clay Finck chats with best-selling author, Gautam Baid. We cover the passionate pursuit of lifelong learning, how he achieved his dream of being a professional portfolio manager, why he puts the majority of his focus on high quality businesses, why India’s time has arrived, and m ... Show More
1h 1m
Sep 2023
TIP578: Fundamentals of Stock Investing w/ Daniel Pronk & Jake Ruth
On today’s episode, Clay Finck is joined by Daniel Pronk and Jake Ruth to share the fundamentals of stock investing. They dive into everything they wish they knew as a beginner, the books they would read, and the biggest mistakes they would have tried to avoid.
Daniel Pronk and J ... Show More
1h 14m
Jan 2024
MI Rewind: Growth Investing Stock Analysis w/ Simon Erickson
Robert Leonard brings back Simon Erickson to review the growth investing strategy and how investors can start with this strategy. Robert and Simon discuss how to find the right investments, portfolio allocation, what are the biggest deal breakers after analyzing these companies, ... Show More
44m 3s