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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Doug Leone - Lessons from a Titan - [Invest Lik...
My guest this week is . Doug led one of the world’s most successful venture firms, Sequoia, for over 25 years after he was given responsibility for the firm by its founder, Don Valentine, in 1996. Alongside Mike Moritz, the pair managed its...
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Tim Urban - Idea Labs and High-Rung Thinking - ...
I’m excited to share this conversation with . Tim is, in my opinion, one of the best and most engaging writers of our era. He’s tackled many of the most interesting topics in the world from AI to procrastination. I interviewed him in 2017 in...
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Dan Rose - How Stunning Founders Operate - [Inv...
My guest today is . Dan is the chairman of Coatue Ventures and has one of the most interesting collections of experiences of anyone I’ve talked to. He spent 20 years at Amazon and Facebook in their early days, working closely with Jeff Bezos,...
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Jeff Green - Modernizing Advertising - [Invest ...
My guest today is , the CEO and co-founder of advertising platform, The Trade Desk. The Trade Desk is the second advertising exchange Jeff has built, having sold his first venue to Microsoft in 2007. He started The Trade Desk in 2009 and has built it...
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Carl Kawaja - Dealing with Regime Change - [Inv...
My guest this week is Carl Kawaja. It’s the second time I’ve had Carl on the show and my first conversation with him is one I go back to often. Carl is a portfolio manager at Capital Group, where he’s quietly overseen a huge portfolio for...
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Daryl Morey - Systems Thinking in Sports - [Inv...
My guest this week is , who is President of basketball operations for the Philadelphia 76ers. Daryl is a computer science graduate but has become one of the NBA’s most successful General Managers during his time with the Houston Rockets and the...
63 min
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Miles Grimshaw - The DNA of Software Companies ...
My guest today is . Miles is in his early thirties and is a General Partner at Benchmark. His experience and success belie his age. He was an early investor in Segment, Benchling, and Airtable, all before they had 30 employees. I have learned a ton...
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John Fio - Creating Magic for Consumers - [Inve...
My guest today is . John is a product inventor and entrepreneur who, in the space of a few years, has bootstrapped four products; Gravity Blanket, Moon Pod, Moon Pals, and Birthdate Candles which have collectively sold hundreds of millions of dollars...
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Amjad Masad - The Future of Software Creation -...
My guest today is . Amjad is the founder and CEO of Replit, whose mission is to bring the next billion software creators online. Replit has built a browser-based coding environment that makes coding more fun, collaborative, and approachable. We...
60 min
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Rebecca Lynn - Finding Your Customers - [Invest...
My guest this week is . Rebecca co-founded early-stage investor Canvas Ventures in 2013 and is regularly featured as one of the best VCs in the market. She has deep positioning and go-to-market experience, which she honed during her time at Procter...
51 min
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Michael Mauboussin - Sharpening Investor & Exec...
My guest this week is . Many of you will know Michael and his work well. He’s Head of Consilient Research at Counterpoint Global, one of the sharpest investment minds I know, and a frequent guest on this show. In this discussion, we go deep into his...
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Jeremiah Lowin: Explaining the New AI Paradigm ...
My guest this week is . Jeremiah has been on the podcast a number of times over the years. He’s one of my oldest friends who has been a sounding board for me throughout my career. Today he is the founder and CEO of Prefect, which helps companies...
60 min
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Bill Lenehan: Investing in Commercial Real Esta...
My guest today is Bill Lenehan. Bill is the CEO of Four Corners Property Trust, a listed REIT and one of the leading owners of restaurant real estate in the US. Their portfolio is made up of 982 properties across 47 states. Real estate is something...
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Ron Howard and Brian Grazer - Box Office Busine...
Today I’m joined by two Hollywood greats, and . They have produced, directed, written, and acted in a number of the most popular films and tv shows ever made, including Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, 24, and Frost/Nixon. Their partnership is one of...
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Shane Battier - The No-Stats All-Star - [Invest...
Today’s episode is a special one, in a format that may turn into a series. It is a conversation between and . Ravi is a partner at Sequoia, one of our most popular past guests, and a good friend. Shane is Ravi’s friend, and one of the most...
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Parker Conrad - Building a Compound Company - [...
My guest today is , co-founder and CEO of Rippling. I wanted to speak to Parker because he is building Rippling in a way that we don’t come across often. Rather than focus narrowly on one product, he is building a suite of interrelated products...
60 min
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Bob Elliott - A Macro Tour - [Invest Like the B...
My guest today is , the CEO and CIO of Unlimited, which creates low-cost index ETFs for alternative investment strategies. Prior to co-founding Unlimited, Bob was a senior investment executive at Bridgewater Associates where he served on their...
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Kirsten Green - Investing in Consumer Change - ...
My guest today is , founder and managing partner at Forerunner Ventures. Kirsten launched Forerunner in 2012 and has built it into a leading consumer-focused venture firm with early investments in consumer brands like Dollar Shave Club, Bonobos,...
69 min
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Jason Droege - Building Uber Eats - [Invest Lik...
My guest today is , a venture partner at Benchmark. Jason’s had a long entrepreneurial career, which most recently culminated in building and leading Uber Eats. He joined Uber in 2014 with a blank piece of paper to grow the business beyond ride...
64 min
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Paul Orfalea - It’s About the Money - [Invest L...
My guest today is Paul Orfalea. Paul founded Kinkos, the popular copy chain, in 1970. He started with a single photocopy shop in California and grew the business into a $2 billion multinational operation over the course of his 30 years in charge. Paul...
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Madhavan Ramanujam - How to Price Products - [I...
My guest today is . Madhavan quite literally wrote the book on how to price products, it’s called “Monetizing Innovations” and his concepts have been used by companies across the world like Porsche, Uber, LinkedIn, and SuperHuman. Our...
56 min
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Scott Wilson - Non-Traditional Endowment Invest...
My guest today is Scott Wilson. Scott is the CIO of Washington University’s endowment, which manages over $13 billion. In this conversation we discuss WashU’s non-traditional endowment model and cover a variety of asset classes and geographies. We...
56 min
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Julio Vasconcellos & Mate Pencz - Investing in ...
My guests today are and , who are partners at Canary and Atlantico, leading early-stage investment firms in Latin America. They’re also both successful entrepreneurs. Mate is the co-founder and CEO of Brazilian real estate unicorn, Loft. Julio...
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Trina Spear - Billion Dollar Scrubs - [Invest L...
My guest today is , a former investor at Blackstone and the co-founder and CEO of FIGS. FIGS is a multi-billion-dollar public company that built a category-leading brand selling scrubs to healthcare professionals. It was a problem hiding in plain...
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Gabriel Leydon - How Web3 Onboards a Billion Us...
Today, we are sharing an episode of Web3 Breakdowns with you. My Invest Like the Best conversation with Gabe Leydon last year was one of my favorites and became one of our most popular. Since that conversation, Gabe has become one of the most...
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