Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'S...

Conversations with the best investors and business leaders in the world. We explore their ideas, methods, and stories to help you better invest your time and money. Hear stock market and boardroom insights you can't find anywhere else. If you're a professional investor, CEO, entrepreneur, or business strategist, this is for you. Explore all our episodes and learn more at https://www.joincolossus.com

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Peter Attia, M.D. - How to Live a Longer, High...
My guest this week is Peter Attia, M.D., whose mission is to understand and improve human lifespan and healthspan (or quality of life). Reading Peter’s research, you find that there are many similarities between health and investing—ideas like compou
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John Rogers – Slow and Steady Wins the Race - [...
My guest this week is John Rogers, founder, CEO and CIO of Ariel investments, one of the longest standing asset management businesses still in existence. John has a very impressive resume. In addition to his success at Ariel, he was the captain of the P
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Alex Moazed – Building Modern Monopolies - [I...
My guest this week is Alex Moazed, the co-author of Modern Monopolies: What It Takes to Dominate the 21st Century Economy, which explores the platform business model (Uber, Airbnb, Github). Alex is also the founder and CEO of Applico, a company that he s
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Ian Cassel – Investing In Tiny Stocks - [Inves...
My guest this week is Ian Cassel, a microcap investor who is always on the lookout for small companies which are run by men and women who are what he calls intelligent fanatics. Ian’s livelihood is based on the success or failure of a small group of com
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Joe Mansueto – Lessons From the Founder of Morn...
My guest this week is Joe Mansueto, the founder, longtime CEO and current executive chairman of Morningstar, Inc. Joe is an entrepreneur at heart. He has the gene for spotting good business ideas and building them out with the customer in mind, so it is
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Brent Beshore Returns – Private Equity, Venture...
Brent Beshore and I spoke for 10 hours about all things investing and business, and decided to record a 2-hour chunk of our conversation. We start by discussing private equity, venture capital, and the importance of brand. We then explore the difference b
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Brian Koppelman – Chasing Curiosity - [Invest L...
My guest this week is writer, director, producer, and podcast host Brian Koppelman, who’s film credits include ‘Rounders’, ‘Oceans 13’, and ‘Solitary Man’. More recently he co-created the Showtime show, ‘Billions’, which allowed us to ha
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Jeremiah Lowin – Machine Intelligence and Risk ...
Jeremiah Lowin is probably the smartest guy I know, and that is saying something. He is an expert in the fields of statistics, artificial intelligence, and risk management—among many other things. He is currently the Director of Risk Management for a p
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Lauren Loktev, Kanyi Maqubela, & Craig Shapiro ...
This week’s episode features the partners of the Collaborative Fund, a venture-capital firm based in New York City. This is a unique, group interview with Lauren Loktev, Kanyi Maqubela, and Craig Shapiro that explores all aspects of their search and in
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Dan Egan – Designing Better Decisions - [Invest...
My guest today is Dan Egan, who is the managing director of Behavioral Finance and Investing at Betterment. In this wide-ranging role, Dan has his hands is most of the ways that Betterment interacts with its clients and how it invests their money. This i
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Shane Parrish – Mastering Mental Models - [I...
My guest this week is Shane Parrish, who created the extremely popular Farnam Street—a website dedicated to understanding the world by mastering the best of what others have already figured out. More than 100,000 people subscribe to the Farnam Street N
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Jeff Ptak – The Prospects for Active Managemen...
Joining me on the podcast this week is Jeff Ptak, head of global manager research at Morningstar. Jeff’s role puts him in the unique position to discuss the state of active management because he gets to see mutual funds from both the bottom-up, through
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Eric Maddox – The Ace of Spades - [Invest Like ...
This week we explore a rare and underappreciated skill through the lens of an incredible story. My guest is Eric Maddox, whose name you probably don’t know but won’t soon forget. Just trust me that you need to listen to this entire episode, and listen
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Josh Brown – The Reformation - [Invest Like th...
My guest this week is one of the reasons that this podcast exists. Josh Brown is a financial advisor and the CEO of Ritholtz Wealth Management. He is also the creator of TheReformedBroker.com, a blog about markets, politics, economics, media, culture, a
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Christopher Cole – Small Bets, Huge Payoffs - ...
My guest this week is Christopher Cole, founder and managing partner at Artemis Capital Management. Chris’s specialty is in long volatility strategies, setting up portfolios that will benefit from significant change and volatility in markets. We discus
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Kevin Simler – Exploring the Frontier - [Inves...
Today’s episode features one of my favorite thinkers and writers: Kevin Simler.
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Craig Shapiro – Better for You, Better for the ...
This week Patrick takes a deep dive in the world of Venture Capital with Craig Shapiro, founder and CEO of the New York based Collaborative Fund, which was an early investor in companies like Lyft, Kickstarter, and Reddit. We cover Craig’s investing ro
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Brent Beshore – Cultivating a Disaster Resistan...
This week’s guest is Brent Beshore, Founder and CEO of adventur.es, a family of companies that invests in family-owned companies. Brent has a very specific mission with this company, to cultivate a disaster resistant, compound interest machine. At just
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Jon Stein – The State of Automated Investing - ...
Would you be comfortable with a robo-advisor running your entire investment portfolio? That’s the hope of our guest this week, Jon Stein, founder and CEO of Betterment.
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Kiley Adams – An Internal Locus of Control - [I...
This episode is a major departure from the norm. My guest, Kiley Adams, is only 21 years old. She has crammed more learning and adventure into two decades than most people could hope to in a lifetime.
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Ted Seides – A Deep Dive into Hedge Funds - [In...
This week’s guest has forgotten more about hedge funds than most people will ever know. This episode will appeal to managers, allocators and any investor interested in the world of hedge funds. Ted Seides worked under David Swensen at Yale’s endowmen
76 min
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Humble Giants – Vanguard’s Gerry O’Reilly and J...
There is a good chance that this week’s guests manage your money. This episode is a rare and fascinating look into the world’s largest asset manager. My first guest is Gerry O’Reilly, who is the portfolio manager for the largest mutual fund in the w
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Christian Rudder – The Quantified Self - [Inves...
In this episode Patrick talks to Christian Rudder, who is the co-founder of dating service OK Cupid, a NY Times best-selling author, data and math junky, and musician. Patrick and Christian discuss interesting trends in OK Cupids dating data, artificial i
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Morgan Housel – Walking and Thinking - [Invest ...
In this week’s episode, Patrick and Morgan Housel explore the differences between private and public market investing, how to foster innovation and creativity, how businesses are structured and organized, and how Morgan finds interesting books and topic
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Jason Zweig – The Power of Serendipity - [Inves...
In this episode, Patrick and Jason Zweig reflect on investing, financial advice, books, and life in general. The method for living discussed in the last 30 minutes will be useful for everyone. Jason is the Intelligent Investor columnist for the Wall Str
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