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Dialogue. Will AI Destroy the Software Business Model?

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Dialogue. Business Frameworks from Thousands of Hours of Investing

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The Last Big Tech Fight: AI Agents (Apple, Google, Meta)

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Interview. How Meta's Muse Changed the AI Debate with MBI.

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Dialogue. Two Struggling Stocks: Turnarounds or Value Traps? (Copart, Trade Desk)

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Dialogue. Denied Allegations, Adobe Update, & Multiples in Growth Investing

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Interview. Palantir, DLocal & the Psychology of Investing with Babylon Capital

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Dialogue. The Right Way to Diversify, Portfolio Strategies, Investment Matching Principle

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Dialogue. Mercardo Libre Update and 3 Buffett Lessons Investors get Wrong

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Dialogue. What Meta's Capex is Really for and Their 6 Call Options

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Dialogue. AI SaaS Risk (again), Atlassian, Duolingo, & Uber

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Dialogue. Netflix Investment Update and Why Renting Isn't Throwing Money Away

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Dialogue. Copart, Adobe, and Uber Business Updates

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Dialogue. Cash is Not Trash, Inflation Hedges, Portfolio Strategy

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Dialogue. AI Bubbles, Reflexivity, and Where We are In the Cycle

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Dialogue. S&P 500 Valuation, Intuit & CSU Earnings, Sea and Meli Update

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Interview. Highest Conviction Investments and Investing Lessons with Rose Celine

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Interview. Former Coupang VP on Ecommerce Landscape, 1P vs 3p, and Expansion Plans

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Interview. Hedge Fund Manager's Top Investments with Hayden Capital's Fred Liu

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Dialogue. Private Credit Unraveling, Taxes & Investing, Key Insights from Investor Interviews

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Interview. Chris Mayer on Finding Quality Compounding Stocks

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Interview. Bill Nygren on 25 Years of Beating the Market

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Interview. Shift4 CEO Taylor Lauber and CFO Christopher Cruz on Capital Allocation, Competition, and Global Blue Strategy.

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Interview. Billionaire Square (Block) Cofounder Jim McKelvey on Competing Against Amazon

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Dialogue. Netflix Walks, Underlying Duolingo Growth Issues, and Bad Decisions at Paypal

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Dialogue. ServiceNow and an AI SaaS Risk Breakdown

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Company. How Shift4 Built and Bought an Integrated Payments Powerhouse

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Dialogue. SaaS Selling Off, CSU, and why Dating Apps Suck (as a Business)

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Monologue. CSU Comments, plus AppFolio, Meta, & LVMH Updates

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Dialogue. Breaking down Uber and the AV Threat

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Interview. Former Board of Director at Prada on The Luxury Industry

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Dialogue. The Math Behind SpaceX's $1.5T Valuation

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Dialogue. Learning from 8 Common Mistakes Professional Investors Make (and What to Do Instead)

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Dialogue. CoreWeave Business Breakdown, End of the Year, Podcast Changes

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Dialogue. Coupang and RH Business Updates, Data Leak, 60% Discounts, Market Share Gainer

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Interview. A Deep Dive on Growth Investing with "From Growth to Value"

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Dialogue. Constellation Software Dying? Copart Giving up Market Share? Business Updates!

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Article. APi Global Business History

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Dialogue. Axon and Floor & Decor 3Q25, 5 Years Flat Returns, Is Axon's Opportunity Large Enough?

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Dialogue. Meta, Perimeter Solutions, and CoStar 3Q25 Earnings, Time Spent Competition, 50% Sales Spent on S&M

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Dialogue. Evolution 3Q25, Negative Revenue Growth, More Asia Issues

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Company. APi Global: The B2B Service Giant Consolidator

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Dialogue. Meta's Vibe and What ChatGPT's Instant Checkout Means for the Future of the Internet

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Interview. Constellation Software Head of M&A in the Volaris Group on Copy Cats, Style Drift, and Organic Growth.

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Dialogue. RH Update, Can Furniture be Luxury?, and the OpenAI/ Oracle Deal

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Dialogue. Perimeter, CSU, and Copart Update + Nvidia GPU Risks and Fed Rate History

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Dialogue. Axon & Coupang Update, Outperforming Expectations, Drones, New Markets, Taiwan & Cloud

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Dialogue. AppFolio 2Q25, Incorporating AI, Expert Call Competitor Analysis

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Interview. $600mn Fund Manager on Great Businesses, Portfolio Construction, and Investing in India

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Dialogue. Meta and Floor & Decor Update, Calculating ROIC on AI spend, New Mature Store Unit Economics Revealed

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Briefing. Massive Jobs Restatement, Rates Go Nowhere, Apple M&A?, Earnings Updates

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Dialogue. The Invisible Competitor, PC Market, McDonald's Salads, and Reframing Disruption

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Dialogue. Evolution 2Q25 Business Update, Black Markets, UK Investigation, Asia Cyber Attacks

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Interview. Precision Medicine Fund Manager on Portfolio Construction, Risk, and "Developers" vs "Enablers"

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Dialogue. Constellation Software & Copart Updates, AGM, Losing Market Share, Negative Insurance Volumes

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Company. Airbnb: Becoming a Verb

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Article. Two Ends of the Strategy Spectrum: The Consumer's Hierarchy of Preferences

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Article. The Consumer's Hierarchy of Preferences: The Other Side of the Consumer Value Prop

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Dialogue. Perimeter Solutions and Dream Finders Homes 1Q25, When to Care About Macro, New Platform Acquistion, Home "Speculation"

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Dialogue. Meta and Coupang 1Q25 Update, AI Everything, Growth Vectors, and Forex

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Dialogue. Airbnb's Growth, New Businesses, Defending Mature Margins, and Diatribe on Sell-Side Q&A

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Dialogue. CoStar and Evolution 1Q25 Update, Negative EU Growth, S&M at 50% of Revenues

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Interview. Multi-Billion Dollar Global Tech Fund Manger William de Gale on Nvidia, Growth Investing, and Tech Enablers

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Article. Airbnb Business History

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Interview. Author of "On the Hunt for Great Companies" talks Amazon, Airlines, and Advantaged Businesses

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Dialogue. Tariffs, Trade War, and RH Business Update

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Dialogue. Mailbag: Macro Matters?, Comparing Roll-Ups, Making Decisions, When Buy the Second Best?

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Article. An Interview on Investing with Speedwell Research's Drew Cohen

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Dialogue. Copart and CoStar Group 4Q24, Growth Bear Case, Quality Tailwinds, Andy Florance as Plate Spinner

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Interview. Right Tail Capital's Founder on Fund Management, Stock Selection, and 3 Quality Companies

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Dialogue. Floor & Decor and Dream Finders Homes 4Q24, Founders vs Managers, SSS Controversy, Why ROE over ROIC

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Company. Axon: Transforming the Failed TASER Product into a Law Enforcement Platform Titan

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Article. CoStar Group Business History

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Dialogue. Coupang & Perimeter Solutions 4Q24, LA Fires, Online Tire Installation, and Taiwan Ecommerce

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Interview. Philz Coffee Cofounder Jacob Jaber on Competing for Customer Love

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Dialogue. Airbnb & Evolution 4Q24 Update, SuperApps, and Todd Haushalter Debreif

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Interview. Evolution's Todd Haushalter on Gaming, Moats, and Why It's So Hard to Catch Them.

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Article. The Invisible Competitor: When Creating Value is Better than Fighting for It

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Interview. Ex-Goldman Sachs Matt Reustle on Bad Investor Practices, Sell-side Gripes, and Learning from 200+ Business Breakdowns

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Interview. Investment Management in Practice with Baskin Wealth Management

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Interview. Spotify Case Study and Learning from Lululemon's Sentiment Shift with MBI

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Article. Axon Business History

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Interview. Dollar Tree, Dating Apps, & Dynamics of Video Streaming Competition with The Science of Hitting Research

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Dialogue. End of the Year Mailbag: Investing Myths, Mistakes, Evolution, and Etsy

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Company. Perimeter Solutions: Replicating the TransDigm Model

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Article. What is a Fair Investment Assumption?

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Dialogue. 3Q24 Coupang and Copart Business Update

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Dialogue. 3Q24 Axon, Constellation Software, and Dream Finders Homes Business Update

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Interview. Compounding Quality on Investing in the Best Companies in the World

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Article. How Axon's Founder Built a $35bn Business: 10 Lessons from Rick Smith

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Dialogue. 3Q24 Floor & Decor, Meta, and Etsy Business Update

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Dialogue. 3Q24 Costar Group and Evolution Business Update

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Interview. Sidecar Investor on Giving a Great Manager the Wheel

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Article. Minimum Viable Products versus Maximum Possible Products

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Dialogue. Explaining The Reverse DCF

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Interview. Founder-led Companies, Serial Acquirers, & High Cash Returning Businesses with Investor Andy "Biz Almanac"

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Article. Investing is Just Answering a Series of Questions: Explaining the Reverse DCF

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Company. Costar Group: From Basement to Billion Dollar Global Real Estate Authority

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Dialogue. Secrets from the Sell-side

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Article. What You Don't Know About Sell-side Price Targets